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China Buffet & Grill returns to our weekly restaurant inspection after making a splash last week, where they were closed for two days due to roaches. They’re back and it’s bad.
First off, they were closed again this past week for another day due to roaches again. But that’s not the worst of it. As we mentioned in a Facebook post, Channel 10 reported the restaurant owner was caught on video:

Digging through a dumpster outside the restaurant for several minutes, removing item after item while his wife played look out, witnesses said.
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Witnesses claim he was removing food from the garbage bin … adding that the owner took the food back to his restaurant … once state health inspectors had left.

That was after they had 40 violations including a stop sale forcing them to throw out items including dented/rusted cans. The latest inspection had 12 violations including 5 high priority. If it wasn’t off our list of places to eat already, it is now.
Renzo’s Cafe Pizzeria on Federal Highway had a high number this week. They were inspected three times last week. The first inspection showed 23 violations including 6 high priority.

• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit……mozzarella cheese, shredded cheese , tomato sauce , beans, eggplant , backed vegetables, fish , pasta all at 47° , butter, cooked , grill onion, 49° , Ossobocco 48° in walk in cooler , food being held from over night . Stop sale issue. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
• 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. ….tomato sauce 63° /50° , artichoke 48° in walk in cooler, food cooling from over night. See stop sale.
• 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 …pizza in front line pizza station , garlic and oil, pasta by the soup steam table. Time marked. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in reach-in cooler…raw breaded veal above ready to eat pasta, eggplant. **Corrected On-Site**
• Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler…raw fish above ready to eat tomato sauce, artichoke. **Corrected On-Site**
• Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse….see stop sale issue. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

The next day still showed 11 violations including 4 high priority, and the same number the third day (though we suspect that is a mistake and the actual number was better).
Also on Federal Highway, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza had 16 violations including 3 high priority, and La Villetta had 14 violations with 6 high priority.

Turning to the good news, there were a few perfect inspections in East Boca:
La Tre Vietnamese on E Palmetto Park and Tossed in Town Center were both perfect on routine inspections – zero violations. That’s A Wrap on Federal Highway had a perfect licensing inspection as well.
In West Boca, City Boys Pizza on Sandalfoot Blvd had a near perfect licensing inspection with one minor violation.
The following restaurants did well with only two violations each:

• Utopia Bagels in Boca Lyons Plaza (Glades at Lyons)
• Miller’s Boca Ale House, also in Boca Lyons Plaza
• IHOP in Mission Bay (Glades just west of 441)
• Melting Pot on Federal Highway
• Monet Cafe near the Publix at Palmetto & Powerline

Other items we noticed in the inspections or otherwise:
1. We think there might be a new gelato place, GLYK Gelato, opening in Waterways Shoppes on the west side of 441 just south of the county line in Parkland. They had a licensing inspection with 5 violations.
2. Kapow Noodle Bar in Mizner Park had a good inspection with 4 minor violations.
3. Yakitori Sake House in Royal Palm (Mizner Blvd. south of Palmetto) had 6 minor violations, much better than we’ve seen in the past from them.
4. The West Boca Hotdog-Opolis (north side of Glades west of the Turnpike) is still closed due to a car that hit the front of the store. Their insurance wanted them to stay closed so the damage could be fully inspected. We talked to them and they said the West Boca location should reopen within a week, maybe less.
Their East Boca location was inspected this week, with a not-terrible 7 violations including 3 high priority but no warnings or follow-up required.
5. Taverna Kyma on Federal Highway had 7 violations, 6 of them high priority.
Our full spreadsheet is below:
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/allinsp-6-5-2016.pdf”]

China Buffet & Grill was hit with 40 violations on a complaint inspection and closed for two days in a row after inspectors found live roaches along with dented/rusted cans.

Dented/rusted cans present, cheddar cheese sauce, baby corn, oyster flavor sauce.
Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found, 2 under hand washing sink in by cookline, 5 on floor under cookline, 1 under dry storage bins next to cookline, 3 under dishwashing machine, 2 on wall next to dry storage bins by cookline.

A follow-up inspection showed 11 violations with 3 high priority and kept the place closed. It reopened the following day with 5 minor violations.
That’s by far the worst of the week. There were some other notable bad inspections. Altanour Mediterranean and Flakowitz, both on Federal Highway in East Boca, each had 17 violations with 6 high priority.
Others in the not-so-great category include:

• Terra Fiamma in Delray Marketplace: 16 violations, 7 high priority’
• TooJay’s on NW 19th (near Town Center): 15, 6
• Hijinks Sports Grill: 14, 2
• Community Table Pizza: 14, 2
• Long Island Bagel (441 near Target): 13, 3

On the good side of things, TW’s Lounge on the west side of 441 near the county line recorded a perfect routine inspection. The Cuban Cafe on NW 2nd in East Boca was also perfect, and “3 Natives” at 1200 Yamato had a perfect licensing inspection.
Fit Foodz Cafe was near perfect with one minor violation. The new Little Caesar’s (by the Sandalfoot Publix) had one violation in its licensing inspection. Original Pancake House on Glades had two minor violations.
Yard House in Mizner Park had 6 violations with 5 high priority.
Our full spreadsheet is below:
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/allinsp-5-30-2016-1.pdf”]

The biggest number for West Boca in our restaurant inspection report goes to Sushi Yama, with 22 total violations including 5 marked high priority. It seems like they were tagged 3 times for the same rice cooker problem.

• Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded. **Admin Complaint**
• 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. … **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
• 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. See stop sale. – for 4 rice cookers of what the chef describes as “Old from this Morning Sushi Rice” **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
• Self-service salad bar/buffet lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. **Warning**
• Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. for 4 rice cookers of what the chef describes as “Old from this Morning Sushi Rice” — … **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

This is the latest in a series of not-so-great inspections for Sushi Yama. They’re never terrible, but rarely near perfect.

The worst inspection for East Boca looks like Flashback Diner, with 19 total violations and 10 marked high priority including multiple references to handwashing and food temperature problems. In January they had 12 violations but only 2 were high priority.
Other big numbers were reported for:

• Zorba’s Taverna on Linton in Delray (25 violations, 6 high priority)
• Gleneagles Country Club in Delray (22, 7)
• Waterstone Bar & Grill (20, 9) and Boca Landing (19, 8) at the Waterstone Resort
• Poppies on Linton in Delray (16, 8)

China Wok in Sandalfoot Square also had a big number – 16 violations – but none of them were high priority.
Scroll down for the good news …

There were some perfect inspections this week. Three places inside Boca Pointe were perfect – The country club, Center Court Cafe, and the Grill Room.
In East Boca, Domino’s Pizza (NW 2nd) and Rocksteady Jamaican (Federal) were both perfect. Tucker Duke’s on Powerline in Deerfield was too – and we are going to have to try that place!
Sushigo on Federal near Mizner Park had only 2 violations. They had a bad inspection in January. We ate there recently and it was excellent, though very expensive for dinner.
Wendy’s on Glades near Lyons had 2 minor violations.
Lucky Express on Clint Moore, near Military), had 3 minor violations.
Lemongrass Hotpot on Powerline (Boca Grove) had a pretty good inspection wtih 6 violations and 2 high priority. If you haven’t been it’s worth a try, kind of a Chinese version of Melting Pot.
Toojay’s on Yamato (Woodfield) had 9 violations but only one high priority.
Way Beyond Bagels on Clint Moore at 441 had 12 violations with 3 high priority in a licensing inspection. They just took over from Palm Beach Bagel.
Our full spreadsheet for this week is below:
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/allinsp-5-22-2016.pdf”]

Three East Boca restaurants and one in West Boca had the worst numbers in this week’s inspection report. They include Magical Rice, Positano, Fran’s Chicken Haven and Giovanni’s Pizza.
Magical Rice on Federal Highway had the most “high priority” violations (6) out of a total of 14 violations. The worst of it related to food temperatures and storage, with one hand-washing violation.

• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Corn starch in water and fresh garlic in oil at 67-69f at the cookline, moved inside a cooler, explained time control procedure. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Cooked egg at 115f on a prep table, moved inside a cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in walk-in freezer – not all products commercially packaged. Raw beef over crab sticks, raw beef moved to a lower shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
• Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in freezer – all products not commercially packaged. Wrapped Seafood and poultry all together on chest freezer.
• Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Employee washing hands with gloves on, removed gloves and re washed hands. **Corrected On-Site**
• Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Chlorine at greater than 200ppm, diluted to 100ppm **Corrected On-Site**

Fran’s Chicken Haven had the biggest total number with 20 violations, 3 of them high priority including food temperature issues. More disturbing to us was the minor violation for “Dead roaches on premises. 3 dead roaches under the 3 compartment sink, cleaned. **Corrected On-Site**”
Oddly it seems the place has not been inspected in over a year. We usually see inspections about twice a year.

Also in the top group was Positano, which had 17 violations including 4 marked high priority including food temperature and storage.
For West Boca we see a few places of note. The biggest number in the west was for Giovanni’s Pizza on Powerline, with 14 violation (4 high priority). Pizza slices for sale had no time markings, meatballs and sauce were kept between 70º and 75º instead of the required 135º, and there were food storage issues as well.
Just north of that Boca Kosher Bagel, on Powerline in the Boca Grove plaza, had 13 violations with 1 high priority.
Further west, Shinju Buffet (on Glades by the Turnpike) had 12 violations with 1 high priority. A couple years ago they had some bad inspections but they have improved and have been doing consistently better, though this is still not great.

