20+ Violations at Fat Boyz, La Granja and Orient Garden

Fat Boyz BBQ in the former Lil Ole Caboose location.

Three restaurants in and near West Boca were hit with 20 or more violations in early July. At the “top” of the list was Fat Boyz BBQ in Deerfield Beach with 26 violations including 7 marked high priority and stop sale orders on several items:

  • Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cheese 56-60°F – Cold Holding in walk-in cooler. Food in cooler with ambient temperature of 62-64F overnight. Food not maintaining 41F or below for longer than 4 hours. Food has not been pulled , portioned or prepped . 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. Pasta salad 46-51°F; Ribs 46-48°F; brisket 46-50°F, Chicken 46-48F , beans 46-48F and sweet potatoes 46-48F all at walk-in cooler. Foods cooling overnight at walk-in cooler with an ambient temperature of 62-64F in covered over-stacked containers. Foods have been cooling since approximately 9 pm last night. See stop sale.
  • Raw animal food stored over cooked food. Raw turkey stored over cooked pasta salad in walk-in cooler and raw shelled eggs over cut cabbage at walk-in cooler. Operator removed raw turkey. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Shell eggs held in a unit maintaining an ambient air temperature greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Whole shelled eggs at walk-in cooler cold holding at an ambient temperature of 62-64F. Food in cooler overnight. Food not maintaining an ambient temperature of 45F or below for longer than 4 hours. Food has not been pulled , portioned or prepped . See stop sale.
  • Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. 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. Pasta salad 46-51°F; Ribs 46-48°F; brisket 46-50°F, Chicken 46-48F , beans 46-48F and sweet potatoes 46-48F all at walk-in cooler. Foods cooling overnight at walk-in cooler with an ambient temperature of 62-64F in covered over-stacked containers. Foods have been cooling since approximately 9 pm last night. Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cheese 56-60°F – Cold Holding in walk-in cooler. Food in cooler with ambient temperature of 62-64F overnight. Food not maintaining 41F or below for longer than 4 hours. Food has not been pulled , portioned or prepped . Shell eggs held in a unit maintaining an ambient air temperature greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Whole shelled eggs at walk-in cooler cold holding at an ambient temperature of 62-64F. Food in cooler overnight. Food not maintaining an ambient temperature of 45F or below for longer than 4 hours. Food has not been pulled , portioned or prepped . See stop sale.
  • Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Medicine ( Bayer tables) on shelf by cookline next to spice containers. Spic n Span cleaner next to gloves in front counter area.
  • Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. On outside of building , on east side.

La Granja near Town Center and the fairly new Orient Garden in the Sandalfoot Publix plaza were both up there. La Granja had 22 violations with 5 high priority, and Orient Garden had 20 violations with 6 high priority. Orient Garden (which may go by the name Oriental Garden) also had a stop sale:

Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. 3 qts. of egg drop soup (119°F – Hot Holding); 2 qts. of sweet and sour sauce (121°F – Hot Holding); 5 qts. of wonton soup (120°F – Hot Holding) all in hot hold for 4 hours.

Good News

Perfect inspections were reported for Dunkin Donuts at Kimberly & Lyons, Tutti Frutti in Shadowood, and the Subway across from the International Jewelry Exchange. The Brendy’s at Jog and Clint Moore was near perfect with one minor violation.

Some other good reports were:

  • Jimmy John’s in Westwinds (Home Depot plaza) and Subway in Boca Greens, each with two minor violations
  • Phenomenom Nitrogen Ice Cream in Polo Club Shoppes with two minor violations
  • Jersey Mike’s Subs in Somerset Shoppes (Glades & Lyons) and Dunkin Donuts by the Jewelry Exchange with two violations each
  • Jon Smith’s Subs and Domino’s Pizza in Mission Bay with three violations each, and Panera in Mission Bay with four violations

Other Notables

Others worth noting in this report include:

  • House of Bread & Coffee near Sandalfoot and Cumberland Farms (18 violations, 3 high priority)
  • City Boys Pizza on Sandalfoot (16, 3)
  • Pollo Tropical at Lowe’s on 441 (16, 1)
  • IHOP in Mission Bay (15, 3)
  • Bagel Factory Cafe (formerly Boca Kosher Bagel) in the Boca Grove plaza (15, 1)
  • El Balcon de las Americas at 441 and Sandalfoot (13, 4)
  • Fresh Kitchen on Military Trail (10, 0)
  • Maya Flavors of India on St. Andrews near Town Center (9, 2)
  • Hashi Sushi Thai in Shadowood (8, 0)
  • Yokohama in Boca Lyons Plaza (6, 0)
  • Dominic’s on Glades by the Turnpike (5, 0)

As usual our spreadsheet for this report is below:

insp 7-15-2018
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