Day Break Cafe
Last inspected: Sep 2, 2025
61
Score
The Day Break Cafe, located at 1981 North Pinellas Ave in Tarpon Springs, FL, underwent a moderate-risk inspection on September 2, 2025. This inspection identified three critical and one minor violation. The facility has a history of mostly high-risk inspections across its eight recorded evaluations.
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Inspection History
Sep 2, 2025
Complaint Full
3 critical violations. 1 minor violation.
61
Jan 2, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 7 major violations. 7 minor violations.
30
Aug 28, 2024
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 1 major violation. 6 minor violations.
37
Feb 1, 2024
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 4 major violations. 7 minor violations.
19
Nov 20, 2023
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 3 minor violations.
78
Jun 26, 2023
Routine - Food
1 minor violation.
90
Dec 28, 2022
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 5 major violations. 2 minor violations.
41
Violations — Sep 2, 2025 Inspection
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Single door cooler across from fryers **Warning**
22-16-4
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In vertical freezer across from fryers- unpackaged Beef steak over French fries, potato chips **Warning**
08A-02-6
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In drawer cooler under broiler - Beef (45F - Cold Holding); pork skewers (45F - Cold Holding); pork chop (45F - Cold Holding), all moved to freezer, in cooler over night. Recheck - pork chop 40F, skewer 39F, beef 40F In 2 door lift top cooled across from stove- rice with peas (49F - Cold Holding); garlic in oil (53F - Cold Holding); Salmon (53F - Cold Holding); gyro (50F - Cold Holding)all in walk in cooler overnight, moved to reach in cooler at 7 am, 2. 25 hours ago, moved to freezer cooked potatoes (45F - Cold Holding); cheesecake (48F - Cold Holding); sliced provolone cheese (47F - Cold Holding); feta (53F - Cooling)shaved cheddar cheese (47F - Cold Holding); raw beef (53F - Cold Holding); Swiss cheese (47F - Cold Holding) all moved to freezer, temperatures taken yesterday morning, cooler had been turned off when manger arrived, manager turned back on. Operator called repair tech. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03A-02-5
High Priority - 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. Shell eggs on counter by stove, removed from refrigeration 2 hours ago, operator wrote time.i **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
03F-02-5
Priority (Critical)
Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)
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