MR EMPANADA

Name: MR EMPANADA
Address: 860 3 AVE S, ST. PETERSBURG, FL, 33701, US
Rating: 88

860 3 AVE S, ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33701

License #6217375

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88 Grade B / 100

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MR EMPANADA in ST. PETERSBURG currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 88 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has 2 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on February 2, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 12 total violations — 4 critical, 7 major, 1 minor.

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Inspection Completed - No Further Action
[02C-02-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Sliced pork, sliced cheese, cut lettuce stored inside reach in deli cooler on cook line not date marked. Items date marked 1/27.
[14-09-4] Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Heavily grooved cutting board on reach in deli cooler on cook line.
[22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Stained white cutting board on reach in deli cooler on cook line.
[41-17-4] Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Of light pink liquid substance stored under handsink at front counter area. Spray bottle labeled as sanitizer.
[16-37-1] No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No quaternary test kit observed.
[50-17-3] Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 2/1/2026.
[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. Cuban sandwiches stored in front counter. Time stamped for 11am.

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