2 St. Lucie County restaurants get perfect scores; 4 fail inspection

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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 St. Lucie County restaurant inspections site.

Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in St. Lucie County, Florida, for the week of April 8-14, 2024. Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.

Indian River County: One restaurant gets perfect score; 1 closed; 8 fail inspection

Martin County: 19 restaurants fail inspection

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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.

For full restaurant inspection details, visit our St. Lucie County restaurant inspection site.

Which St. Lucie County restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?

These restaurants met all standards during their April 8-14 inspections and no violations were found.

** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week

Which St. Lucie County restaurants had high priority violations?

Casa Vincenzo Ristorante

844 SE Becker Rd, Port St Lucie

Routine Inspection on April 8

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

17 total violations, with 7 high-priority violations

  • High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Anti acid medicine **Corrected On-Site**

  • High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Bolognese sauce 46F **Warning**

  • High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Caesar dressing made 3/29/24

  • High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Caesar dressing

  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse.

  • High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Fish, calamari and raw salmon 44F to 46F in cooler over night that is over stocked **Warning**

  • High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. For black hose.

Oak and Ember Steakhouse

848 SE Becker Rd, Port St Lucie

Routine Inspection on April 8

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

14 total violations, with 5 high-priority violations

  • High Priority - 20 Live, small flying insects in bar area. **Warning**

  • High Priority - Pesticide-emitting strip present in food prep area. By slicer. **Repeat Violation**

  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw eggs over sauces in the walk in cooler.

  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Assorted butters found 44F to 46 since Saturday. Cooler over stocked blocking the air flow. Whipped butter found in the storage area 69F to 70F

  • High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Roux 71F out over night Assorted butter 44F to 46F in cooler since Saturday. Cooler # 8 over stocked preventing air flow. Whipped butter 69F to 70F **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Seoul Garden

2510 SW Us Highway 1, Fort Pierce

Routine Inspection on April 9

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

9 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation

  • High 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. Tested twice at 0 ppm. Informed Operator. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Treasure Coast Pizzeria

7550 S Us 1, Port St Lucie

Routine Inspection on April 8

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

2 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation

  • High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Marinara sauce 47f cold holding , pasta 48f cold holding , tomatoes 48f cold holding , **Warning**

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.

This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Port Saint Lucie area restaurant and food truck inspections April 8-14: Restaurant inspection: 2 St. Lucie are perfect; 4 fail

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