Colonial Corner
Last inspected: Mar 24, 2026
78
Score
Colonial Corner appears in inspection records 13 times, starting in 2022. On Mar 24, 2026, the health department conducted the most recent visit. A low risk rating suggests inspectors haven't found much to be concerned about lately.
Inspection results have stayed in a similar range over the last few visits, averaging around two violations each.
Looking across the full record, “no chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer” is the recurring theme, flagged four times.
That's lower than the typical Pinellas Park restaurant, which scores around 82. The record reflects steady performance over time.
13
Inspections
0
Critical latest
2
Major latest
1
Minor latest
Inspection History
Mar 24, 2026
Routine - Food
2 major violations. 1 minor violation.
View 3 violations
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris can opener
22-02-4
Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Adam
53B-13-5
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues.
22-16-4
78
Oct 2, 2025
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 3 minor violations.
View 4 violations
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Quaternary
41-17-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. Turkey in reach in cooler not covered from yesterday. Coved during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-12-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris gaskets 4 door reach in cooler
23-03-4
Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair under cooler and near front counter.
36-17-5
78
Mar 12, 2025
Routine - Food
1 minor violation.
View 1 violation
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
95
Feb 18, 2025
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Dec 19, 2024
Routine - Food
3 major violations. 4 minor violations.
View 7 violations
Intermediate - Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification. Operator stated certified food manager recently passed away. Part-owner is currently working getting his certified food manager training certificate. **Warning**
53A-01-7
Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No chlorine test kit observed.
16-37-1
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Containers of potato salad and macaroni salad not date marked in 4 door cooler in front counter area.
02C-02-5
Basic - Evidence of employee smoking in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area. Observed ash tray with lit cigarette burning stored on three compartment sink drain board next to back door of kitchen. Asked operator to store ash tray outside.
12B-06-4
Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. License posted in dinning room expired on 2/1/2023.
50-09-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Box of cigarettes stored next to paper liners in front counter area.
40-06-5
Basic - Equipment and utensils not washed, rinsed and sanitized in the correct order in three-compartment sink. Do not use dishes/equipment not properly sanitized. Observed three compartment sink set up incorrectly. Wash compartment had soap and chlorine. Inspector discussed Manual Dishwashing Procedures and provided DBPR Manual Dishwashing Procedure form. Operator set up three compartment sink correctly. **Corrected On-Site**
16-13-5
61
May 9, 2024
Complaint Partial
No violations found.
100
Apr 24, 2024
Complaint Partial
3 critical violations. 4 major violations. 4 minor violations.
View 11 violations
High Priority - Chlorine sanitizer in spray bottle not at proper minimum strength. -Chlorine sanitizer bucket testing at 10 PPM. Employee replenished bucket to 50 PPM. **Corrected On-Site**
22-39-4
High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. -Being used to store food inside reach in cooler.
14-15-4
High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. -Raw chicken not commercially packaged stored over sliced rib eye inside stand alone cooler on cook line. Employee stored raw chicken at the bottom of cooler under rib eye steak. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-20-5
Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. -Turkey and roast beef inside stand alone coolers on cook line not date marked.
02C-03-5
Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. -Inspector provided printed copy of vomiting or diarrheal event form during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
11-27-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. -Can opener soiled with food debris.
22-02-4
Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. -Establishment using chlorine sanitizer. No chlorine test kit. Inspector observed quaternary test kit at the time of inspection.
16-37-1
Basic - Stored food not covered. -Provolone cheese and capacola stored inside stand alone cooler on cook line not covered.
08B-12-5
Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. -Inspector provided print copy of Heimlich maneuver/choking sign during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
51-13-4
Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. -License posted expired 2/1/2023.
50-09-4
Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. -Door handles on stand alone fridge near hand sink on cook line soiled with food debris.
23-24-4
35
Apr 22, 2024
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Apr 19, 2024
Routine - Food
3 critical violations.
View 3 violations
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 1 live fly at cook line. **Warning**
35A-02-6
High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Location is not using three compartment sink properly due to the sanitizer sink leaking. The seal between rinse sink and sanitizer sink is broken will not hold water. Oporator was able to utilise a bus tub in the sanitizer sink temporarily. **Corrective Action Taken** **Admin Complaint**
22-45-4
High Priority - Raw-chicken over raw steak next to grill in reach In cooler. Employee moved raw chicken to bottom shelf reach In cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-20-5
64
Dec 14, 2023
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 1 minor violation.
