FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT #135
17789 TAMIAMI TRAIL · NORTH PORT · Sarasota County · FL 34287
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
12 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 2
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. Observed employee drop a knife and towel on floor, picked up, and didn't wash hands or change gloves. Observed operator coaching, and correcting employee. Employee washed and changed gloves. **Corrective Action Taken**
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. Observed at egg station, employee working with eggs and touched mixed greens on plate.
Intermediate 3
13-06-4Intermediate – Employee with artificial nails/nail polish working with exposed food without wearing intact gloves. Observed employee expo station with nail polish on, working the expo, without gloves on. Observed operator, coach employee, employee wash, hands, put on gloves.
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed a cutting boards on make in prep area with black mold like substance on it. Observed operator throw away cutting board. Observed employee knife onto floor, pick up knife, use sanitize cloth to start cleaning the knife off, put sanitize towel on prep table. **Corrected On-Site** **Corrected On-Site**
31A-11-4Intermediate – Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed both handwashing sinks in service area being used as dump sinks with brown tea/coffee stains by coffee station. And fork, and paper in drain across from expo station.
Basic 7
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Observed on ice shield in ice machine, some black mold like substance.
14-09-4Basic – Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Observed a cutting boards on make in prep area with grooves on it. Observed operator throw away cutting board. **Corrected On-Site**
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Observed employee stack cambros that just came out of the dishwasher , stacked wet nesting. Observed operator, coaching, and correcting employee, and separating cambros. **Corrective Action Taken**
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Observed torn gasket at egg station, reach in coolers.
38-01-4Basic – Light shield damaged/in disrepair. I'm so broken in light shield to the left of the walk-in cooler, above the pre table.
24-18-4Basic – Silverware/utensils stored upright with the food-contact surface up. Observed a container of silverware, stored with handle stored down. Served the operator the container and stated that those are from back storage and needed to go into the office. **Corrected On-Site**
25-06-4Basic – Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Filters and a container not covered. Observed recovery, coffee filters.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 14, 2026 2:09 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.