20+ Violations at Zingers, Thick and Thin, Kanpai and Chick N Chop

ByWarren Redlich

Zingers on Beracasa had 29 violations in an April 4 inspection. Image by Google.

Four Boca restaurants each had over 20 violations in our latest inspection report. The biggest number goes to Zingers on Beracasa Way with 29 violations including 5 marked high priority, with a stop sale on cooked turkey breast:

  • Container of medicine improperly stored. Next to food on shelf above prep table.
  • Cooked meat/poultry cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 4 cooked turkey breast cooling since yesterday in RIC (49-52°F cooling) approximately 20 lbs. See Stop Sale.
  • 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. 4 cooked turkey breast cooling since yesterday in RIC (49-52°F cooling) approximately 20 lbs.
  • Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler. Observed raw bacon stored above RTE sliced mushrooms in WIC.
  • Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. 4 cooked turkey breast cooling since yesterday in RIC (49-52°F cooling)approximately 20 lbs. See Stop Sale

The biggest number of high priority violations was for Chick N Chop in Palmetto Park Square (the Kmart plaza east of I-95). They had 21 violations with 9 high priority:

  • Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. More than sixty days
  • All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.front counter cooler not keeping food st temperature grape leaves rice (47-49°F – Cold Holding); tomatoes (47-49°F – Cold Holding); lettuce (47-49°F – Cold Holding), cook put ice on items and same service person as for walk in cooler
  • All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in walk-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Walk in cooler not keeping food at temperature chicken (51-55°F – Cold Holding); black beans (51-55°F – Cold Holding); soup (51-55°F – Cold Holding); tomatoes (51-55°F – Cold Holding), cook moved some items into the walk in freezer and ice down all the chicken, called for service **Corrective Action Taken**
  • Cooked meats or poultry hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Gyro nest on spit fire off, spit not turning, and gyro meat st 92-94 degrees, cook turned on fire and machine and began reheating to 165 degrees. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food.
  • Food with mold-like growth. See stop sale. Approximately 10 lbs of carrot with white and yellow hairy mold growth
  • Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Chicken on the front grill at 100-111, cook lit the grill and attempted to reheat to 165°
  • Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in reach-in cooler. Raw shelled eggs over sauce and condiments
  • Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.

Also over 20 total violations were the popular Thick and Thin Pizza in Sandalfoot Square with 25 violations, 5 high priority (the worst of it: Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Sliced ham in WIC and also Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. 3 lbs. of Spaghetti 48F cooling since-yesterday in RIC.); and Kanpai on the corner of Palmetto and Federal Highway with 25 violations including 3 high priority.
Good News
There were several perfect inspections in our latest report, most notably Shake Shack on Glades Road and a few places in Town Center – Maoz Vegetarian, Petrossian, and 40 Carrots.
Town Center was also the location for several near-perfect (1 violation) inspections including Tobu Teriyaki Grill, Cups Frozen Yogurt, Macy’s Taste Bar, Nordstrom EBar, and Piñon Grill, which closed shortly after the inspection.

Also doing well with just 2 violations were: Rancheritos in Somerset Shoppes, Tomasso’s on Palmetto just east of I-95, Zinburger (Town Center), Capitini’s Italian Deli and Catering, and Neiman Marcus Mariposa.
Other notables in this report include:
Sandalfoot Bagel with 18 violations, 3 high priority
Rotelli’s in West Boca Square (Target plaza) with 14 violations, 4 high priority
Stella’s in Boca Greens (12, 3)
Nick’s New Haven Pizza (11, 3)
Taco Bell in Sandalfoot (9, 2)
Jersey Mike’s Subs on St. Andrews (8,0)
Pita N Go on 441 near Cumberland Farms (7, 2)
Sinbad on Lyons at Kimberly (7, 0)
City Boys Pizza on Sandalfoot (6, 2)
Jersey Mike’s Subs on 441 in Parkland (6, 2)
Hooters (6, 2)
Toojays in Polo Club (6, 1)
Boston Market at Town Center (6, 1)
Di Pizza on 441 in Parkland (5, 1)
Pei Wei on 441 at Glades (5, 1); also about a week later (4, 0)
Way Beyond Bagels on Clint Moore at 441 (5, 1)
Boston Market in Shadowood (5, 0)
The new Dunkin Donuts on SW 18th at Powerline (Licensing – 5, 1)
The new Ramona’s on Kimberly at Hampton (Licensing – 4, 1)
Chick Fil-A at Town Center (3, 0)
Bruce’s in Boca Greens (3, 1)
Our spreadsheet for this report is below:
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