View 2 violations
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2023-12-14: **Time Extended**
16-37-1
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Displaying expired license 02-01-2023. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2023-12-14: **Time Extended**
50-09-4
86
Dec 13, 2023
Routine - Food
7 critical violations. 2 major violations. 7 minor violations.
View 16 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Front counter across from flat-top grill at 11:45am a. cut lettuce (73F - Cold Holding); b. sliced tomatoes (71F - Cold Holding) Front line a. cut lettuce (63F - Cold Holding); b. sliced tomatoes (59F - Cold Holding) Operator placed items in ice bath. Re temp at 1230pm a cut lettuce 60f b. sliced tomatoes 63f c. cut lettuce 49f d. sliced tomatoes 48f **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooks line at 12:00pm a. meatballs in tomato sauce (112F - Hot Holding) Operator turned up crock pot re temp at 12:35pm a meatballs in tomato sauce 148f **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03B-01-6
High Priority - Food contaminated by employees/consumers and operator continued to serve food. See stop sale. Observed employee handling 12 hoagie buns that are being served to the public with bare hands. Bread not reheated to 145f. **Warning**
01B-12-4
High Priority - Operator failed to comply with a Stop Sale Notice. Food for which Stop Sale Notice issued continues to be prepared for service/served to the public. Observed employee leave and go outside of establishment and then return later and begin engaging in food preparation, touching clean tongs without washing hands and not placing on gloves when entering in food preparation area. Employee handling 12 hoagie buns that are being served to the public with bare hands. Bread not reheated to 145f. Employee touching 12 hoagie buns with bare hand and bread is not being reheated to 145f. I informed the operator and employee that I was issuing a stop sale notice and they continued to serve the Philly cheese steak sandwiches to the public. **Admin Complaint**
01B-06-4
High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Observed employee leave and go outside of establishment and then return later and begin engaging in food preparation, touching clean tongs without washing hands and not placing on gloves when entering in food preparation area. Employee handling 12 hoagie buns that are being served to the public with bare hands. Bread not reheated to 145f. Employee stated the he can't cook with gloves on. I offered a solution that employee can used deli paper to handle ready-to-eat bread. Employee continued to bare hand touch bread. Discussed with operator proper hand-hygiene techniques. **Warning**
09-01-4
High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed employee leave and go outside of establishment and then return and begin engaging in food preparation touching clean tongs without washing hands and not placing on gloves when entering in food preparation area. Discussed with operator proper hand-hygiene techniques. **Warning**
12A-16-4
High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Dry-storage shelf a. Two #10 cans of mushrooms. **Warning**
01B-01-4
Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Will email DBPR Form 5030-104. Cleanup Of Vomit and Diarrheal Events. **Warning**
11-26-1
Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. **Warning**
16-37-1
Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Displaying expired license 02-01-2023. **Warning**
50-09-4
Basic - Damaged/spoiled/recalled food not properly segregated. Dry-storage shelf a. Two #10 cans of mushrooms. **Warning**
08B-20-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee beverage on front counter next to open containers of food being served to the public. **Warning**
12B-07-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee cell phone on stored on reach-in freezer across from three-compartment sink. **Warning**
40-06-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. Case of bottled water stored on floor in dry-storage area. **Warning**
08B-38-4
Basic - Reach-in cooler located at front counter interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. **Warning**
22-16-4
Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Three-compartment sink pipe is leaking. **Warning**
29-11-4
20
Mar 7, 2023
Routine - Food
2 major violations. 2 minor violations.
View 4 violations
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener soiled. Bottom of 4 door cooler soiled.
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Utensils in hand washing sink. Utensils moved. **Corrected On-Site**
31A-09-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Torn reach in cooler gasket.
14-11-5
74
Sep 6, 2022
Food-Licensing Inspection
No violations found.
100
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Colonial Corner last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Colonial Corner on file is from Mar 24, 2026. The public record contains 13 inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Colonial Corner?
Across the inspection record, “no chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer” has been cited four times, more than any other issue at Colonial Corner.
How does Colonial Corner compare to other restaurants in Pinellas Park?
Colonial Corner most recently scored 78 out of 100, which is lower than the Pinellas Park average of 82.
Has Colonial Corner's inspection record improved over time?
Results have been roughly steady. Inspections at Colonial Corner have averaged around two violations per visit across the recent record.
What does a low risk rating mean?
A low risk rating at Colonial Corner means inspectors found minimal or no significant issues at the most recent visit. Most facilities at this tier have a clean recent inspection report.
How often is Colonial Corner inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Colonial Corner is inspected around four times per year on average.
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