, FL. The person in charge at Sadman Comedy Cafe Llc could not correctly answer basic questions about foodborne disease, could not explain which symptoms require employees to stay home, and had no written plan for handling a vomiting or diarrheal incident on the premises, according to state inspection records from September 4, 2026.
The store, a convenience store with limited food service, was attempting to pass a preoperational inspection before opening to the public. It did not pass on its first try, on September 3. It cleared the bar on the second attempt, September 4, but only after inspectors documented eight violations, five of them at the priority foundation level.
What Inspectors Found
The inspector's notes on the person in charge are direct: the individual "was unable to correctly respond to questions relating to food borne disease and symptoms that may cause food borne disease" and "was unable to relate to conditions of restriction and exclusion." Those are not peripheral concerns. They are the foundational knowledge required of anyone running a food operation.
On employee illness, the inspector found that Sadman Comedy Cafe Llc could not demonstrate that food employees had been informed, "in a verifiable manner," to report illness or symptoms of diseases transmissible through food. There was no documentation. There was no system.
The store also had no written cleanup procedures for accidental vomiting or diarrheal incidents, no metal stem probe thermometer anywhere on the premises, and no backflow prevention device on the mop sink hose bibb in the backroom. Two additional water outlets on the south and west exterior walls were also missing backflow prevention devices, for a total of three unprotected outlets.
In the food service area, no splash guard had been installed between the hand wash sink and the prep countertop. A gap around the backdoor frame in the backroom left the building open to insects and rodents.
None of the eight violations were corrected on site during the September 4 inspection.
What These Violations Mean
The three violations tied to the person in charge are the most consequential findings in this inspection. When the person running a food operation cannot identify symptoms of foodborne illness or explain when an employee must be restricted from handling food, the entire safety system that depends on that knowledge collapses. An employee who comes to work with norovirus, hepatitis A, or Salmonella, and whose manager does not know to send them home, can contaminate food handled by dozens of customers in a single shift.
The absence of written vomiting and diarrheal incident procedures compounds that risk. Norovirus spreads through contaminated surfaces, and without a defined cleanup protocol, an incident in a store environment can expose customers and employees alike long after the immediate event. This is not a paperwork requirement. It is a containment procedure.
The missing thermometer matters because food safety at the retail level depends on the ability to verify that food is being held at safe temperatures. Without a probe thermometer, there is no way to confirm whether food in the service area is cold enough to inhibit bacterial growth, or hot enough after heating. At Sadman Comedy Cafe, that tool simply was not present.
The backflow prevention violations on three separate water outlets, including an outdoor hose bibb and two exterior wall outlets, represent a plumbing risk that could allow contaminated water to flow back into the potable water supply. It is a structural failure, not a procedural one, and it requires physical installation to resolve.
The Longer Record
The inspection history at this location is short but telling. State records show two FDACS inspections on consecutive days, September 3 and September 4, 2026. The September 3 visit resulted in a single violation and a finding that the facility did not meet preoperational inspection requirements. The store was not permitted to open.
The September 4 reinspection documented eight violations across multiple categories, including five at the priority foundation level, and the facility was ultimately cleared to operate. But none of those eight violations were corrected during the inspection itself.
That sequence raises a specific question the records do not answer: which violations existed on September 3, and which were newly documented on September 4. What the records do show is that a store cleared to open had, as of its second inspection, a manager who could not demonstrate basic food safety knowledge, no thermometer, no illness reporting system, no cleanup procedures for bodily fluid incidents, and three water outlets without backflow protection.
The gap around the backdoor frame in the backroom remained unaddressed as of the September 4 inspection, leaving the building open to pest entry before the store had served its first customer.
