CHILI'S
2893 WEST US HWY 90 · LAKE CITY · Columbia County · FL 32055
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
20 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 6
22-41-4High Priority – Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 0 ppm. **Warning**
12A-13-4High Priority – Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Male dishwasher touched soiled dishes then moved clean dishes on other side of machine without washing hands. **Warning**
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. Female employee put hand in mouth then adjusted glasses and continued to pick up to go order without washing hands **Warning**
12A-28-4High Priority – Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Female employee touched hips while bending down then opened portion cups and filled without washing hands. **Warning**
35A-02-6High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. One live fly in kitchen
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In top portion of reach in make table near fryers: wings (51-52F – Cold Holding); chicken (47F-49F- Cold Holding). Items were placed in cooler today. Instructed employee to add ice bags. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 3
53B-15-4Intermediate – Employee has not received adequate training related to their assigned duties as evidenced by lack of general knowledge in performing their assigned duties. Employee washing dishes not aware of procedures to test machine for sanitizer or what type of sanitizer is used.
13-06-4Intermediate – Employee with artificial nails/nail polish working with exposed food without wearing intact gloves. Female employee with painted nails taking food from pass through window without gloves
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Mold like substance on soda gun nozzles. Mold like substance on slush machine at bar. White substance on deflector plate in ice bin. Ice chute soiled with pink substance in ice bin. **Repeat Violation**
Basic 11
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Phone on prep table.
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Plastic bins on shelf near walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. White cutting boards on prep tables at cookline grooved. White ice paddle has deep grooves. **Repeat Violation**
36-22-4Basic – Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Near ice machine. **Repeat Violation**
08B-47-4Basic – Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. Bag of cheese sauce and oil on floor near dry storage shelf.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled with grease . Exterior of reach in cooler soiled with grease and food debris. Mold like substance around soda nozzles in server station. Food debris and grease accumulated on under side of pass through. **Repeat Violation**
16-48-4Basic – Old food and/or old labels stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Food debris on salad bowls on cookline. Old label residue on plastic pan at clean dish shelf. **Repeat Violation**
29-49-6Basic – Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. In reach in cooler under pass thru.
42-03-5Basic – Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Cleaning brushes and scraping tool on top of chicken make table near fryers.
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. One towel on prep table. **Repeat Violation**
21-08-4Basic – Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 0 ppm quart in two buckets on cookline.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 2, 2026 1:54 PM.
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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.