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Roaches Close Denny's on Federal Highway

Denny's on Federal Highway. Image by Google. — Denny’s on Federal Highway. Image by Google.

Denny’s restaurant on Federal Highway in Boca was temporarily closed by inspectors on September 9th after roach activity was found:

Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found, 1 live on bucket on top of ice machine, 2 live on outside walk in cooler wall, 1 live in break room, 1 live on wall entryway of kitchen near dish area. 1 live on wall near office.

Otherwise it was not that bad of an inspection with 8 total violations and just that one marked high priority. The restaurant reopened the same day after a second inspection showed only 3 minor violations.
Although of course finding roaches is a bad thing, it can happen anywhere. This is one of the smallest we have seen and also one of the quickest and most effective clean ups.
The biggest number in our report goes to Bonefish Macs on Sample in Coral Springs. They had 23 total violations with 6 marked high priority:

Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. Observed a cook change gloves without Washing hands. The Mgr corrected him and he removed the gloves, washed hands and put on a new set of gloves. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Outside bar glasswasher chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Observed 0 ppm when tested.
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooked/heated yesterday/on a previous day not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within a total of 6 hours. Food has been cooling overnight. See stop sale. Jerk chicken wings prepared on 9/8/16 in the walk-in cooler are still 45-59°
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Observed a cream sauce in hot hold at 114-116°F on the cook’s line. The pan was put on the grill to be reheated. **Corrective Action Taken**
Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Observed a sanitizer pail with sanitizer in it on a prep table. It was relocated. **Corrected On-Site**
Vacuum breaker/back flow preventer missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb.

The biggest number in West Boca goes to Tempura House at Clint Moore and 441. They had 13 violations with 4 marked high priority:

Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands – food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. – employee cutting and trimming broccoli florets with bare hands.
Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded.
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. – COOK LINE (Counter Top) broccoli florets 64° sprouts 54° peas 54°cabbage 49° Repeat Violation – REACH IN COOLER – (Cook Line Cold Table) cooked shrimp 43° BBQ pork 45°cooked chicken 57° cut peppers 58°cut onions 58° **Repeat Violation**
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. – sushi rice.

On the good news side of things there’s a new BurgerFi on Atlantic in Delray, just east of the Turnpike. They had a perfect licensing inspection with zero violations.
There’s a new French bakery, Lublu, in Somerset Shoppes (Lyons and Glades) and their licensing inspection showed only one minor violation.
Near perfect routine inspections (1 violation) were recorded by the Chipotle and the Burger King at Palmetto and Powerline, Pei Wei in Westwinds (Glades & 441) and Cilluffo’s on SW 18th.

Other notables include:
Cherry Smash Ice Cream in Coral Springs (2 minor violations)
Five Guys near Town Center (2 violations, both high priority)
McDonalds at Clint Moore and Jog (2 violations, 1 high priority)
First Watch on St. Andrews (2, 0)
Brendy’s at Yamato and Lake Ridge (2, 0)
Vinny’s All Day Cafe (2, 0)
Burger King on 441 near Target (3, 1)
Taco Bell in Sandalfoot (3, 1)
Casa L’Italien at Yamato and Lake Ridge (3, 1)
It’s All Greek on Clint Moore (4, 1)
Gary Woo Express on Yamato (4, 2)
Burt & Max’s in Delray Marketplace (5, 2)
Boston Market in Shadowood (5, 0)
Chow Thai in Sandalfoot (5, 0)
Hurricane Grill in Mission Bay (6, 0)
Brendy’s at Clint Moore & Jog (6, 2)
Einstein Bagel on Powerline (7, 2)
Dunkin Donuts on 441 near Sandalfoot (7, 1)
House of Bread & Coffee, 441 near Sandalfoot (13, 4)
Los Tacos on NE 5th in East Boca (16, 6)
Our full spreadsheet is below:
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PF Changs Clangs with 23 violations

PF Changs on Glades near FAU had the worst inspection of the week with 23 violations including 9 marked high priority. The biggest issues were hand washing and there was a stop sale on white sauce due to temperature abuse and failure to discard.

Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Glass washer At 0 ppm chlorine in bar area. Corrected to 100 ppm chlorine. **Corrected On-Site**
Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. Observed on 5 different instances at the cookline where there seems to be an accessibility problem to the hand-wash sink. Employees washed hands. **Corrected On-Site**
Employee handled soiled dishes or utensils and then handled clean dishes . Dishwasher handled dirty dishes and then handled clean dishes without washing hands first. Employee washed hands. **Corrected On-Site**
Employee touched face and then engaged in food preparation and handled clean equipment or utensils without washing hands first. In cookline area. Employee washed hands. **Corrected On-Site**
Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee went from cleaning to prepping food at cookline without washing hands first. Employee washed hands.**Corrected On-Site**
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Lettuce 48-51° F in frontline are cold holding drawers with ambient temperature of 49° F. Lettuce iced down. Corrective Action taken. Cooked chicken 47° F, raw shrimp 49° F, raw beef 47°F and raw chicken 52° F at Meat Drama cooler in cookline area. All foods iced down. Corrective Action taken. Cooked vegetables 58°F, cooked chicken 47° F ,White wine sauces 60°F, lobster sauce 53°F, and pork taco sauce 66°F at Wok Cooler in cookline area. Veggies and chicken discarded, sauces moved to interior of cooler. Corrective Action taken. Tomatoes 50° F at Pantry cooler at cookline. Foods discarded. Corrective Action taken. Cooked pasta 45-46° F and melon at 45° F at Veggie Drama cooler in cookline area. Foods moved to walkin cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food held using time as a public health control marked with a time that exceeds the 4-hour limit. See stop sale. White sauce time marked to be discarded by 3 PM still being used at 3:30 PM. Food discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
Raw animal food stored in top portion of make table over ready-to-eat food in bottom portion of make table – no complete physical barrier between top and bottom. Raw shelled eggs stored behind battler and cooked chicken in cookline area flip top cooler. Drippings from eggs may contaminate ready to eat foods. Foods moved and properly stored. **Corrected On-Site**
Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse and for failure to discard foods within 4 hours when using time as a public health control.

This week’s restaurant inspection report is a bit thin as the data only shows 14 inspections in our area. The Chipotle on Glades at Butts Road had a good inspection with only one minor violation.
Our weekly spreadsheet is below.
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Inspections: Mozzarita not so neat-a

This week’s restaurant inspection report was mostly good. But Mozzarita Bar on Clint Moore at 441 had the worst inspection in this report with 19 violations including 6 marked high priority:

Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food.
Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands.
Employee washed hands with no soap.
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. REACH IN COOLER – (Sandwich Table) mozzarella 46° sauces 46°
Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. – raw chicken breasts uncovered Ed and directly above cooked sauces, soups, mozzarella cheese, baked breads, and breaded eggplant. – in tall “Metalfrio” reach in cooler.
Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled.

We should mention that we like the place. This inspection is not that bad (some violations seem nitpicky and they got hit a few times for the same things) and won’t stop us from eating there. But at the same time it never seems busy and we’re worried they won’t last. If you haven’t tried it, we suggest going there soon.
There’s plenty of good news including five perfect routine inspections. They include Sushi Jessie, La Villetta and Big Joe’s Burgers on North Federal Highway, Wendy’s on Yamato (East Boca); and Jerkit Cuisine in Coconut Creek.

Padano in Logger's Run — Padano in Logger’s Run; image copyright Warren Redlich 2016

The newly renamed Padano Gastro Bistro in Logger’s Run scored a near-perfect inspection with only one intermediate violation. Their Facebook page looks like it’s still a pizza place. We called just now and confirmed that they open for business tomorrow.
The popular Thick and Thin in Sandalfoot also had a near perfect inspection with one minor violation.

Brendy’s in the Polo Club Shoppes did well with only 2 minor violations.
Tomasso’s Pizza and Subs also had 2 minor violations (Palmetto just east of I-95).
Other notables include Monkey Joe’s in Logger’s Run with 5 violations (2 high priority); El Balcon de las Americas on Powerline in Deerfield Beach (9 violations, 5 high priority); and Rotelli’s on Yamato in East Boca (9 violations, 1 high priority).
For all the numbers this week, see our spreadsheet below:
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Bad Inspections for Boca Indian & Hashi Sushi Thai

We were excited about the opening of Boca Indian Grill in Mission Bay and so it’s a bigger disappointment to have to write about their first bad inspection. They “lead” this report with 26 violations including 6 marked high priority from a routine inspection in late July.
To be fair, some of the violations were picky, related to how they have moved around furniture and buffet tables without getting government approval first. And their follow-up inspection 2 days later was near perfect.
The 6 big violations were:

Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. – in walk n cooler covered tightly – cooked chicken 98° after 3 hours.
Evidence of mop/cleaning wastewater dumped onto ground. – operator stated that mop buckets were dumped outside , indicating outside the back door.
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. BUFFET LINE – fish stew 120° chicken tikka 113° carrot pudding 118° okra marsala 115°
Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. – the 3 compartment sink quaternary ammonium dispenser has nothing hooked up to it. the dispenser line is placed into the floor drain. There is no knowledge by person in charge or DIshmachine operator as to what quaternary ammonium is, or what a sanitizer test kit is.
Raw meat/poultry cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. WALK IN COOLER – raw chicken marinating 54° cheese/vegetaalls balls 53° raw chicken 54° AMBIENT TEMPERATURE 45°
Self-service hot and cold buffet lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. – cease buffet until there is sneeze/cough guard protection for all displayed foods. Covers for chafing dishes do not provide sneeze/cough guard protection as the food is unprotected when sneeze/couch protection is most needed.

