- Philly Cheese Steak & Wing, 4963 U.S. 98 N., Lakeland: On Dec. 16, the restaurant had three violations. Two were high-priority violations, related to the same issue: operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. The other violation was basic: an exterior door had a gap at the threshold that opened to the outside. A follow-up was required but no follow-up appeared in state reports as of Feb. 21.
- Black & Brew Coffee House & Bistro, 205 E. Main St., Lakeland: On Dec. 18, the restaurant had 10 violations, including four high-priority.
Among those, two were related to cooked chicken that wasn’t stored at or below 41 degrees (a stop-sale was ordered); one was for other items, including pastrami, turkey, and brisket that were not held at or below 41 degrees; and the last was for the dish machine failing to mix sanitizer.
Six violations were basic: the women’s bathroom did not have a covered waste bin; utensils were wet-nesting, without being properly air dried; a broken container holding pumpkin puree and rusted racks in an upright cooler; soiled gaskets on a reach-in cooler; an open dumpster lid and water leaking from a hand wash sink faucet.
In a callback on Dec. 27, the restaurant met standards with only two basic violations remaining…