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BUYA

911 CENTRAL AVE, ST. PETERSBURG, Pinellas County. DBPR licence 6217106. 6 inspection visits from 2023-12-18 to 2025-04-08.

No inspection since 2025-04-08. The restaurant may have closed, moved or changed licence; DBPR's files do not say which.

Referred for possible fineLast visit, 2025-04-08: routine inspection, 3 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 15 basic violations
4 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Pinellas County average that year (0 had none)
0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023
0inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Pinellas County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
DateVisitResultHighInter.BasicCounty avgWhat was cited
2025-04-08 Routine inspection Referred for possible fine
DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended
3215 1.27
13 areas
  • 01 Approved source
  • 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x2)
  • 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed (x2)
  • 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
  • 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
  • 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x3)
  • 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
  • 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x3)
  • 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3)
  • 45 Fire extinguishers - proper and sufficient (FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY)
  • 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-09-24 Routine inspection Referred for possible fine
DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended
3319 1.27
14 areas
  • 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
  • 03 Food Out of Temperature
  • 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed
  • 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
  • 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
  • 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
  • 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints (x2)
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x3)
  • 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x3)
  • 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
  • 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2)
  • 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2)
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x5)
  • 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2024-05-30 Follow-up visit Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine
DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended
107
6 areas
  • 03 Food Out of Temperature
  • 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints (x2)
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  • 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
  • 38 Lighting provided as required. Fixtures shielded
2024-04-02 Follow-up visit More time given
DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending
1312
12 areas
  • 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x2)
  • 03 Food Out of Temperature
  • 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
  • 11 Personnel with infections restricted
  • 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints (x2)
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2)
  • 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
  • 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure
  • 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
  • 38 Lighting provided as required. Fixtures shielded
  • 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-03-29 Routine inspection Referred for possible fine
DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended
5917 1.55
18 areas
  • 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x3)
  • 03 Food Out of Temperature
  • 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed
  • 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2)
  • 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2)
  • 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x2)
  • 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints (x2)
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2)
  • 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
  • 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
  • 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
  • 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure
  • 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
  • 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x3)
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3)
  • 38 Lighting provided as required. Fixtures shielded
  • 50 Current license properly displayed (x2)
  • 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2023-12-18 Routine inspection Referred for possible fine
DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended
4515 1.55
14 areas
  • 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
  • 03 Food Out of Temperature
  • 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2)
  • 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x2)
  • 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints (x2)
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2)
  • 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
  • 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored
  • 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x3)
  • 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils (x2)
  • 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
  • 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3)
  • 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)

A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.