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Three East Boca restaurants and one in West Boca had the worst numbers in this week’s inspection report. They include Magical Rice, Positano, Fran’s Chicken Haven and Giovanni’s Pizza.
Magical Rice on Federal Highway had the most “high priority” violations (6) out of a total of 14 violations. The worst of it related to food temperatures and storage, with one hand-washing violation.

• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Corn starch in water and fresh garlic in oil at 67-69f at the cookline, moved inside a cooler, explained time control procedure. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Cooked egg at 115f on a prep table, moved inside a cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in walk-in freezer – not all products commercially packaged. Raw beef over crab sticks, raw beef moved to a lower shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
• Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in freezer – all products not commercially packaged. Wrapped Seafood and poultry all together on chest freezer.
• Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Employee washing hands with gloves on, removed gloves and re washed hands. **Corrected On-Site**
• Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Chlorine at greater than 200ppm, diluted to 100ppm **Corrected On-Site**

Fran’s Chicken Haven had the biggest total number with 20 violations, 3 of them high priority including food temperature issues. More disturbing to us was the minor violation for “Dead roaches on premises. 3 dead roaches under the 3 compartment sink, cleaned. **Corrected On-Site**”
Oddly it seems the place has not been inspected in over a year. We usually see inspections about twice a year.

Also in the top group was Positano, which had 17 violations including 4 marked high priority including food temperature and storage.
For West Boca we see a few places of note. The biggest number in the west was for Giovanni’s Pizza on Powerline, with 14 violation (4 high priority). Pizza slices for sale had no time markings, meatballs and sauce were kept between 70º and 75º instead of the required 135º, and there were food storage issues as well.
Just north of that Boca Kosher Bagel, on Powerline in the Boca Grove plaza, had 13 violations with 1 high priority.
Further west, Shinju Buffet (on Glades by the Turnpike) had 12 violations with 1 high priority. A couple years ago they had some bad inspections but they have improved and have been doing consistently better, though this is still not great.

Turning to the good news, Boca’s Best BBQ registered a perfect zero violations on a callback from their licensing inspection.
We mentioned previously that Rotelli’s is moving from Mission Bay to West Boca Square (near Hobby Lobby). That new location had a perfect licensing inspection, so we expect it will be open soon if it’s not already.
Madison’s New York Grill near Town Center had a perfect routine inspection, as did several facilities in the Boca Resort including the outstanding Morimoto.
Delray Beach is getting a new Indian restaurant named Saffron & Curry, on Atlantic near Congress. They had a licensing inspection with only one minor violation.
A few places in Town Center also had near-perfect routine inspections: Petrossian, 40 Carrots, Capital Grille and Macy’s Taste Bar. Nearby, Brewzzi and Abe & Louie’s also each had just one minor violation.
Grand Lux Cafe in Town Center had 2 minor violations.
Other notables include:

• Uncle Julio’s in Mizner Park had 7 violations with 4 marked high priority in a complaint inspection.
• Bru’s Room on Hillsboro near 441 had 8 violations, all minor.
• Ichiyami Buffet in Royal Palm Place had 11 violations with 4 high priority.
• Wayback Burgers on 441 in Coconut Creek had 13 violations, 2 high priority.
• Ruby Tuesday on Hillsboro in Deerfield Beach had 13 and 3.

Our pdf of this week’s inspections is below.
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Restaurant inspectors temporarily closed The Sea Southeast Asian Bistro on April 26th after finding signs of rodent activity. Overall the restaurant had 13 violations with 5 marked high priority:

• Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, or food storage area. Live flying insects in dry storage and behind ice machine.
• Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. In walk in cooler raw salmon over prepared sauces. Operator moved raw salmon. **Corrected On-Site**
• Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. In dry storage area in kitchen found 2 fresh droppings on white bag of rice. 6 dry droppings on brown rice bag and approximately 6 fresh behind ice machine. 5 – 20# Botan brown rice bags have gnaw marks and holes.
• Rodent rub marks present along walls/ceilings. Above soda box unit in kitchen dry storage rodent rub markings on wall leading to hole in ceiling.
• Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Rodent gnaw marks and holes in 5- 20# botan brown rice bags

The restaurant was able to reopen the same day after a follow-up inspection showed the rodent activity had been cleared. The small flying insect problem was still present and the inspector gave them an extension to address that.

The worst number in this week’s report goes to East Boca’s Deli on Rye (Federal Highway near Spanish River). The inspection showed 24 violations including 9 high priority:

• All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Boiled eggs, tuna salad, bacon, ham, cheese at 43-46f on the 3 door True cooler Cold cuts, beef, salads at 46-50F on the display coolers, less than 4h out of temperature according to PIC. Instructed to moved the food to another units.
• Employee failed to wash hands beforechanging gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. Washed hands upon request. **Corrected On-Site**
• Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands – food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Bagel sandwich, operator put gloves on. **Corrected On-Site**
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sauerkraut and coleslaw at 54-56f, placed in an ice bath Butter at 67f on the prep area explained implemented time control. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food in the process of reheating for hot holding has not reached 165 degrees Fahrenheit after more than 2 hours . Turkey reheated on the steam table from 69F to 76F in 45 min, instructed operator to reheat the turkey to 165F before placing it on the steam table.
• Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in reach-in freezer – not all products commercially packaged. Raw salmon with bread, raw salmon moved to the bottom shelf **Corrected On-Site**
• Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw eggs over batter in a cooler, eggs moved to a lower shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
• Shell eggs held at room temperature with an ambient air temperature greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Shell eggs at the cookline at room temperature, moved inside a cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Outdoors

An inspection was conducted the next day and nearly all the problems had been resolved.
Big numbers were also reported for Sushi of Boca Raton on Federal Highway (22 violations, 7 high priority including a stop sale for temperature abuse), and Santo’s Buffet, also on Federal Highway in East Boca (16 violations, 6 high priority), and Wanfu Chinese on Sample in Pompano Beach (22, 6).

