RatOn Restaurants: Inspection Report

J Alexander’s had one of the worst inspections in this report. Cheesecake Factory near Town Center is high on the list, and a local bagel place also had more than 10 violations. Our spreadsheet, at bottom, has 112 inspections in total.

For J Alexander’s, inspectors noted 16 violations with 4 marked high priority, all related to food temperature. More details below for paid subscribers:

• All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food in steam table hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Clam chowder at 99°, chef returned to heat to reheat to 165°, soup reheat to 165°
• All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 2 draw cooler by the grill on the cook line at Orso (55°F – Cold Holding); coleslaw (62°F – Cold Holding); tomatoes (62°F – Cold Holding); lettuce (62°F – Cold Holding), chef iced down and called for service
• Cooked meats or poultry hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Chicken in halo chef warmer at 123°, chef sent chicken to reheat back to 165°, chicken at 165
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Egg wash at 63 left out under table shelf, chef put ice in unit .

Cheesecake Factory had 13 violations with 3 high priority, also about temperatures, with a stop sale on chicken salad:

• All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Five draw cooler on the salad area at chicken (49-51°F – Cold Holding); tomatoes (49-51°F – Cold Holding); chicken salad (49-51°F – Cold Holding); meatballs (49-51°F – Cold Holding); lettuce (49-51°F – Cooling); shrimp (49-51°F – Cooling)
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.six draw cooler on cook line at pasta (44°F – Cold Holding); cooked onions (47°F – Cold Holding); chicken (47°F – Cold Holding)chef iced all items down and called for service.
• Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Chicken salad 49-51°

This was from a complaint inspection on January 8th. Cheesecake Factory did better in a routine inspection on the 3rd with 6 violations, 2 high priority.

We also noticed Bagel City South facing 12 violations, 2 high priority:

• Employee handled soiled dishes or utensils and then handled clean dishes or utensils without washing hands. Employee washing dishes handled dirty dishes then handled clean dishes without washing hands. **Repeat Violation**
• Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. Raw shell eggs stored over raw beef in WIC. Employee removed and stored properly. **Corrected On-Site**

Other not so great inspections include Sinbad on Lyons south of Kimberly, with 10 violations, 2 high priority. Jersey Mike’s Subs on Palmetto did a bit better with 8 violations, 1 high priority. Farmers Table Express had 7 violations, 3 high priority.

Chick-Fil-A in Town Center and Ramona’s on Kimberly each had 6 violations, 2 high priority, on routine inspections. Bruce’s of Great Neck did a bit better with 5 violations, 1 high priority.

On the good news side of this report, Macy’s Taste Bar had perfect routine inspection with no violations. iPic Theaters and the connected Tanzy in Mizner Park were near perfect with 1 violation each.

McDonald’s in Shadowood and Moe’s Southwest Grill on Glades near Town Center had 2 violations each.

Ice cream places Sloan’s in Mizner Park and Phenomenom on Military Trail did well with 3 violations, as did Way Beyond Bagels on Clint Moore.

As usual readers can see our spreadsheet, below.