Hampton's Restaurant

1116 Mason Ave, Daytona Beach, FL 32117 · Permanent Food Service · License 7400523

C
Grade C
Safety score 77 of 100
Latest visit: Oct 9, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

What drove the grade

Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41°F.High priority · fixed by the Oct 9 follow-up · 12 other violations

How the score was calculated

  • Starting score100
  • Violations at the Oct 8 routine inspection
    4 high priority (fixed by the Oct 9 follow-up), 1 intermediate, 8 basic
    -23
  • Safety score77

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Inspection history

1 inspection · 2 visits

Routine inspection

13 violations found · Inspector came back once
  1. Follow-up visitOct 9, 2026 Fixed at follow-up

    The inspector came back and found the problems fixed.

    3 earlier violations still noted, but not enough to need another visit:

    • 3 Basic
    What was still cited

    Basic3

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

      More time given

    • Code 36, Floors, walls, ceilings and ventilation: Hole in or other damage to wall.

      More time given

      Ceiling shows water damage in back storage area.

      More time given

    Official report, on the Florida DBPR website
  2. First visitOct 8, 2026

    Problems were found that had to be fixed. The inspector will come back to check.

    13 violations found:

    • 4 High priority
    • 1 Intermediate
    • 8 Basic
    What the inspector cited

    High priority4

    • Code 03, Food out of temperature: Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41°F.

      Walk in cooler: raw chicken 53°f, ground beef 50°f, bacon 52°f, cooked mashed potatoes 52°f. Cooler in defrost and operator stated defrost starts at 7:30 am. Operator stated that at 7:00 am cooler temperature was 40°f.

    • Code 12, Handwashing and hygienic practices: Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food.

      Employee touched bare body part and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands.

    • Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb by back door.

    Intermediate1

    • Code 41, Chemicals and toxic substances: Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled.

    Basic8

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

      -Metal peeled back on walk in freezer door.

    • Code 21, Wiping cloths and linens: Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean.

    • Code 23, Non-food contact surfaces clean: Nonfood-contact surface soiled.

      -shelving at cookline soiled with food debris.

    • Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler.

    • Code 36, Floors, walls, ceilings and ventilation: Hole in or other damage to wall.

      -wall damaged by back door.

      Ceiling shows water damage in back storage area.

      Floor soiled/has accumulation of grease under cooking equipment.

    • Code 51, Other sanitary and safe operation: Carbon dioxide tanks at cookline not adequately secured.

    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

Time/temperature control for safety food
Food that has to be kept hot, at 135°F or above, or cold, at 41°F or below, to stay safe: meat, seafood, eggs, dairy, cooked rice and beans, cut melons and the like.
Nonfood-contact surface
Surfaces food doesn’t touch, such as the outsides of equipment, handles and door gaskets.
Vacuum breaker, backflow
Plumbing parts that keep dirty water, such as from a mop sink hose, from flowing back into the clean water supply.

Most cited

Floors, walls, ceilings and ventilation5
Handwashing and hygienic practices2
Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained2
Plumbing and backflow prevention2
Food out of temperature1
Wiping cloths and linens1
Non-food contact surfaces clean1
Chemicals and toxic substances1