SPONGE CITY BREWING
501 S PINELLAS AVE, TARPON SPRINGS, FL 34689
License #6218484
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Solid Health Score
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SPONGE CITY BREWING in TARPON SPRINGS currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 91.3 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has 4 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on February 24, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 15 total violations — 3 critical, 6 major, 6 minor.
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The latest inspection on February 24, 2026 shows 5 observation rows: 1 critical, 1 major, and 3 minor.
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Inspection History
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- Disposition: Warning Issued
- [12B-07-4] Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Open employee beverage at pass through shelf, next to napkins and silverware rolls, moved to bottom shelf. Employee beverage over prep table, prep in progress, moved to bottom shelf
- [08B-49-4] Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee food in beer cooler in bar on top of bottles of water, operator moved to walk in cooler. Discussed customer labeling of personal food.
- [21-44-1] Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Sanitizer bucket at expo above to go silverware packs And napkins, operator moved to bottom shelf
- [41-10-4] Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray cans of Lysol over condiments at expo window, operator removed cans
- [51-16-7] No plan review submitted and approved - renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. The direct link to the Plan Review page is https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. Plans approved but air curtains not install over garage doors and no sliding doors at expo / pass through shelf. garage doors are closed today.
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