Big Mike's Pizza
Last inspected: Jul 28, 2025
33
Score
Big Mike's Pizza Inc, located at 1939 Tamiami Trl S Ste D in Venice, FL, underwent a high-risk inspection on July 28, 2025. This inspection identified three critical, one major, and eleven minor violations. Previous inspections for Big Mike's Pizza Inc have predominantly been medium-risk.
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Inspections
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Critical latest
1
Major latest
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Minor latest
Inspection History
Jul 28, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 1 major violation. 11 minor violations.
33
Jan 15, 2025
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 3 minor violations.
78
Aug 23, 2024
Routine - Food
2 major violations. 2 minor violations.
74
Nov 27, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 3 minor violations.
67
Aug 2, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 5 minor violations.
50
Feb 16, 2023
Routine - Food
2 major violations. 7 minor violations.
58
Oct 21, 2022
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 1 minor violation.
70
Violations — Jul 28, 2025 Inspection
Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
14-17-4
Basic - Water leaking from pipe under dishwasher machine.
29-11-4
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed raw cases plastic soufflé cup used as scoop in cheese at sauté station. Operator corrected above issues to meet inspection standards. **Corrected On-Site**
14-01-5
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils by salad station.
12B-07-4
Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris under equipment in kitchen area. Repeat 1-15-25 **Repeat Violation**
36-73-4
Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair in from of dishwasher machine.
36-17-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. Observed raw cases of ground beef in walk-in cooler on floor under shelves. Observed cases of soda on floor in takeout area.
08B-38-4
Basic - Open dumpster lid.
33-16-4
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues.
22-16-4
Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination at dining room wait staff station. Operator corrected above issues to meet inspection standards. **Corrected On-Site**
25-06-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. Observed raw cases pots of sauce in walk-in cooler not covered or protect from debris from shelf above.
08B-12-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed ricotta cheese tub on pizza station counter at 57F. Employee stated it was taken out of reach-in cooler 1 hour prior and returned it to reach-in cooler **Corrective Action Taken**
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 and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale. Observed fresh chopped garlic in oil at pizza station with out time marked for it. Employee stated it had been out since 1pm over 4 hours. Operator turned stove voluntarily disposed of garlic oil. Operator corrected above issues to meet inspection standards. **Corrected On-Site**
03F-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed meatball at cooks line stove held at 122F. Operator stated they had turn down the heat 30 m prior. Operator turned stove top back on and reheated to 167F before reducing heat for hot holding. Operator corrected above issues to meet inspection standards. **Corrected On-Site**
03B-01-6
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed lasagna in walk-in cooler Employee stated the above items had been prepare onsite more than 24 hours prior , and then proceeded to date items properly to meet standards of inspection. Operator corrected above issues to meet inspection standards. Repeat 1-15-25 **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
02C-02-5
Priority (Critical)
Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)
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