CLEARWATER, FL. Back in April 2026, state inspectors walked into Overtime on Sunset Point Road and found food that could not be traced to any approved source, a violation that means if a customer got sick, investigators would have no way to track where the food came from or who else it may have reached.
That was one of six high-severity violations documented during the April 8 inspection. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The food sourcing violation stood out. When a restaurant receives food from unapproved or unknown suppliers, that food has bypassed USDA and FDA inspection checkpoints entirely. Inspectors cited Overtime for exactly that in April.
Alongside it, inspectors documented food in poor condition, mislabeled, or adulterated. That category covers a range of hazards, from spoilage to contamination to products that aren't labeled as what they actually contain.
The undercooking violation added a third food-safety failure to the same visit. Inspectors found food not cooked to required minimum temperatures, a finding that means pathogens present in the food before cooking may have survived and reached customers.
The restaurant was also cited twice for handwashing failures, once for employees not washing their hands adequately, and again for improper technique during handwashing attempts that were made. Those are two separate citations, not one. The sixth high-severity violation was the absence of a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked menu items. The one intermediate violation involved improper sanitizing solution or procedures.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of unapproved food sourcing and undercooking in the same inspection is particularly significant. Food from unknown sources carries no documentation of where it was raised, processed, or handled. If a customer became ill after eating at Overtime in April, health investigators would have no supply chain to trace. That gap can make it impossible to determine whether an outbreak started at the restaurant or extended beyond it.
Undercooking compounds that risk directly. Salmonella in poultry, for example, survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit. If the food arriving at Overtime came from an unverified source and was then not cooked to safe temperatures, any pathogens present at the source would have had a clear path to the plate.
The two handwashing violations together describe a facility where contamination can move from employee hands to food even when workers appear to be washing up. The first citation, inadequate handwashing, covers situations where employees skip the step or rush through it. The second, improper technique, addresses cases where an attempt was made but failed to remove pathogens. Both were cited on the same day.
The missing consumer advisory is a narrower but still serious failure. Customers who are elderly, pregnant, immunocompromised, or very young face significantly elevated risk from raw or undercooked food. Without a posted advisory, those customers have no way to make an informed choice about what they order.
The Longer Record
The April 2026 inspection was not the first time Overtime accumulated serious citations. State records show 13 inspections on file and 70 total violations across the facility's history, including the April visit.
High-severity violations have appeared in nearly every inspection cycle going back to at least 2019. Inspectors cited five high-severity violations during an October 2019 visit, three high-severity violations in each of two separate inspections in 2022, and two high-severity violations as recently as February 2025. The April 2026 total of six high-severity violations in a single visit is the highest single-inspection count in the available record.
The facility has never been emergency-closed. Across 13 inspections and 70 documented violations, no visit has resulted in an order to shut down.
What the record does not show is any inspection cycle where high-severity violations disappeared entirely. The February 2025 visit produced two. The February 2024 visit produced none at the high-severity level but three at the intermediate level. The pattern across seven years is not one of a facility that corrected problems and held the line. It is one where the violation count fluctuates but high-severity citations keep returning.
Still Open
State rules allow inspectors to order an emergency closure when conditions pose an immediate threat to public health. Six high-severity violations, including food from an unapproved source and food not cooked to minimum temperatures, did not meet that threshold at Overtime on April 8.
The inspection record is public. The restaurant remained open.