25 Violations at Las Fajitas: Over 80 inspections in this report

ByWarren Redlich

Las Fajitas on Dixie Highway. Image by Google

Las Fajitas, a Mexican restaurant on Dixie Highway, had the worst numbers in our latest restaurant inspection report. Inspectors noted 25 total violations including 7 marked high priority:

  • All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in walk-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed ambient temperature of walking cooler 47°. Food products were temping between 47° to 62°, Raw steak 47°, raw chicken 49°, boiled tomato sauces 49°, cut lettuce 62°. See stop sale for tomatoes sauce and cut lettuce.
  • Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. Observed:Cooling cooked tomatoes: 1:15pm temperature range of 105-121 second temperature at 2:45pm temperature range if 99°-107°. At this rate tomatoes are not going to reach 70° within two hours. After reviewing with chef he is moving tomatoes to walk in cooler to speed up cooling process. Tomatoes are stored in walkin cooler in flat sheet with no cover.
  • Raw animal food stored over cooked food. Observed raw chicken in reach in freezer next to ready to eat cooked tomatoes. Tomatoes were just in a tray with no cover or protection.
  • Raw fish cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed raw fish at 49° in flip top cooler in front of the stove. Chef put ice bag over fish. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • Raw meat/poultry cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. observed temperature in flip top cooler had an ambient temperature of 50°. Raw steak 47°, raw fish 50°, and raw chicken 46° After reviewing with chef ice bags were place on top of food **Corrective Action Taken**
  • Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Observed food in walking cooler with temperatures between 47°-62°. Stored Items had over 24 hours out of temperature. Stop sale for shredded lettuce 49°, cut tomatoes 49°cut lettuce62° sauces base on boiled tomatoes 47°.
  • Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed spray battle stored in hand wash sink.

Follow-up inspections each of the next two days showed that nearly all of the problems had been resolved. We should note that Las Fajitas has been one of our favorite Mexican places and one inspection like this will not stop us from going there.
Three places in Town Center each had more than 10 violations. DaVinci’s was second on the list with 16 violations including 5 high priority. California Pizza Kitchen had 14 violations with 7 marked high priority. And Blue Martini had 12 violations, 3 high priority.
On the positive side of things, Lucille’s BBQ in Delray Marketplace had a perfect inspection with zero violations.

We also see a licensing inspection for Chill-N Nitrogen Ice Cream in the Woodfield plaza at Yamato and Jog.

Some other good inspections include Corner Bakery Cafe (2 minor violations) and La Spada’s Hoagies (3 minor violations), both just east of Town Center. Miller’s Ale House in Boca Lyons Plaza did pretty good with 4 violations, 2 high priority.
For all the inspections, see our spreadsheet, below:
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