We went there today for the lunch buffet and asked if they had any comment on the inspection. They did not get back to us.
As for today’s meal, Chicken Tikka Masala is their most popular item and it was good today as was most of the food. However the Tandoori Chicken was surprisingly bland.
We have had dinner there a few times and the portion sizes are noticeably small for an Indian restaurant, though this is obviously not a problem at the lunch buffet.

Hashi Sushi Thai in Shadowood; image by Google

Right behind with 25 violations was Hashi Sushi Thai in Shadowood. Four were high priority including a stop sale:

Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. – Fresh garlic in oil held unrefrigerated on cookline at 67°. Operator, trying to explain time in lieu of temperature said, ” two hour back in cooler out two hour back in cooler two hour”. – REACH IN COOLER – (iced igloo cooler) mussels 60° red snapper 58° talaria 57° scallops 37° Krab 37° – REACH IN COOLER – shrimp 50° (cooling from improper thawing).
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food held using time as a public health control not discarded at the end of the 4-hour/6-hour period. See stop sale. – operator thinks he is using time as a public health control for garlic but does not understand the concept. Attempted to explain to him and instructed him regarding a written approved plan before this can be approved.
Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. REACH IN COOLER – (iced igloo cooler) mussels 60° red snapper 58° talapia 57°
Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. – Rear exterior. **Repeat Violation**

The other bad inspection goes to Brendy’s in Polo Club Shoppes, which was temporarily closed in late July for roaches:

Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. When inspector moved an empty folded cardboard box from between freezer equipment in rear area, multiple live roaches scurried across the floor. They were fast moving and too to acquire an exact count. There were 20 + live roaches observed.

The Good News

Stallone’s on Glades is the winner in this report with a perfect zero violations in a routine inspection. Southwinds Golf Course also recorded a perfect routine inspection, as did a Burger King on Atlantic in Delray and the Adios Golf Club in Coconut Creek.
There were several near-perfect inspections, including:
1 Violation

Hooter’s near Town Center
IHOP in Mission Bay
Chuck E Cheese on 441
Neiman Marcus Mariposa in Town Center
DD Flats and Wok Out, both in Polo Club Shoppes
Jet’s Pizza in Somerset Shoppes
Brendy’s on SW 18th
Wendy’s in Boca Lyons Plaza

2 Violations

Papa John’s in Lakeside Centre (Glades near Boca Rio)
C R Chicks near Town Center
Tulip Meditteranean in Westwinds (licensing inspection for the former Taso’s)
Domino’s Pizza in Mission Bay
Butcher Block Grill at Camino Real and Powerline

Other notables in this report include:
Shen’s Peking in Boca Lyons Plaza (3 violations, zero high priority)
Packy’s in Loggers Run (3, 0)
Nikuya in Loggers Run (3, 1)
Picanha Brazil Steakhouse near the Sandalfoot Cumberland Farms (4, 2)
La Bamba on Sample in Margate (4, 1)
Brooklyn Boys Pizza in Shadowood (4, 1)
Tutti Frutti in Shadowood (5, 1)
Sandalfoot Bagel (4, 1)
Pollo Tropical on 441 (5, 2)
Sapphire Indian in Royal Palm (6, 2)
Yokohama Sushi in Polo Club (7, 1)
Bangkok Thai in Polo Club (9, 3)
Rafina on SW 18th (10, 6)
Our full spreadsheet is below:
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Inspections: The Good, the Bad, and the Roaches

Souvlaki Fresh leads off our latest restaurant inspection report, with a temporary closure on June 27th due to roaches. The number of violations wasn’t that big, but sometimes the lack of quality outweighs the quantity.

