TARPON TURTLE GRILL & MARINA
1513 LAKE TARPON AVE · TARPON SPRINGS · Pinellas County · FL 34689
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
11 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
22-49-4High Priority – Dishmachine not sanitizing properly. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dish machine chlorine sanitizer at 0ppm, manager had to prime machine, now at 100ppm **Corrected On-Site**
12A-25-4High Priority – Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee touched glasses then handled clean equipment without washing hands
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. -Raw fish above cooked chicken wings in drawers on cook line -raw oysters above cooked chicken wings in reach in cooler All items were properly moved and stored **Corrected On-Site**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. butter milk (47F – Cold Holding), manager was able to determine what time the butter milk was put out on cook line, put time on product and properly filled out time as a public health form 5022-090 **Corrective Action Taken**
Intermediate 1
01C-03-4Intermediate – Clam/mussel/oyster tags not marked with last date served. 3 tags without dates on them when the last one was sold from the January stack
Basic 6
21-05-5Basic – Cloth used as a food-contact surface. Cloth used on top of shucked oysters
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on shelf above hand sink on cook line, employee drink removed **Corrected On-Site**
13-03-4Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employees put hat on and hair net **Corrected On-Site**
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Beverage cups in server station stacked while still wet
10-20-4Basic – In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on oven door handle, tongs removed from oven door handle **Corrected On-Site**
21-08-4Basic – Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Quaternary sanitizer bucket on cook line at 0ppm, sanitizer buckets refilled, now at 200ppm **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 9, 2026 2:00 PM.
Violation category totals
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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.