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KOTO GRILL

9902 GULF COAST MAIN ST D-150 · FORT MYERS · Lee County · FL 33913

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateJuly 18, 2024
Inspection typeComplaint Full
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionWarning Issued
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3483769
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID8828523
DBPR license4607601

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
4 High Priority3 Intermediate5 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical12 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

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

High Priority 4

#6High Priority12A-27-4

High Priority – Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Observed employee crack shell eggs then prepare other foods, no glove change no handwashing. Discussed with operator and employee proper handwashing techniques. **Warning**

Warning
#7High Priority09-01-4

High 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. Observed employee preparing salads touch washed lettuce and carrots with bare hands. Spoke with employee, employee donned gloves before resuming work. Also observed second employee later transferring washed and cut lettuce for salads into different container with bare hands and discussed wearing gloves when preparing foods. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

Corrective Action TakenWarning
#8High Priority08A-05-6

High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In walk in cooler raw tuna raw shrimp and raw squid stored over ready to eat sauces. Also in sushi bar reach in cooler, raw salmon and raw tuna stored over ready to eat cooked shrimp, lemons, cucumber. **Warning**

Warning
#9High Priority03B-01-6

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At sushi bar, cooked rice (130F – Hot Holding) for 45 minutes per operator. Provided operator with time as a public health control form and explained use, operator added time mark for discard to rice. Also in kitchen steam well, cooked chicken soup (125F – Hot Holding); reconstituted miso soup (121F – Hot Holding) for one hour per operator. Operator moved items to stove for quick reheating. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

Corrective Action TakenWarning

Intermediate 3

#10Intermediate02B-01-5

Intermediate – Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. On main and to go menus, smoked salmon, tuna tataki, and multiple rolls containing salmon, tuna and masago are served raw per operator, not marked as raw. Spoke with operator about need to update all menus to mark raw or undercooked foods. **Warning**

Warning
#11Intermediate11-26-1

Intermediate – Partial proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Observed two present employees, one new and one part time with no signed reporting agreement. Operator reviewed and signed forms at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#12Intermediate53B-10-4

Intermediate – Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. Observed one employee training certificate with no date of training filled in, no expiration date, employee **Warning**

Warning

Basic 5

#1Basic22-20-5

Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin in back of kitchen. **Warning**

Warning
#2Basic14-01-5

Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food in rice containers by cook line. **Warning**

Warning
#3Basic33-20-4

Basic – Grease on the ground and/or pad around grease receptacle. Grease receptacle behind restaurant is leaking grease, approximately 1 quart on ground, extending 4 four feet from receptacle. Operator placed rags, cardboard to soak up leaking grease. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

Corrective Action TakenWarning
#4Basic33-29-4

Basic – Grease receptacle broken. Observed grease receptacle behind restaurant is leaking grease onto ground. **Warning**

Warning
#5Basic25-06-4

Basic – Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Single service sushi containers at sushi bar not inverted. Operator inverted the containers. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 2, 2026 1:17 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 8 · Food protection and cross-contamination
1 observation(s)
Category 9 · Bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food / AOP
1 observation(s)
Category 11 · Employee health knowledge / ill employees
1 observation(s)
Category 12 · Handwashing and hygienic practices
1 observation(s)
Category 14 · Food-contact and nonfood-contact surface design/maintenance
1 observation(s)
Category 22 · Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
1 observation(s)
Category 25 · Single-service and single-use items
1 observation(s)
Category 33 · Garbage, refuse and premises maintenance
2 observation(s)
Category 53 · Food manager certification / employee training verification
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.