7 Deadly Sins: The Restaurant Inspection Report is Back

7 restaurants have been the subject of emergency orders over the past couple months, most notably Cabo Flats in Delray Marketplace and Shanghai City in Lakeside Terrace. The state database we use had not been updated for a while so we held off on doing a report. This report is with updates through June 1.

Cabo Flats in Delray Marketplace was temporarily shut down on May 31st. That report showed 5 high priority violations out of a total of 16. The worst of it was:

• Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours, 1/3 pan of black beans in walk in cooler 51F, cooling overnight.( See Stop Sale.)
• Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area. 3 live flies on paper towel dispenser near 3 compartment sink. 1 live fly on dish rack with clean dishes. 3 live flies on covered spices over prep table. Approximately 10 live flies flying around prep table, with one landing on covered honey. 2 live flies landing on prep sink on the cook line. 2 live flies landing on prep table and dry towel.
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit, Poultry 47F, sliced tomatoes 46F, chicken stock 48F, salsa 47F, butter 54F, beef 45F, cooked onions 59F, pork 47F, cooked chicken 47F, raw beef 49F, cooked beef 45F, milk 52F, cooked pasta 49F, shrimp 52F, raw fish 52F, vegetable salsa 46F, all TCS food cold holding in reach in cooler across from stoves. Cook stated all food placed in cooler between 9:00 and 9:30am. All food in cooler less then 4 hours and moved to working walk in cooler. Half and half 46 degrees F, bar area in cooler overnight. (See Stop Sale)
• Spray bottle with chemical/toxic substance stored near/on/above food preparation surface or food, spray bottles containing cleaner, stored in hand washing sink in dish area.
• Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Half and half 46 degrees F, bar area in cooler overnight. 1/3 pan of black beans cooling overnight in walk on cooler.

In our experience these violations would not shut down a restaurant, so we’re not sure what the reason was for the closure.

Shanghai City was closed in late April due to: “Roach excrement and/or droppings present. Approximately 30 dry roach droppings on top of dish wash machine”. That inspection had 2 high priority violations out of 16 total.

Others with emergency orders were: Red Rock Oasis Bar & Grill on Lyons in Coconut Creek; ABC Chinese on Hillsboro in Deerfield; Del Aire Golf Club in Delray, and both Michel Caribbean and Taqueria Huetamo on Congress in Delray.

Aside from the closures, other inspections with over 20 violations included:

Orient House Express on SW 18th (26 violations, 4 high priority)

Brooklyn Water Bagel on Powerline at Palmetto (25, 2)

Sandalfoot Bagel (22, 6)

Good News

On the good news side of things we saw several perfect licensing inspections including the new Cream Nation ice cream sandwich place in Mission Bay, the new Benihana in Westwinds, the new second location for Pho Boca in Polo Club Shoppes, and something we just noticed – EZ Dogs in Boca Greens Plaza. That last one may be a food truck based out of that location.

Moon’s Tavern in Boca Greens had yet another perfect routine inspection.

Teriyaki Madness in Mission Bay recorded a near perfect inspection with just one minor violation.

We also noticed a Sushi Boca Cafe licensing inspection somewhere in Town Center, with two minor violations.

As always, our full spreadsheet (and this one is a long one) is below.

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