Dead roaches on premises….5 dead roaches underneath POS by the reach in cooler in front line. 1 dead roach underneath shelf , 1 dead roach by the reach in freezer , 2 dead roaches by the mop sink in back prep room.
Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment….RAID ants and roach killer spray in frontline underneath POS.
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooked/heated yesterday/on a previous day not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within a total of 6 hours. Food has been cooling overnight. ….slice gyro 46°/49° in glass door reach in cooler. See stop sale. Operator discarded food. **Corrective Action Taken**
Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in cooler….raw chicken above raw beef, raw fish in reach in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found….2 live roaches on floor mat by the reach in cooler in front line kitchen. 10 live roaches underneath 2 compartment sink , 1 live roach con the wall between reach in freezer and 3 compartment sink , 1 live roach on the floor in back prep room.
Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse…..see stop sale report. **Warning**

Souvlaki Fresh is in the plaza just south of Mizner Park. They had a much better inspection the next day, but July 12th inspectors again found dead roaches. A follow-up on the 13th showed zero violations.

China Buffet & Grill on Hillsboro in Deerfield Beach; image by Google.

The biggest number in our report goes to China Buffet & Grill in Deerfield Beach (Hillsboro west of Powerline). Inspectors noted 34 total violations on July 11th, including 13 marked high priority. This place is an ongoing inspection disaster, featured in our late May report with 40 violations and a 2-day closure, and then a week later they were closed again and were caught “dumpster diving” on video.
Get ready for this list of high priority violations:

All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods on buffet cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed imitation crab salad (51°F); coleslaw (51°F); pasta salad (49°F); cut tomatoes salad (55°F); cut lettuce (58°F); on the salad buffet.
Cooked meats or poultry hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Observed cooked chicken 84° stored in the kitchen on the fry station at room temperature
Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Observed 4 dented cans on the can rack. **Repeat Violation**
Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. The cooks **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Employee handled soiled dishes or utensils and then handled clean dishes or utensils without washing hands. The dish washer. **Corrected On-Site**
Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands – food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Observed the dish washer grab cooked shrimp with bare hands from a container filled with cooked shrimp to eat the n the kitchen. **Corrected On-Site**
Employee washed hands with no soap. The sushi cook.
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed cut honeydew 53°F and cut cantaloupe 53°F on the sushi and fruit side of the buffet. **Repeat Violation**
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. The sushi rice. Rice still hot cook just add the vinegar. **Corrected On-Site**
Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. Observed raw chicken stored over raw shrimp, raw blue crab, and raw ground pork in the walk-in cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in freezer – all products not commercially packaged. Observed raw chicken stored over raw beef in the walk-in freezer. **Corrected On-Site**
Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. The cooks **Corrected On-Site**
Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Observed imitation crab salad (51°F); coleslaw (51°F); pasta salad (49°F); cut tomatoes salad (55°F); cut lettuce (58°F); on the salad buffet. Observed cut honeydew 53°F and cut cantaloupe 53°F on the sushi and fruit side of the buffet. **Repeat Violation**

Follow-up inspections on July 18th were much better.

Sushi Thai south of Mizner Park; image by Google

The other big number in this report belongs to the Sushi Thai restaurant in the same plaza as Souvlaki Fresh, just south of Mizner Park. Inspectors found 27 total violations on July 8th, including 6 high priority. Mostly they were related to hand washing and storage of raw animal foods.
Others with more than 10 violations include: Duffy’s on St. Andrews (19 violations, 2 high priority); Chen’s Yokohama in Boca Lyons Plaza (16, 5); New Golden China on Palmetto near Powerline (14, 3); and Grille on Congress (13, 3).

On the good news side of things, the Subway on Powerline (near Olive Garden) had a perfect licensing inspection in this report. A few weeks later they had 4 violations, 2 high priority which is still pretty good.
Near-perfect inspections were reported for:

Bakery of France on SW 18th (1 violation, 1 high priority)
Four Seasons on Glades near Boca Rio (2, 0)
Einstein Bagels in Shadowood (2, 1)
Pizza Hut on 441 near SW 18th (3, 0)

Other notables in this report include:

Rotelli’s in its new location near Hobby Lobby (4, 1)
Casa Tequila on Glades across from the International Jewelry Exchange (4, 0)
Houston’s near Town Center (4, 3)
Sicilian Oven on St. Andrews (4, 0)
Tijuana Flats in Mission Bay (4, 0)
Padrino’s in Mission Bay (5, 0)
Dominic’s on Glades near Boca Rio (5, 1)
Puccini’s on Yamato (5, 1)
Dominic’s in Westwinds of Boca (9, 2)
Bamboo Wok on Glades near Lyons (9, 1)
First Watch on St. Andrews (10, 2)
Another Broken Egg in Royal Palm Place (10, 3)

One last note, China Cafe in Logger’s Run reopened with a so-so licensing inspection, 8 violations, 1 marked high priority.
Full spreadsheet from this report is below:
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