Call 911 because you have a band-aid in your soup? Are you kidding me? I think you need to take a good look at the character of the person filing the complaint who would think it warrants taking it to this extreme. I have eaten at this restaraunt 2 times since it has opened and find the food very good and the staff very cordial. I'm satisfied that the Health Dept. visiting the restaurant and finding only minor infractions. I've lived in the area for over 25 yrs and know that Leo has had restaraunts in the area for almost the entire time. I am planning on having dinner there again in spite of this incident.

::SINGING::: " I am stuck on Band-Aids, cause Band-Aid's stuck on me! P.S. I'm not buying it.

Ha! Anne, you are always such a hoot! ... and so talented when it comes to finding soundtracks for online stories! I'm sure you could probably think of a jingle or song to go with every one of the articles on Palm Harbor Patch :)

We ate there once several months ago. We did not enjoy the food will not go back. Not sure what to think of the band aid incident. The food, however, in my opinion is less than good, much less.

I couldn't agree with you more Bill on the whole band aided, to me it looks completely fake, Who eats a soup with a fork? Sorry buddy to burst your bubble but you will be sitting there quite a while. Our society today is so critical of everything they see, and hear but they don't know that sometimes people will go to the extreme just to put someone else down. All you people complaining about the food just don't know what really food and fresh food taste like sorry to say this but please go out more often. For all of you that have never been i recommend going and not listening to other peoples opinions because you won't know if you like the place until you try it for yourself. One thing i noticed about our society today that it is full of the rudest people.

The Health Department does not inspect restaurants. It is the Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Florida.

I own a restaurant in South Carolina. What always baffles me is how people find the time to put nasty comments on the internet. We have an A on our door, as i'm sure you do. We have a great reputation as you do Leo, don't let a few bad apples ruin your day, and I;ll try to remind myself to take my own advice! Kathy

Whatever the situation, David Baier should be fined heavily or thrown in jail for using 911 fraudulently. Leo, if I'm ever in the neighborhood I'll gladly visit your fine establishment. Keep up the great work!

According to Mr. Baier it is appropriate to call 911 when one's character is questioned. He's lucky the restaurant staff appears mature and professional otherwise the table would have been turned on him. Did he not question their character?

Leo, as a bussiness owner,I see and hear alot of goods and bads.Just had a customer complain about a Ribeye whole Loin he bought. Said the first steak was tender ,and GREAT. Then said the rest were tough. Now these steaks were cut off the same loin. No way the rest were tough. Just looking for a free meal.

Travis

Bandaid looks new and unused. it if had been sitting in a pot of soup it wouldn't look like it does. Wonder how many times the guy has pulled this for a free meal? When Leo's staff questioned the incident he calls 911 for his 15 minutes of fame and then poses for pictures. So what happens when a real 911 call comes in and the cops are chasing down a bandaid?

This is ridiculous! I can remember as a young girl going to a local lunch counter with my mother. I took a bite out of my egg salad sandwich and found a used band aid in my mouth! Not pleasant, to be sure. But did we call 911? Absolutely not! We called it to the attention of the waitress who brought me a new sandwich and a free ice cream sundae. No need to call the authorities. Accidents do happen!

Since you are new, it could be a set up from another restaurant in the area,who sent them in to make sure you got lots of publicity and not the kind that you would want. It is a nasty world that we live in. If you use a soup base from someplace it could have been in there, but it would have looked it after being in a vat and being packaged. Good luck to you and they were awfully quick to make those calls instead of dealing with just you.

Wow...since I'm not going to fawn all over the restaurant, I guess I'm a horrible Internet Troll. Be that as it may, if a member of MY staff went out and basically called into question a customer's motives upon finding a band-aid floating in his soup, I would FIRE that worker. What kind of customer service is that? Also, many times soups are done prior to that days meals. Could this have gotten in from another day? Certainly.

For Leo's to act all angelic in this regard is simply foolhardy. I have eaten there before, but will not after seeing their response, but I imagine that since I'm not fawning all over the restaurant, that it's no loss to the establishment.

and the pot of soup was thrown out.....gee really? No one can judge here as no one really know the true...but shame on any Italian restaurant that serves CANNED SOUP!!

finding a band-aid in ones food is not unheard of my husband and i live in Tennessee and stopped to pick up chicken fajitas at our local mexican restaraunt and also found a band-aid it was melted either from the hot food or from the grill makes me wonder how many peoples food it touched before it finally got dished out to us. IT DOES HAPPEN PEOPLE.........

do you really always pay attention to whats in ur food? I DO.....i think restaruants have no room to move when it comes to this kind of crap. if the cook or cooks have a band-aid on where in the hell are the gloves for those people for sanitary reasons!!!! NEED I SAY MORE !!!!!!!

If this did happened ,, I would called the health department on the problem ,, not 911 or non emergency number those numbers is for emergency only life or death only.

"Inspectors with the Florida Department of Business & Regulation then visited Leo's Italian Grill on May 3 and found some violations that required further review but were not an immediate threat to the public."

I would call 30 violations A LOT, NOT "a few".

For the uneducated people making ignorant comments here, a medical item ingested that may have blood on it, (a bandage), is a VERY serious matter.

While Hepatitis is a very easily contracted disease, the risk of contacting HIV is extremely low, but not impossible. No health official can guarantee 100% that there is no risk, because there is, however small. Any risk, is too much.

This is another example of why ALL food preparers and cooks should wear disposable gloves when handling food. The Florida Health Department used to require that years ago then went backwards in time and removed the requirement arguing that "frequent hand washing" is good enough. What a scary, uneducated health department Florida has.

If the cook who prepared the food had on gloves, his/her bandage would have been under them with much less chance of exposing the diner to potential disease.

There is no way I want any stranger using their bare hands to prepare my food. When I see those cooking "reality" shows and the contestants/cooks using their bare hands after touching their faces, cabinets, raw food, etc, I cringe. Totally unsanitary and gross. Imagine how much worse it is in a real restaurant.

a lot restaurants and fast food places don't use gloves and or hair nets any more ,, what happened to that ,, I went to all u can place here in kissimmee fl. had hair in it food , I was eating. I complain , they didnt care , another place , I was eating , I was sitting and person who work ( was cleaning clearing the talble ) that was behind where I was sitting ,, he was splash that dirty stuff , it was splash on my back , I complain to the manger of ther place , He didn't care.

A few years ago. I purchased a boneless, sealed in the package, well known brand ham, to prepare for guests. The dinner was great...but...the next morning, while slicing it for breakfast, the knife stopped midway. Upon further inspection, there was a dirty, used bandaid. After being very thankful it did not happen during dinner the night before, and after gathering my composure, I called the Dept of Agriculture who immediately dispatched an employee with a camera to photograph it to my home. It was half in and half out of the ham, obviously happened during processing. I was told that 1. an employee is supposed to wear gloves at all times and 2. an employee is not to show up for work with an obvious cut and process food. I then contacted an atty who told me that I could not sue the processing plant, but had to sue the national chain grocery store from where it was purchased and that the store could sue the supplier. i said my goodbyes and explained that my problem was not with the store, as they received the ham in a totally sealed and unrevealing wrapper and I was not doing it for the money, which I had planned to donate, but to make a further point of health. I then contacted the Dept of Agriculture to make sure they were following through and was assured they were and did not sue.

Leo's is a beatiful new restaurant and a benefit to the community. Stop in and talk to Leo and youll know in an instant thats not how he would respond to anything. Wouldn't a band aid around a finger be circular???? Picture perfect??? C'mon this is a scam, and a game.

I'm gonna go over and order a pie right now, anyone care to join?

My family and friends have been customers of Leo's for over 15 years. He and his devoted wife and working partner, pay careful attention to every detail of their business. None of us have ever gotten ill from eating at Leo's. He NEVER has been arogant, and if anything is humble and sincere in taking care of his guests. I would be reluctant to believe the "band-aid" story based upon my past observations, but anything is possible. Look at all the serious recalls in the auto industry. BUT Leo promptly told the guests there would be no charge for their 7 dinners and asked if there was any way he could make them feel more comfortable. He promptly discarded the large pot of soup that was probably in perfect condition. If you accept that only the Lord is perfect, what more could you ask of Leo? Accidents happen so even if the story is true, I will still continue to do business with Leo because based upon my long past experience with Leo, I feel I am safer there than in many other restaurants. The people involved owe Leo an apology more than he owes them one. They intentionally set out to hurt Leo for some sort of revenge when there was no more that Leo could be asked to do. If the story is true, it was accidental NOT intentional. It is time for those folks to show a little empathy and understanding. What more could they or would they do if they were the owners of the restaurant?

My family has been going to Leo's for years and had a private party there shortly after it he new location opened. Everything was wonderful. I will continue to eat there.

Baier's story is a crock of excrement and he knows it.

It sure seems like this guy is looking not to pay for anything. From what I understand he did not complain until the end of the meal

CRINGING!! Another story about this band-aid on the news tonight at 11...channel 10. I'm ashamed, in one broadcast they are all for our economy and the "mom and pop" businesses in our area and then in the next broadcast they bash the restaurant and give in to a wackadoodle providing bad publicity for a hard working family and their business??? Leave it to Karma to get to the bottom of this craziness!!! Can't wait for the REAL truth to be revealed!!

I have ate at leos resturante for many years allways great.Leo is one of the nicest people I know.carol

I don't really care about whether the band-aid situation is real or not. All I know is that I personally think Leo's food is average at best. To me it's just another place people will drive home drunk from putting the rest of us at risk. Same for the Dill.

I wonder how many other restauranters he has done this to.....what a joke, sounds like it was planned lets get a group together go tondinner then plant a bandaid in the food so we wont have to pay....what lengths will someone go for free food. Just not right and to waste the police depts time on a bandaid??

KARMA it always comes around to "hit you right in the face.." Be careful, be very careful...

Every restaurant in the area should have a picture of this "tool" on the wall so everone knows him and he cant pull this on others...Ha

Geeeezzz Take this awful picture down already!! I was in the Restaurant business too. We we always told to clean because you never know when there's an inspection...I have and WILL always recommend Leo's to any new customers who move here and is looking for a FABULOUS place to dine!! I sell Real Estate!

YES...Please take that awful picture down..Let's get a petition against this..... I don't even want to support this site anymore......Enough is enough...I feel like I'm reading the Enquirer...UGH

Support Leo . Lorrie maybe we should do a petition. I've eaten soup at Leo's for seven years and all I got was soup in my soup!

Thanks Sunde for changing the pic.- most appreciated.....I guess all the true Palm Harborites Do appreciate Leo's, as he's been around a long time......and
Happy Mothers Day to all~

OUR FAMILY IS A MEMBER OF THE LEO CLUB WE JUST RECIVED A HAPPY MOTHERS DAY FROM LEO AND HIS FAMILY AND FOR ALL MOTHERS OUT
LEO HAS A GLASS OF WINE OR DESSERT FOR YOU ON MOTHER'S DAY..
SEE HOW LEO AND HIS FAMILY CARE... THANX TO LEO AND HIS FAMILY..A&ANN

Been going to Leo's many years and never had a problem, the new resturant is real classic Italian and know that the food will always be fresh ,Leo and his family have always treated me like family.