PASCO COUNTY, FL. The dining room that serves residents at Seven Springs drew five high-severity violations in a single inspection last week, including a finding that handwashing facilities were inadequate and that no person in charge was present or performing duties.
Seven Springs Main Dining Room at 3535 Trophy Blvd in New Port Richey led all Pasco County facilities inspected between April 27 and May 3, 2026, tying for the highest violation count alongside a Mediterranean restaurant in Lutz. Inspectors also cited the dining room for lacking an employee health policy, misusing time as a public health control, and failing to post a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods.
State inspectors conducted 61 inspections across 59 facilities in Pasco County during the week. Twelve of those facilities collected two or more high-severity violations.
The Violations
Garden Mediterranean Grill at 1900 Oak Grove Blvd in Lutz matched Seven Springs on high-severity count, collecting citations for improper handwashing technique, inadequate shell stock identification records, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, no employee health policy, and no consumer advisory. Two intermediate violations added to the total: multi-use utensils not properly cleaned and inadequate ventilation.
Fresco Pizza at 18853 SR 54 in Land O' Lakes drew four high-severity violations, including one that stood out from the week's other records: parasite destruction procedures not followed. The pizza shop was also cited for no employee health policy, inadequate shell stock identification, and no consumer advisory.
Prima Pizza at 8809 Mitchell Blvd in New Port Richey also collected four high-severity violations. An employee was found not reporting symptoms of illness, no person in charge was present, handwashing technique was improper, and no consumer advisory was posted. Inspectors added a citation for multi-use utensils not properly cleaned.
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Trinity at 2125 Corporate Center Dr drew three high-severity violations built entirely around workforce oversight failures: no person in charge, no employee health policy, and an employee not reporting illness symptoms.
Hungry Greek Wesley Chapel LLC at 2653 Bruce B Downs Blvd was cited for food contact surfaces not properly cleaned, time as a public health control not properly used, and no consumer advisory.
Seven Springs Souvlaki at 2313 Seven Springs Blvd in New Port Richey collected three high-severity violations: no person in charge, an employee not reporting illness symptoms, and no consumer advisory. Inspectors also noted multi-use utensils not properly cleaned.
Grillsmith Wesley Chapel at 2000 Piazza Ave was cited for inadequate shell stock identification, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned, and no consumer advisory, along with intermediate citations for inadequate ventilation and improper use of wiping cloths.
Taso Italiano at 4016 Little Rd in New Port Richey drew three high-severity violations: an employee not reporting illness symptoms, improper handwashing technique, and inadequate shell stock identification records. Inspectors also cited the restaurant for inadequate or improperly maintained toilet facilities.
Al Shish Kebab at 7045 Ridge Rd in Port Richey was cited for food contact surfaces not properly cleaned, food not cooked to the required minimum temperature, and no consumer advisory. A citation for inadequate ventilation rounded out the inspection.
Burger Monger Wesley Chapel at 1656 Bruce B Downs Blvd carried the week's broadest intermediate list alongside three high-severity citations: food contact surfaces not properly cleaned, no consumer advisory, and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled. The three intermediate violations covered multi-use utensils, ventilation, and improper waste disposal.
Bare Buns Cafe at 20500 Cot Rd in Lutz drew the week's lightest load among flagged facilities: one high-severity citation for no consumer advisory and one intermediate for inadequate ventilation.
What These Violations Mean
The single most repeated high-severity citation this week across Pasco County was the absence of a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, appearing at nine of the twelve flagged facilities. For most diners, that notice on a menu is easy to overlook. For elderly customers, pregnant women, and anyone with a compromised immune system, the absence of that disclosure removes the only warning they have before ordering a medium-rare burger or a raw shellfish dish.
Shellfish traceability failures at Garden Mediterranean Grill, Fresco Pizza, Grillsmith Wesley Chapel, and Taso Italiano carry a specific downstream risk. When a customer gets sick after eating oysters or clams, investigators trace the illness back through the harvest tags attached to each shipment. Without those records, that chain breaks entirely, and the source of a contaminated batch cannot be identified before more people are exposed.
The workforce violations concentrated at Prima Pizza, Holiday Inn Express Trinity, Seven Springs Souvlaki, and Taso Italiano tell a related story. An employee not reporting illness symptoms is the most direct route from a sick worker to a sick dining room. When no person in charge is present to enforce that policy, as was the case at Seven Springs Main Dining Room, Prima Pizza, Seven Springs Souvlaki, and the Holiday Inn, the enforcement layer that catches those failures before they reach customers is simply absent.
Al Shish Kebab's citation for food not cooked to the required minimum temperature is the most acute finding of the week. Salmonella in poultry does not die below 165 degrees Fahrenheit. That is not a documentation gap or a labeling oversight. It is a direct exposure risk on the plate.
The Longer Record
Two of the week's worst performers share a name and a geography. Seven Springs Main Dining Room and Seven Springs Souvlaki both operate in New Port Richey and both drew management and illness-reporting violations in the same inspection week. The Main Dining Room's finding that no person in charge was present or performing duties, combined with the absence of an employee health policy, suggests an oversight structure that was not functioning at the time of inspection.
Taso Italiano on Little Road in New Port Richey is among the established addresses in this week's data. A citation for inadequate or improperly maintained toilet facilities, alongside three high-severity violations involving illness reporting, handwashing, and shellfish records, points to conditions that extend beyond documentation gaps.
Fresco Pizza's parasite destruction citation is the kind of violation that tends to appear when a facility is serving fish or pork that requires a specific freezing protocol before being served raw or undercooked, and that protocol is not being followed or documented. Combined with the shell stock and consumer advisory failures, the Land O' Lakes location accumulated four high-severity findings with no intermediate violations, meaning the basic-level housekeeping items were in order while the food safety fundamentals were not.
Burger Monger Wesley Chapel's citation for improperly stored or labeled toxic chemicals placed it in a category none of the other eleven flagged facilities reached this week. Chemicals stored or labeled incorrectly near food present a contamination risk that does not require a biological failure to cause harm.