A few restaurants in East Boca were hit with high numbers of violations in our latest restaurant inspection report. The worst numbers were for Trattoria Romana, which had 10 high priority violations and a total of 22 overall. The big problems involved food temperatures, food storage, handwashing, and equipment. A follow-up the next day was down to 6 violations with 2 high priority.
Punjab had more violations overall with 24 total, though only 4 were marked high priority, mostly related to food temperatures.
Max’s Grille in Mizner Park recorded 18 violations with 5 high priority.
- All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut lettuce, butter, sour cream at 48-50f on the server line back up cooler, moved to the walk in cooler. Meatloaf, cheese, ribs, on the drawer cooler by the grill. Moved to the walk in cooler. Beef, pork, seafood, poultry at 50-52f on the one door cooler by the grill. Iced down or moved to the walk in cooler. Cheesecake, whipped cream in desserts reach in cooler at 48-51f, moved to the walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
- Employee failed to wash hands beforechanging gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. Washed hands upon request. **Corrected On-Site**
- Employee handled soiled dishes or utensils and then handled clean dishes or utensils without washing hands. Dishwasher, washed hands upon request. **Corrected On-Site**
- Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded. Salmon and cold smoke salmon. **Warning**
- Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter, humus, cut tomato, arugula, at 48-52f on the server line in ice baths, re-iced. Cut tomato and butter at 45-46f on a open top flip top cooler. Salmon, cut tomato, mushrooms, Onions at 48-52f on a Cookline drawer by the stove.
Max’s had two follow-up inspections in the same week, first getting down to 7 violations with 3 high priority and then down to 2 and 1 the following day (the salmon remained unresolved).
On the good news side of things, there were a number of perfect inspections.
One of our favorite sushi places, Bluefin, had a perfect routine inspection with zero violations. Other perfect inspections were recorded by Sushi Yan on Federal Highway,
The Salad Spot on Yamato and Farmer’s Table on Military Trail.
The new Boca Italiana (near Jimmy the Greek and run by the same family) had a perfect licensing inspection. We called. Their grand opening is set for Tuesday but they opened for business on Friday.
Stella’s Pizzeria had a perfect call-back inspection.
Other good inspections included:
1 Violation
Friday’s in Mission Bay
Chipotle in Westwinds Plaza
2 violations
Toojays
Manhattan Joe’s Pizza, both in the Polo Club Shoppes
3 violations
Steve’s Wood Fired Pizza in Boca Lyons Plaza
Boca Bagelworks on Glades near Boca Rio
J Alexanders on Glades near FAU
Tricky Dick’s Pub on SW 14th (near Sandalfoot Square)
Other notables that were neither great nor terrible include:
- MEAT Eatery and Taproom in East Boca: 14 violations, 3 high priority
- Rancheritos de Boca in Somerset Shoppes: 12, 4
- The Sea Southeast Asian Bistro (Jog near the Morikami): 10, 2
- La Bamba in Delray: 9, 4
- Nino’s on Beracasa: 8, 6
- Las Fajitas on Dixie: 5, 0
Our spreadsheet for this week is below:
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