Pizzavola Italian Express
Last inspected: Dec 16, 2025
55
Score
Pizzavola Italian Express has been inspected eight times since 2022. On Dec 16, 2025, the health department conducted the most recent visit. A medium risk score generally means inspectors found things to fix, though most weren't urgent.
There hasn't been much movement either way: counts have stayed near 10 violations per visit across recent inspections.
Across the inspection history, “wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry” is the issue that surfaces most often, recorded four times.
The city-wide average sits at 69, which Pizzavola Italian Express' 55 doesn't quite reach. Taken together, the history looks like that of a busy facility working through the usual inspection cycle.
8
Inspections
1
Critical latest
3
Major latest
3
Minor latest
Inspection History
Dec 16, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 7 violations
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 2/1/2025. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint** - From follow-up inspection 2025-12-16: Establishment open and operating. License expired 2/1/2025. **Admin Complaint**
50-17-3
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards. **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-12-16: **Admin Complaint**
22-02-4
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-12-16: No proof of food handler certifications provided at time of callback. **Admin Complaint**
53B-01-5
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. No written procedure for pizza held on time. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-12-16: No written procedure provided at time of callback. **Admin Complaint**
03F-10-5
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards. **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-12-16: **Admin Complaint**
14-09-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table. **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-12-16: **Admin Complaint**
12B-07-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-12-16: **Admin Complaint**
23-03-4
55
Oct 15, 2025
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 3 major violations. 8 minor violations.
View 13 violations
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 2/1/2025. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
50-17-3
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Meatballs 106 F in steam well, employee turned up heat. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03B-01-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-02-4
Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
53B-01-5
Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. No written procedure for pizza held on time. **Warning**
03F-10-5
Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. **Warning**
42-01-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters. **Warning**
23-03-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Frying oil on floor, manager removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-38-4
Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Sugar container cracked. Employee changed sugar container at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-38-4
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee prepping food with no hair restraint. **Warning**
13-03-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on prep table. **Warning**
40-06-5
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12B-07-4
Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-09-4
37
Feb 26, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 1 major violation. 3 minor violations.
View 7 violations
Food Received at Proper Temperature
FL-12
Adequate Handwashing Facilities Supplied and Accessible
FL-10
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Wiping Cloths Properly Used and Stored
FL-41
Food and Non-Food Contact Surfaces Designed and Constructed
FL-50
47
Sep 3, 2024
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 1 major violation. 6 minor violations.
View 10 violations
High Priority - Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. 3 compartment sink tested 0 ppm chlorine. Retested 50 ppm chlorine. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
22-42-4
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 and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. No time mark on pizza held on time. **Repeat Violation**
03F-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Pasta 47 F in reach in cooler.
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards. Slicer. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards. **Repeat Violation**
14-09-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table.
12B-07-4
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee prepping food with no beard guard and hair restraints. **Repeat Violation**
13-03-4
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Containers wet nesting next to 3 compartment sink.
24-08-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters.
23-03-4
Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
42-01-4
43
Mar 20, 2024
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 2 major violations. 4 minor violations.
View 10 violations
Food in Good Condition, Safe, and Unadulterated
FL-13
Adequate Handwashing Facilities Supplied and Accessible
FL-10
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Certified Food Manager Identification
FL-02
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Hot and Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure
FL-25
Personal Cleanliness
FL-40
Wiping Cloths Properly Used and Stored
FL-41
Food and Non-Food Contact Surfaces Designed and Constructed
FL-50
35
Oct 24, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 6 minor violations.
View 10 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. pizza 85 F, operator states they hold it on time, filled out time as a public health control form. **Repeat Violation**
03B-01-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Wiping cloths in hand wash sink, operator removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
31A-09-4
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Chicken wings in reach in cooler not date marked. Operator date marked at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
02C-02-5
Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
14-09-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
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 drink on prep table. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
40-06-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. Cheese on floor in walk in cooler, operator removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters.
23-03-4
Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
42-01-4
47
Apr 27, 2023
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 9 minor violations.
View 13 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Pizza 78 F, sausage pizza 77 F at front counter. Sent operator time as a public health control.
03B-01-6
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef over cut lettuce in reach in cooler, operator placed raw beef to the bottom. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on reach in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
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. Operator provided one employee training certificate.
53B-13-5
Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee food not segregated in walk in cooler, operator removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08B-49-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on prep table, operator removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
40-06-5
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed employee prepping and cooking food with no hair restraint. Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed employee prepping food with no beard restraint.
13-03-4
Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knives stored between equipment, operator removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
10-17-4
Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container. Scoop handle in cheese, operator removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
10-06-5
Basic - Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Sanitizer bucket stored on prep table, operator removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
21-44-1
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of semolina not labeled, operator labeled at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
02D-01-5
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table, operator removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Portion cup in cheese in reach in cooler, operator removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
14-01-5
39
Aug 18, 2022
Food-Licensing Inspection
3 critical violations. 3 major violations. 5 minor violations.
View 11 violations
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Reach in cooler next to white freezer chest. **Warning**
01B-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cold holding: cooked breaded eggplant 53 F, cooked breaded chicken cutlets 54 F, Alfred 52 F, cooked kidney beans 50 F, meat sauce 51 F, butter 49 F, blue cheese crumbles 48 F, feta 48 F, meatballs 54 F, pasta 54 F, stuffed shells 53 F, chicken stock 54 F, cooked grilled chicken 53 F, mozzarella balls 53 F. Reach in cooler next to white freezer chest. **Warning**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Unable to be licensed at time of licensing inspection by Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Operator must obtain a public food service license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants within 60 days. Submit a license application and payment to DBPR/Bureau of Central Intake Unit, 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783. To apply online or obtain an application for license visit http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/. Establishment has violations the needs to be complied prior to issuing licensing **Warning**
50-08-7
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards soiled with food debris. **Warning**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Probe thermometer not used to ensure proper food temperatures. Potentially hazardous foods in reach in cooler on cooks line not checked by operators. **Warning**
05-10-4
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked ham in walk in cooler dated incorrectly. Operator dated at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
02C-02-5
Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Cracked tiles throughout kitchen. **Warning**
36-17-5
Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee cut fruit stored above sliced cheese in walk in cooler. Employee rearranged at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-49-4
Basic - Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. **Warning**
32-04-4
Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. **Warning**
42-01-4
Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. No thermometer in reach in cooler next to white freezer chest. **Warning**
05-09-4
37
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Pizzavola Italian Express last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Pizzavola Italian Express on file is from Dec 16, 2025. The public record contains eight inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Pizzavola Italian Express?
Across the inspection record, “wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry” has been cited four times, more than any other issue at Pizzavola Italian Express.
How does Pizzavola Italian Express compare to other restaurants in Riverview?
Pizzavola Italian Express most recently scored 55 out of 100, which is lower than the Riverview average of 69.
Has Pizzavola Italian Express' inspection record improved over time?
Results have been roughly steady. Inspections at Pizzavola Italian Express have averaged around 10 violations per visit across the recent record.
What does a medium risk rating mean?
A medium risk rating at Pizzavola Italian Express means the most recent inspection turned up a handful of issues that the health department wrote up but did not classify as critical.
How often is Pizzavola Italian Express inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Pizzavola Italian Express is inspected around two times per year on average.
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