Broken Bagel? Restaurant Inspections

ByWarren Redlich

Palm Beach Bagel on Yamato near Broken Sound; image by Google
Palm Beach Bagel on Yamato near Broken Sound; image by Google

Palm Beach Bagel on Yamato near Broken Sound Blvd was hit with 26 violations in a November 7th inspection. The report noted 5 high priority violations mostly related to food temperatures or storage:

  • Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage – direct contact with food. Lettuce in the walk in cooler.
  • Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sandwich/ deli station flip top cooler:; Salmon spread (52°F); egg salad (52°F); tuna salad (51°F); chicken salad (50°F); Nova Lox (51°F). Ambient air temperature of this cooler was 52. As per operator all less than 4 hours coffee bar: ; half and half (43°F) ; yogurt (47°F); cream cheese (46°F); chicken salad (45°F); pasta salad (51°F) **Repeat Violation**
  • Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Sausage patty hot held at 119°F in an insert on the cooking grill. The operator informed us that it was out under two hours advised to reheat to 165 f with in two hours or discard food below 135 for 4 hours.
  • Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Open bag of Raw breaded chicken strips over French fries in the reach in freezer. **Repeat Violation**
  • Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb in the mop sink as well as the hose outside.

A follow-up inspection a few days later still listed 14 violations, 4 of them high priority.
Open Kitchen Cafe in the same plaza was the next worst with 19 violations, 4 marked high priority.
In Parkland the fairly new Tony B’s (west side of 441 north of Hillsboro, near Japango) had 12 violations including 2 high priority. They don’t look that bad to us and several violations were marked as “corrected on site”.
On Beracasa Way Nino’s had 10 violations, 3 high priority, while Zingers had 7 violations with 1 high priority. Pei Wei had 3 violations, all of them high priority.
On the good news side Cafe Gelato in Town Center had a perfect licensing inspection. Several facilities in the Boca Resort also did well.
Lime Fresh Mexican in Shadowood had 4 violations, 3 of them high priority.
Our full spreadsheet is below:
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