PANDA REST (THE)

Name: PANDA REST (THE)
Address: 806 S 6 AVE, WAUCHULA, FL, 33873, US
Rating: 90.5

806 S 6 AVE, WAUCHULA, FL 33873

License #3500201

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90.5 Grade B / 100

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PANDA REST (THE) in WAUCHULA currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 90.5 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 October 28, 2025. Across those visits, inspectors documented 23 total violations — 4 critical, 3 major, 16 minor.

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Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food, food stored on the floor, food stored uncovered, and improper storage by minimum cooking temperature.
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.
Live insects, roach activity, rodent droppings, or other pest evidence; exterior door gaps that admit pests.
Spray bottles of toxic substances unlabeled, chemicals improperly stored, sanitizer above maximum allowed concentration, medicine improperly stored.
Wet mops not stored in a manner allowing them to dry; maintenance tools stored where they could cross-contaminate food or equipment.
[14-17-4] Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Observed rusted and pitied shelves in the walk in cooler.
[14-05-4] Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. Observed soiled cardboard lining a shelve with oil on the cook line.
[02C-04-5] Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. Observed chicken in walk in cooler from 8/8/2025, owner stated pulled from the freezer on 10/27/25, not properly date marked.
[14-01-5] Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed a container with no handle in macaroni noodles, owner moved.
[12B-07-4] Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed four employee drinks on the prep table, owner moved.
[46-01-4] Marked exit/path to marked exit blocked. For reporting purposes only. Observed the exit door to the bar area is blocked outside by white tubs, wood, and kitchen equipment.

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[02C-04-5] Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. Observed chicken in walk in cooler from 8/8/2025, owner stated pulled from the freezer on 10/27/25, not properly date marked.
[14-01-5] Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed a container with no handle in macaroni noodles, owner moved.
[46-01-4] Marked exit/path to marked exit blocked. For reporting purposes only. Observed the exit door to the bar area is blocked outside by white tubs, wood, and kitchen equipment.
[12B-07-4] Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed four employee drinks on the prep table, owner moved.
[22-08-4] Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Observed both microwaves soiled with food debris.
[35B-01-4] Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Observed gap at the screen door in the back of kitchen
[41-05-4] Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment. Observed four cans of household raid on the shelve by the cook line and one can on the shelve by the hand wash sink in the kitchen, owner moved.
[08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. Observed drinks on the floor at the front counter and bag of beets on the floor in the walk in cooler.
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed reach in cooler gaskets on the cook line soiled with food debris and grease build up on the side of the fryers.
[42-03-5] Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Observed maintenance equipment in the kitchen area.

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