Turning to the good news, Boca’s Best BBQ registered a perfect zero violations on a callback from their licensing inspection.
We mentioned previously that Rotelli’s is moving from Mission Bay to West Boca Square (near Hobby Lobby). That new location had a perfect licensing inspection, so we expect it will be open soon if it’s not already.
Madison’s New York Grill near Town Center had a perfect routine inspection, as did several facilities in the Boca Resort including the outstanding Morimoto.
Delray Beach is getting a new Indian restaurant named Saffron & Curry, on Atlantic near Congress. They had a licensing inspection with only one minor violation.
A few places in Town Center also had near-perfect routine inspections: Petrossian, 40 Carrots, Capital Grille and Macy’s Taste Bar. Nearby, Brewzzi and Abe & Louie’s also each had just one minor violation.
Grand Lux Cafe in Town Center had 2 minor violations.
Other notables include:

• Uncle Julio’s in Mizner Park had 7 violations with 4 marked high priority in a complaint inspection.
• Bru’s Room on Hillsboro near 441 had 8 violations, all minor.
• Ichiyami Buffet in Royal Palm Place had 11 violations with 4 high priority.
• Wayback Burgers on 441 in Coconut Creek had 13 violations, 2 high priority.
• Ruby Tuesday on Hillsboro in Deerfield Beach had 13 and 3.

Our pdf of this week’s inspections is below.
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/allinsp-5-9-2016.pdf”]

Restaurant inspectors temporarily closed The Sea Southeast Asian Bistro on April 26th after finding signs of rodent activity. Overall the restaurant had 13 violations with 5 marked high priority:

• Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, or food storage area. Live flying insects in dry storage and behind ice machine.
• Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. In walk in cooler raw salmon over prepared sauces. Operator moved raw salmon. **Corrected On-Site**
• Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. In dry storage area in kitchen found 2 fresh droppings on white bag of rice. 6 dry droppings on brown rice bag and approximately 6 fresh behind ice machine. 5 – 20# Botan brown rice bags have gnaw marks and holes.
• Rodent rub marks present along walls/ceilings. Above soda box unit in kitchen dry storage rodent rub markings on wall leading to hole in ceiling.
• Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Rodent gnaw marks and holes in 5- 20# botan brown rice bags

The restaurant was able to reopen the same day after a follow-up inspection showed the rodent activity had been cleared. The small flying insect problem was still present and the inspector gave them an extension to address that.

The worst number in this week’s report goes to East Boca’s Deli on Rye (Federal Highway near Spanish River). The inspection showed 24 violations including 9 high priority:

• All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Boiled eggs, tuna salad, bacon, ham, cheese at 43-46f on the 3 door True cooler Cold cuts, beef, salads at 46-50F on the display coolers, less than 4h out of temperature according to PIC. Instructed to moved the food to another units.
• Employee failed to wash hands beforechanging gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. Washed hands upon request. **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. Bagel sandwich, operator put gloves on. **Corrected On-Site**
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sauerkraut and coleslaw at 54-56f, placed in an ice bath Butter at 67f on the prep area explained implemented time control. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food in the process of reheating for hot holding has not reached 165 degrees Fahrenheit after more than 2 hours . Turkey reheated on the steam table from 69F to 76F in 45 min, instructed operator to reheat the turkey to 165F before placing it on the steam table.
• Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in reach-in freezer – not all products commercially packaged. Raw salmon with bread, raw salmon moved to the bottom shelf **Corrected On-Site**
• Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw eggs over batter in a cooler, eggs moved to a lower shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
• Shell eggs held at room temperature with an ambient air temperature greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Shell eggs at the cookline at room temperature, moved inside a cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Outdoors

An inspection was conducted the next day and nearly all the problems had been resolved.
Big numbers were also reported for Sushi of Boca Raton on Federal Highway (22 violations, 7 high priority including a stop sale for temperature abuse), and Santo’s Buffet, also on Federal Highway in East Boca (16 violations, 6 high priority), and Wanfu Chinese on Sample in Pompano Beach (22, 6).

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On the good news side of things, there were several perfect inspections. Maoz Vegetarian, Tossed, and Chick-Fil-A, all in the Town Center food court, had zero violations. We’ve eaten at Maoz and like it, as does Jeff Eats.

Five Guys Burgers (another of our favorites) and Seasons 52, both near Town Center, also had zero violations. Boca Resto Lounge and Gretl’s Bistro on Federal Highway in East Boca were perfect, as was the Boca Greens Country Club.
There were also a number of near perfect inspections with only one violation each:

Fresh Bites Cafe (Mission Bay); Casa L’Italien (Lake Ridge at Yamato); Corner Bakery Cafe (near Town Center); Shake Shack (Glades east of I-95); M&M Thai Cafe (East Palmetto Park); Yogen Fruz and Pummarola (Town Center)

Other notable inspections include:
2 Violations
New York Prime near Town Center
Mississippi Sweets BBQ on Federal Highway
3 Violations
C R Chicks and Nick’s New Haven Pizza near Town Center
Mario’s Osteria
4 Violations
Shane’s Rib Shack and Toojay’s near Town Center
Big Joe’s Burgers on Federal Highway
And the rest …
Tobu Teriyaki Grill in Town Center (5 minor violations)
Chili’s on 441 in West Boca (9 violations, 2 high priority)
Cabo Flats in Delray Marketplace (9, 3)
Pei Wei in Westwinds at 441 and Glades (10, 2)
Japango in Parkland (11, 1)
First Watch on St. Andrews (11, 2)
Pollo Tropical on 441 near Palmetto (12, 5)
La Ferme on Lakeridge and Yamato (13, 2)
Apeiro in Delray Marketplace (13, 4)
Our spreadsheet is below:
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/allinsp-5-2-2016.pdf”]