MORI SUSHI

Name: MORI SUSHI
Address: 1136 94 AVE N, ST. PETERSBURG, FL, 33702, US
Rating: 79.1

1136 94 AVE N, ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33702

License #6217218

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79.1 Grade C / 100

Mixed Health Record

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MORI SUSHI in ST. PETERSBURG currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 79.1 out of 100 — a C grade — a noticeable pattern of violations across recent inspections. This restaurant has 4 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on February 11, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 40 total violations — 7 critical, 6 major, 27 minor.

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Call Back - Complied
Employee personal beverage container in food prep area; employees handling food or clean equipment without washing hands first or after touching soiled surfaces.
Cutting boards, equipment, and storage in poor repair — cut marks, ice buildup, rust, missing handles on dispensing utensils.
Wet wiping cloths not stored in sanitizing solution; wiping-cloth sanitizer (chlorine or quaternary ammonium) below required minimum strength.
Food-contact surfaces soiled with debris, mold-like substance, or slime; ice machine interiors with mold; dishmachine sanitizer at improper concentration.
Non-food-contact surfaces (gaskets, shelves, equipment exteriors, door handles) soiled with grease, debris, dirt, slime, or dust.
Open dumpster lids, missing drain plugs, garbage on the ground around the dumpster, unused equipment on the premises.
Floors, walls, and ceilings soiled with grease, food debris, dust, or in disrepair. Standing water on floor surfaces.

Specific inspector observations for this inspection are in the official DBPR report at myfloridalicense.com.

Warning Issued
[03F-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale.
[23-24-4] Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Glass reach in cooler doors
[25-06-4] Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination.
[27-16-4] Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Observed no hot water at front hand wash sink closest to sushi station hot water has been turned off under sink. Employee using other HWS in back to wash hands. Water is 67 degrees. Employee turned hot water on under three compartment sink beside HWS and water stated leaking under three compartment sink. Employee turned hot water off.
[08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. Bucket of soy sauce on floor sushi station.
[10-05-5] In-use utensil stored in unclean water at or above 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Rice scoop in water at 67 degrees. Employee removed
[22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Vegetable peel at sushi station soiled.
[33-38-4] No waste receptacle installed at handwash sink provided with disposable towels. Front hand wash sink near sushi station.
[29-08-4] Plumbing system in disrepair. Observed back three buckets catching water under pipes from three compartment sink. Observed Pepe rica container to catch dripping water under three compartment sink. Only one three compartment sink able to fully wash rinse and sanitize all items in restaurant.
[21-12-4] Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On top of cutting board at sushi station.
[12B-07-4] Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils back prep table used for sushi rice.
[36-36-4] Ceiling tile missing. Near back door at three compartment sink.
[14-69-4] Small Ice buildup in reach-in freezer left side.

Warning Issued
[21-12-4] Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On top of cutting board
[31A-09-4] Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Plate on top of front hand wash sink. Employee moved. During inspection no water at front hand wash sink at sushi station.
[12A-12-4] Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Sushi chef touched raw fish did not wash hands then cut open new avocado. Instructed to was hands. Discarded avocado
[36-73-4] Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Under cook line put pan
[12A-09-4] Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled.Sushi chef touched raw fish then touched top of sushi rice container. Educated
[05-09-4] No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Inside sushi fish table top cooler.
[08B-12-5] Stored food not covered. Raw chicken and shrimp in glass reach in cooler.
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets at reach in freezer Glass reach in cooler
[08A-02-6] Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw chicken overtop of cooked eal in reach in freezer
[14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. 2 screws ised for handle of glass reach in cooler used to repair nonfood-contact surface.
[22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Bamboo sushi roller soiled with old sushi rice.
[10-07-4] In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Water temp 85 degrees employee removed water
[13-03-4] Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee put on hair restraints during inspection
[08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. Box of soy sauce on floor white bin. Box of avocados under back prep table On floor
[03F-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. Sushi rice at sushi station removed- sticker no longer stated when up into sushi warmer. Employee removed

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