NIKO'S PIZZA

Name: NIKO'S PIZZA
Address: 804 S SR 19, PALATKA, FL, 32177, US
Rating: 77.1

804 S SR 19, PALATKA, FL 32177

License #6400451

🍕 Pizza/Italian ℹ️

77.1 Grade C / 100

Mixed Health Record

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Latest inspection

May 6, 2026 · 11 findings · 1 critical

Routine - Food

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NIKO'S PIZZA in PALATKA currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 77.1 out of 100 — a C grade — a noticeable pattern of violations across recent inspections. This restaurant has been inspected 6 times from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on May 6, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 46 total violations — 3 critical, 9 major, 34 minor.

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March 10, 2025

The latest inspection on May 6, 2026 shows 11 observation rows: 1 critical, 3 major, and 7 minor.

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Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
[12B-07-4] Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on shelf of cook line over single service containers. Operator relocated the drink.
[40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Used aprons stored on shelf over bulk prepared seasoning mixes.
[24-08-4] Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Clean metal containers stacked while wet on shelf opposite three compartment sink.
[14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. Standup reach in freezer opposite three compartment sink, walk in cooler and chest freezer with torn door gaskets. Reach in chest freezer with ice build up on seal.
[36-73-4] Floor, walls and ceiling soiled/has accumulation of debris. Ceiling and cook line wall with food vapor staining build up. Ceiling of ware washing area with water damage.
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Debris build up on top portion of pizza oven and on push cart shelving. Cook line reach in cooler door gasket with food debris build up.
[21-07-4] Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Chlorine sanitizer solution on cookline at 0ppm, operator adjusted solution to 100ppm.
[03F-02-5] 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. Cut lettuce held on time as public health control missing time mark on board. Employee placed out five minutes prior, updated time board.
[22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on flip top reach in cooler of cook line has food residue staining build up.
[31A-11-4] Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand wash sink on wait station line used as dump sink as evident by ice in hand wash sink.
[53B-14-5] Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. At time of inspection four expired food handler trainings through SafeStaff.

Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
[24-05-4] Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Ice bucket stored by the side exterior door not inverted or covered for protection. Operator inverted the ice bucket.
[12B-07-4] Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink stored on prep table with chicken being cut. Employee relocated the beverage.
[40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employees aprons stored over bulk seasoning containers. Operator relocated the employee aprons.
[13-04-4] Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Multiple employees present working with food with no beard guards.
[24-08-4] Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On the shelf of the warewahing area, clean containers stacked while wet.
[36-73-4] Floors, walls and ceiling soiled/has accumulation of debris. Build up of debris under warewashing equipment in the dish area.
[10-08-5] Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Bulk ice bin ice scoop with handle in contact with the ice. Operator relocated the ice scoop.
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Build up of food debris dust over pizza ovens/hood system. Syrup residue around the top of the ahi-C soda nozzle in the waitstation. Employee leaned and sanitized.
[22-42-4] Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. At time of inspection chlorine three compartment sink failed to change test strip color. Operator added chlorine bleach to 50ppm.
[22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on flip top reach in coolers on cook line have food residue staining. Can opener in warewashing area and prep area with food debris on/around the blade.

Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
[40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee aprons stored over dry spice rack. Operator relocated the aprons.
[24-08-4] Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On the shelf of the warewashing area, clean containers stacked while wet.
[14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. Flip top reach in cooler on the main cook line has a torn door gasket.
[36-73-4] Floors, walls and ceiling soiled/has accumulation of debris. Walls and ceilings of the main kitchen area have door residue staining.
[10-08-5] Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Ice scoop handle in bulk ice bin in contact with ice. Operator relocated the ice scoop.
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Build up of debris in the flip top reach in cooler door gasket. Area over pizza ovens with food residue staining/debris.
[42-01-4] Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Wet mop stored with mop head in mop bucket. Operator hung the mop to dry.
[21-12-4] Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloth stored on the top portion of the flip top reach in cooler on the main cook line. Operator relocated the wet wiping cloth. Sanitizer solution at 0ppm, operator corrected the sanitizer solution.
[02D-01-5] Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk salt container in the prep area with no product labeling.
[22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener on the center prep table has debris above the blade. Operator had employee remove the can opener to be cleaned and sanitized.
[53B-14-5] Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. At time of inspection six employee training certificates expired.