THE DRUNKEN TACO – ST PETES
2832 BEACH BLVD S · GULFPORT · Pinellas County · FL 33707
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
22 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee put on gloves no hand wash. Educated employee and employee washed hands and put on clean gloves. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
09-01-4High Priority – Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands – food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure.employee touched chicken wing with bare hand. Employee discarded chicken wing. Washed hands and put on gloves. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
35A-02-6High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 1 live fly in the bar area interior not landing. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. ) shredded cheese ; (49F – Cold Holding); shrimp (53F – Cold Holding); hamburger (47F – Cold Holding); cut leafy greens (45F – Cold Holding); pico (46F – Cooling); sour cream (45F – Cold Holding) employee iced and moved foods retemped 30 minutes later shredded cheese ; (45F – Cold Holding); shrimp (45F – Cold Holding); hamburger (44F – Cold Holding);pico (43F – Cooling); sour cream (44F – Cold Holding) **Warning**
Intermediate 5
02C-03-5Intermediate – Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Milk in walk-in cooler opened 1-22 no date mark. Employee dated milk. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Slicer blade soiled, can opener soiled, **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand wash sink blocked by knives in sink on cook line. Employee removed knives. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
03F-10-5Intermediate – No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Employee using time as public health control for prime rib no written plan. Emailed written plan to manager. **Warning**
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Unlabeled spray bottles on bar area. **Warning**
Basic 13
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Ice machine interior soiled with mold like debris. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
06-09-1Basic – 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. Thawing labeled mahi under running water not opened. Employee opened fish. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
50-09-4Basic – Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table. Employee removed drink. **Warning**
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone and keys on prep table. Employee removed items. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
13-04-4Basic – Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employees with beards working with food no beard guards. **Warning**
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Wet nesting of plastic pans on drying rack. **Warning**
36-22-4Basic – Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Floor in dish area standing water. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Green beans on the floor in the kitchen, cases of oil on the floor, soda bag in box system on the floor in rear prep area. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-08-4Basic – Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Interior of oven soiled with food debris, oven soiled interior on cook line. **Warning**
31B-04-4Basic – No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No hand wash sign at dish area hand sink. Provided hand wash sign to manager. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
29-01-4Basic – Portable water tank not enclosed or sloped to drain properly. Standing water in reach in cooler on interior bar. **Warning**
25-05-4Basic – Single-service articles improperly stored. Cases of single service on floor in walk thru. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 13, 2026 3:26 PM.
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.