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On the good news side of things, there were several perfect inspections. Maoz Vegetarian, Tossed, and Chick-Fil-A, all in the Town Center food court, had zero violations. We’ve eaten at Maoz and like it, as does Jeff Eats.

Five Guys Burgers (another of our favorites) and Seasons 52, both near Town Center, also had zero violations. Boca Resto Lounge and Gretl’s Bistro on Federal Highway in East Boca were perfect, as was the Boca Greens Country Club.
There were also a number of near perfect inspections with only one violation each:

Fresh Bites Cafe (Mission Bay); Casa L’Italien (Lake Ridge at Yamato); Corner Bakery Cafe (near Town Center); Shake Shack (Glades east of I-95); M&M Thai Cafe (East Palmetto Park); Yogen Fruz and Pummarola (Town Center)

Other notable inspections include:
2 Violations
New York Prime near Town Center
Mississippi Sweets BBQ on Federal Highway
3 Violations
C R Chicks and Nick’s New Haven Pizza near Town Center
Mario’s Osteria
4 Violations
Shane’s Rib Shack and Toojay’s near Town Center
Big Joe’s Burgers on Federal Highway
And the rest …
Tobu Teriyaki Grill in Town Center (5 minor violations)
Chili’s on 441 in West Boca (9 violations, 2 high priority)
Cabo Flats in Delray Marketplace (9, 3)
Pei Wei in Westwinds at 441 and Glades (10, 2)
Japango in Parkland (11, 1)
First Watch on St. Andrews (11, 2)
Pollo Tropical on 441 near Palmetto (12, 5)
La Ferme on Lakeridge and Yamato (13, 2)
Apeiro in Delray Marketplace (13, 4)
Our spreadsheet is below:
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/allinsp-5-2-2016.pdf”]

It was a pretty good week for inspections. PF Chang’s had one of the worst reports, though not terrible, with 15 violations including 4 marked high priority.

• Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Servers sent to wash hands . Reviewed proper handwashing. **Corrected On-Site**
• Employee washed hands with cold water. Employee washed hands with Water at 80° F in dishwashing area. Employee rewashed hands with hot water. **Corrected On-Site**
• Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw shelled eggs over cabbage at Traulsen cooler in cookline area. Foods moved and properly stored. **Corrected On-Site**
• Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Butane bottles stored above soda boxes in dry storage area. Chemicals moved and properly stored. **Corrected On-Site**

Bella Amici Pizzeria in Delray Marketplace recorded the same numbers and also had a stop-sale on a couple items:

• Container of medicine improperly stored. At dry storage unit Advil container on shelf with food products. Operator removed. **Corrected On-Site**
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Display case cooler – cooked pasta 48°, sweet butter balls 48°, operator stated all held over 4 hours. See Stop Sale. Glass cooler- raw veal 48° and chicken 46°-48° operator cooked meats products. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over sweet butter balls in walk in cooler. Operator moved raw chicken to a different shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
• Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Display case cooler – cooked pasta 48°, sweet butter balls 48°, operator stated all held over 4 hours.

Others with more than 10 violations include Saito Japanese Steakhouse in Coconut Creek’s Promenade (13 with 3 high priority), Greek Emporium on Military in Delray (13, 1), and Nino’s on Jog in Delray (12, 1).

There were several licensing inspections. Opening soon in West Boca will be Boca Italiana, on Glades Road west of the Turnpike. We mentioned this earlier on our Facebook page. We checked with the plaza and they are hoping to open this week. Their inspection had only one minor violation.

In East Boca three licensing inspections were on Federal Highway: Our Place (3 minor violations), Sonny’s (1 high priority), and Tucker Dukes (perfect), along with Fresh Kitchen Express on Meadows Road (1 high priority) and The Healthy Food Factory on NW 16th (perfect). House of Cheung on NE 20th had a relatively bad one with 6 violations including 3 high priority. There was also one in Coconut Creek for Carbon Juice Bar, on the east side of 441 just north of the Sawgrass.
For routine inspections the best this week was Cafe Grind in Delray Marketplace with 3 minor violations. Other notables include:

• California Pizza Kitchen in Town Center (3 violations, 2 high priority)
• Miller’s Ale House on Yamato (3, 2)
• Open Kitchen Cafe (near Miller’s) (3, 1)
• Philly Grill on Military in Delray (5, 0)
• Bluefin in Parkland (5, 0)
• Truluck’s in Mizner Park (5, 2)
• