Giovanni NY Pizza

6959 Cypress Garden Blvd, Winter Haven, FL 33884 · Permanent Food Service · License 6307381

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Grade A
Safety score 93 of 100
Latest visit: Oct 20, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

What drove the grade

Displayed food not properly protected from contamination.High priority · fixed on the spot · 4 other violations

How the score was calculated

  • Starting score100
  • Violations at the Oct 20 routine inspection
    1 high priority (fixed on the spot), 4 basic
    -7
  • Safety score93

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Inspection history

1 inspection · 1 visit

Routine inspection

5 violations found
  1. First visitOct 20, 2026 No follow-up needed

    Met the state's inspection standards; the inspector didn't need to come back. Any violations cited still count toward the grade.

    5 violations found:

    • 1 High priority
    • 4 Basic
    What the inspector cited

    High priority1

    • Code 08, Food protection and cross-contamination: Displayed food not properly protected from contamination.

      Pizza sauce and flour stored on the counter uncovered near the beverage station on the counter near the pizza make station. The product was removed.

      Fixed on the spot

    Basic4

    • Code 13, Clean clothes, hair restraints, jewelry: Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.

      Employee preparing food in the prep/ dishwasher area.

    • Code 14, Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained: Equipment in poor repair.

      Gaskets on the flip top reach in cooler doors at the pizza station.

      Cardboard used to line nonfood-contact shelves.

      The shelf for storing clean plates and cups to the left as you enter the kitchen.

    • Code 22, Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized: Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.

      Interior bottom white shield has black-mold like substance.

    Official report, on the Florida DBPR website

Reading this report

Priority levels

  • High priority The problems most likely to make someone sick directly.
  • Intermediate Could lead to a high-priority problem if not fixed.
  • Basic Best practices and general upkeep.

Terms in the inspectors’ reports

Nonfood-contact surface
Surfaces food doesn’t touch, such as the outsides of equipment, handles and door gaskets.

Most cited

Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained2
Food protection and cross-contamination1
Clean clothes, hair restraints, jewelry1
Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized1