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Florida's restaurant owners are not required to post restaurant inspection results where guests can see them. So every week, we provide that information for you.
For a complete list of local restaurant inspections, including violations not requiring warnings or administrative action, visit our Bay County restaurant inspections site.
Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Bay County for the week of Aug. 5-11, 2024. Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.
Disclaimer: The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation describes an inspection report as a 'snapshot' of conditions present at the time of the inspection. On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment.
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For full restaurant inspection details, visit our Bay County restaurant inspection site.
Which Bay County restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?
These restaurants met all standards during their Aug. 5-11 inspections and no violations were found.
- Chans Wine World/Craft Bar, 15600 Panama City Beach Pkwy. Unit 180, Panama City Beach**
- Flap Jack's LLC, 2004 U.S. 77, Lynn Haven**
- Gelato Love, Mobile food dispensing vehicle
- Philippine Cuisine, Mobile food dispensing vehicle
- Popeye's Chicken, 1302 W. 15 St., Panama City**
- Wayback Burgers, 1075 U.S. 77, Lynn Haven**
** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week
Which Bay County restaurants were temporarily closed by inspectors?
These restaurants failed their Aug. 5-11 inspections and were temporarily closed. Follow-up inspections are required.
Popeye's Chicken
1302 W. 15 St., Panama City
Complaint inspection on Aug. 9
Facility temporarily closed: Operations ordered stopped until violations are corrected.
Six total violations, with one high-priority violation
- High Priority - Raw sewage on ground of establishment. Chicken juice from thawing chicken drains out of walk-in cooler to drain outside, pipe broken, liquid on ground. No actively draining liquids observed at time of inspection. Manager removed chicken from drain table inside walk-in to prevent further drainage. **Warning**
Which Bay County restaurants had high priority violations?
Flap Jack's LLC
2004 U.S. 77, Lynn Haven
Routine inspection on Aug. 5
Follow-up inspection required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
11 total violations, with three high-priority violations
- High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut tomatoes in up right reach 54 degrees Fahrenheit, sliced Swiss cheese 53 degrees Fahrenheit, over four hours, milk in server cooler 44 degrees Fahrenheit per manager over night, see stop sale.
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut tomatoes in up right reach 54 degrees Fahrenheit, sliced Swiss cheese 53 degrees Fahrenheit, over four hours, milk in server cooler 44 degrees Fahrenheit per manager over night, see stop sale. Observed cubed ham 47 degrees Fahrenheit, cooked mushrooms 45 degrees Fahrenheit, diced tomatoes 48 degrees Fahrenheit, and sausage 47 degrees Fahrenheit at 9:30 a.m. inside reach in cooler to left of cook line. Manager removed and placed into reach in freezer. **Warning**
Golden Chick
3710 Hwy. 98, Panama City
Routine inspection on Aug. 9
Follow-up inspection required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Nine total violations, with two high-priority violations
- High Priority - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual ware washing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Tested at 0 ppm. Employee added sanitizer to solution. Retested at 200 ppm quaternary sanitizer. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Two live in the following locations: one live under upright cook line reach in, and one live inside cook line soap dispenser. **Warning**
Wayback Burgers
1075 U.S. 77, Lynn Haven
Routine inspection on Aug. 5
Follow-up inspection required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
10 total violations, with two high-priority violations
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed approximately four live flies in kitchen food prep area on vegetable dicer. **Warning**
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Observed raw shell eggs stored over tomatoes in walk in cooler. Manager moved eggs to another shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
What agency inspects restaurants in Florida?
Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.
How do I report a dirty restaurant in Florida?
If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online.
Get the whole story at our restaurant inspection database.
What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?
Basic violations are those considered against best practices.
A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.
An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: "Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over."
An emergency order — when a restaurant is closed by the inspector — is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.
A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.
