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STILLWATERS TAVERN

224 BEACH DR NE · ST. PETERSBURG · Pinellas County · FL 33701

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateNovember 6, 2023
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionWarning Issued
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3341361
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID8360621
DBPR license6217282

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
3 High Priority2 Intermediate10 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical15 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

15 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.

High Priority 3

#11High Priority12A-07-5

High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee donned gloves to cut carrots but did not wash hands first. **Warning**

Warning
#12High Priority35A-02-6

High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 1 live fly in entrance of bar area not landing on food or food contact surfaces. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#13High Priority03F-02-5

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale. Garlic butter on cook line being held on time with no time stamp. Time was determined to be at 10:30 am and time stamp was put in butter. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

Corrective Action TakenWarningStop Sale

Intermediate 2

#14Intermediate22-02-4

Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener on prep table by hand wash sink in rear prep area has built up food debris. **Warning**

Warning
#15Intermediate22-56-4

Intermediate – Hot water sanitizing dishmachine final rinse not reaching proper temperature at manifold. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired. Surface temperatures of high temperature dish machine only reached 143.1 F after multiple run throughs. **Warning**

Warning

Basic 10

#1Basic22-20-5

Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of ice machine in storage area has mold like substance. **Warning**

Warning
#2Basic06-09-1

Basic – Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Mahi received frozen in reduced oxygen packaging thawing in reduced oxygen packaging without packaging being scored in walk in cooler. **Warning**

Warning
#3Basic40-06-5

Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee stored phone on top of clean glasses in bar area. **Warning**

Warning
#4Basic13-03-4

Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee preparing food on grill with no hair restraints. **Warning**

Warning
#5Basic08B-38-4

Basic – Food stored on floor. Wild caught gulf shrimp stored on floor on walk in freezer. **Warning**

Warning
#6Basic10-20-4

Basic – In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs stored on handle of fryers. **Warning**

Warning
#7Basic10-01-5

Basic – In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Handle of scoop used to dispense brown sugar touching food item. Manager stored properly. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#8Basic22-08-4

Basic – Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Doubler door ovens at beginning of cook line have built up food debris. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#9Basic33-16-4

Basic – Open dumpster lid. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#10Basic02D-01-5

Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Sugar, brown sugar and flour containers in prep area by ice machine removed from original containers and not labeled. Manager labeled properly. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 18, 2026 12:45 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 2 · Original container, labeling, date marking and consumer advisory
1 observation(s)
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
1 observation(s)
Category 6 · Proper thawing of TCS food
1 observation(s)
Category 8 · Food protection and cross-contamination
1 observation(s)
Category 10 · In-use food dispensing utensils
2 observation(s)
Category 12 · Handwashing and hygienic practices
1 observation(s)
Category 13 · Clothing, hair restraints, jewelry and fingernails
1 observation(s)
Category 22 · Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
4 observation(s)
Category 33 · Garbage, refuse and premises maintenance
1 observation(s)
Category 35 · Pest control / insects / rodents / animals / outer openings
1 observation(s)
Category 40 · Employee personal belongings
1 observation(s)

Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.