Cafe Alfresco
Last inspected: Nov 24, 2025
19
Score
Cafe Alfresco, located at 344 Main St, Dunedin, FL, underwent a high-risk inspection on November 24, 2025, with a score of 19. This inspection identified 4 critical, 4 major, and 13 minor violations, including issues with a damaged ceiling in the warewashing area and grooved cutting boards on the cookline. While this recent inspection noted several violations, Cafe Alfresco's inspection history shows a pattern of mostly low-risk outcomes across seven previous scored inspections.
7
Inspections
4
Critical latest
4
Major latest
13
Minor latest
Inspection History
Nov 24, 2025
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 4 major violations. 13 minor violations.
19
May 30, 2025
Routine - Food
1 major violation.
90
Dec 9, 2024
Routine - Food
2 minor violations.
86
Mar 11, 2024
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
82
Oct 27, 2023
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Jun 8, 2023
Routine - Food
1 major violation.
82
Nov 14, 2022
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 4 major violations. 5 minor violations.
45
Violations — Nov 24, 2025 Inspection
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. Ceiling in warewashing area has hole. **Warning**
36-32-5
Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards on cookline grooved. **Warning**
14-09-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee beverage on top of prep table on cook line. Operator removed **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12B-07-4
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Wet nesting containers near dry storage on racks. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
24-08-4
Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Multiple containers in back storage room cracked **Warning**
14-38-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Fryer oil stored on floor in dry storage area. Operator moved to proper area. Soda bag on floor in dry storage area. Operator moved to proper area. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-38-4
Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. Hole in wall at ware washing area **Warning**
36-24-5
Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knives stored in between prep stations throughout cook line. Operator removed knives. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
10-17-4
Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Ladle in water temped at 85 degrees in pan on cook line, operator removed, **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
10-07-4
Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. Wet wiping cloth under cutting board in cook line. Operator removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
21-04-4
Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Reach in coolers on cook line near bar shelves rusted **Warning**
14-33-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloth stored in dry storage. **Warning**
21-12-4
Basic - Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Measured at 0ppm. Operator remade, remeasured at 200. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
21-08-4
High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee put on gloves no hand wash before starting work. **Warning**
12A-07-5
High Priority - Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee rubbed hands in soiled apron. Began work after no handwash. **Warning**
12A-28-4
High Priority - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Measured at 0ppm. Operator remade, remeasured at 200. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-43-4
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over lettuce in reach in cooler by bar. Raw chicken over calamari in reach in cooler on cookline. Operator removed chicken. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards soiled on cook line. Soda gun interior soiled in bar. **Warning**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Eggs Benedict's on menu, sesame salmon, sesame ahi tuna salad not notated as raw or undercooked. Operator added identification to all menus. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
02B-01-5
Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Quat test kit expired. **Warning**
16-37-1
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. All employees expired between may and August of 2025. **Warning**
53B-01-5
Priority (Critical)
Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)
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