The biggest number of the week goes to Gluttonous Goat on SE Mizner Blvd. The report shows they had 23 total violations. While only three were marked high priority, one in particular was not good:
- Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food, raw fish over sauce in walk in cooler.
- Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found, 7 live roaches in gasket of unused reach in cooler on cookline. 1 live in unused reach in cooler on cookline.
- Small flying insects in kitchen area.
There was a follow-up inspection the next day with no roaches, but it included a time extension for the live flying insects in the kitchen.
Depending on how you look at things, that may not have been the worst inspection. The Hilton Garden Inn on Congress had a smaller total with 18 violations, but 7 were high priority, one was marked a repeat violation, and there was a stop sale on four items for temperature abuse:
- All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold/counter held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cubed sausage 70°, diced ham 70°, cut tomatoes 69°, cut spinach 71° in metal pan set above flip-top cooler. Egg mix 71°, raw shell eggs – ambient temp 73° on counter across from cookline. Operator placed all items over ice. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
- Employee failed to wash hands beforechanging gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. Inspector discussed importance of proper hand washing. Employee washed hands. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 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 employee cutting melon with bare hands.
- Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter packets 67°, cream cheese packets 67° on buffet. Inspector provided Time As A Public Health Control paperwork. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 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. Mashed potatoes 49°, marinara sauce 49°, chicken soup 50°, cooked Mac and cheese 48°-50° in reach-in cooler across from cookline.
- Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. Observed ants on wall near cookline hand wash sink in kitchen.
- Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Mashed potatoes 49°, marinara sauce 49°, chicken soup 50°, cooked Mac and cheese 48°-50° in reach-in cooler across from cookline. Operator discarded foods.
The next day’s follow-up inspection was much better, though there were still some temperature issues and ants.
Talia’s Tuscan Table on Dixie Highway also had a somewhat rough inspection, with 18 violations, 5 high priority including the dish washing machine not sanitizing properly, hand washing, temperature, food storage, and inadequate sneeze guards on the buffet. But overall it didn’t look as bad as the numbers suggest.
Offerdahl’s on Military Trail north of Clint Moore had 16 violations, 3 high priority related to hand washing and food temperature issues.
Good News
On the good news side of the inspections, the Publix Aprons Cooking School in the Polo Club Shoppes had a perfect inspection – no violations.
Moon’s Tavern in Boca Greens recorded another excellent inspection, this time with just one minor violation. Last year they had a perfect inspection.
Other notables include a few not-great inspections in Coconut Creek’s Promenade: Bar Louie (15 violations, 5 high priority); Red Rock Oasis & Grill (14, 3), Ethos Greek Bistro (12, 2), and Lime Fresh Mexican Grill (10, 4). Saito’s in the same plaza had eight violations but zero were high priority.
As usual, our spreadsheet for this report is below.
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