Pensacola restaurant 3D Eats closes temporarily in July inspections

As the temperatures to continue to rise in Pensacola, restaurant inspections from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation landed a few restaurants in the hot seat in July.

Across Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. there were 135 restaurants that passed their inspections last month, compared to the 20 that didn’t. One was temporarily shut down and two other restaurants received administrative complaints.

Out of those that passed, 53 restaurants passed on the first try without a single violation.

A full list of those that received a perfect score can be found at the bottom of this article.

Following a July 13 inspection by the DBPR, 3D Eats’ Cordova Mall location was temporarily closed with four total violations, two of which were considered high priority. These violations included:

3D Eats complied with a follow-up inspection the following day and met inspection standards.

Following a July 20 inspection by the DBPR, Wendy’s received seven violations, two of which were deemed a high priority, and an administrative complaint from the DBPR.

High priority offenses included:

After a follow-up inspection on July 21, the restaurant still had one high priority violation from the initial inspection regarding flying insects. A follow-up inspection is still required.

Following a July 19 visit from the DBPR, Lupita’s received five violations, one of which was deemed a high priority, and one administrative complaint.

The high priority offense included:

After a follow-up inspection on July 20, zero violations were reported.

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Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.

If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online.

Get the whole story at our restaurant inspection database.

Basic violations are those considered against best practices.

A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.

An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: "Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over."

An emergency order — when a restaurant is closed by the inspector — is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.

A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.

Editor's Note: Restaurant inspections will be published weekly beginning next week.