THE DUGOUT CAFE

Name: THE DUGOUT CAFE
Address: 789 US HWY 41 BYP, VENICE, FL, 34285, US
Rating: 89

789 US HWY 41 BYP, VENICE, FL 34285

License #6803473

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89 Grade B / 100

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Latest inspection

August 14, 2026 · 8 findings · 1 critical

Routine - Food

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THE DUGOUT CAFE in VENICE currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 89 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has one inspection on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on August 14, 2026. Across those visits, DBPR recorded 8 total findings; InspectFL has detailed violation rows for 7 of them so far.

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The latest inspection on August 14, 2026 shows 7 observation rows: 1 critical, 2 major, and 4 minor.

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Disposition: Warning Issued
[13-03-4] Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
[21-44-1] Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles on prep table. Operator corrected above issues to meet inspection standards.
[24-18-4] Utensils at cooks line stored upright with the food-contact surface up. Observed silverware at front counter stored food-contact surface upright.
[25-09-4] Single-service items for customer self-service not properly protected to prevent contamination. Observed coffee filters at front counter area not covered pr protected.
[41-17-4] Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled at waitstaff station side of cooks line.
[02C-02-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed all food not properly marked with numerical date only marked with weekday.
[22-41-4] Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Observed dishwasher machine at 000 ppm chlorine sanitizer. instructed operator they may use the machine to wash dishware and utensils, but must use three compartment sink to sanitize items once they come out of the dish machine and then allow items to properly air dry.

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