21 Violations at Rack's in Mizner: Restaurant Inspection Report

ByWarren Redlich

Rack’s in Mizner Park; image by Google.

We ate at Rack’s Downtown Eatery in Mizner Park earlier this month and enjoyed our meal. While we had not yet seen the latest inspection, it doesn’t seem as bad as the big number suggests.
Rack’s was reported as having 21 total violations include 3 high priority:

  • All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in drawers at cook line cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Drawers: ; beef patties (51-53°F – Cold Holding); calamari (54°F – Cold Holding); shrimp (53°F – Cold Holding); lobster (47°F – Cold Holding); salmon (50°F – Cold Holding); fish (50°F – Cold Holding); steak (51°F – Cold Holding). All foods were brought from the walk in cooler 30 minutes ago. Drawers has an ambient temperature of of 54°F. Chef moved all foods back to walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked ribs (56°F – Cold Holding); cooked potatoes (55°F – Cold Holding), second flip top has an ambient temperature of 57°F. Chef moved all TCS foods to walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • Heat strip failed to indicate the sanitization temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit was achieved on the dish surface. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired. Operator called for service. **Corrective Action Taken**

While not great to see, these aren’t nearly as bad as some others we’ve seen and this would not stop us from eating there again.
The biggest number in West Boca went to Lindburgers with 17 violations including 3 high priority.

  • Cooked meats or poultry hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. HOT HOLDING (Cok Line) – grilled onions 66° mushrooms 96° chili 66° all at 11:25pm
  • Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. – tested twice at 0PPM – service company in route **Corrective Action Taken**
  • Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. – manual warewashing taking place with NO sanitizer step.

That first one looks like an inspector error since onions and mushrooms are not meats or poultry. We eat at Lindburgers occasionally and this would not keep us away.
The worst inspection in this report was for Magical Rice on Federal Highway with 24 violations including 5 high priority.
On the good news side of things, one of our favorite Italian restaurants in West Boca recorded a perfect inspection. Stallone’s had zero violations.
Also arguable good news, the Coral Springs Steak and Shake on 441 reopened at the end of August after being shut down for a few days as we reported.
And we apparently now have two “nitrogen” ice cream places in or near West Boca. The Chill-N Nitrogen place near Woodfield (aka Regency Court) had 3 violations, 1 high priority. Phenomenom Nitrogen in the new plaza on Military Trail had 1 high priority violation.
McDonald’s and Brendy’s on Clint Moore at Jog were both near perfect with one minor violation each.

Other notable inspections include:
Crepe Cafe in Royal Palm Place had 17 violations, 3 high priority
Basilic Vietnamese Grill on Federal Highway (14, 2)
Capitini’s Italian Deli on Rogers Circle (11, 5)
Punjab on Federal Highway (10, 4)
Renzo’s Cafe Pizzeria on Clint Moore (9, 2)
Villagio in Mizner Park (8, 3)
The Dubliner in Mizner Park (7, 3)
Ben’s Deli and Temper Grille in The Reserve each had 7 violations, 1 high priority; Tempura House had a call back with 6 violations, 1 high priority.
Bamboo Wok and Chen’s Yokohama on opposite sides of Glades each had 6 minor violations.
Burger King on Glades near Boca Rio (2, 1)
Subway on 441 near Winikoff (2, 0)
Shen’s Peking on Glades (2, 0)

Our full spreadsheet is below:
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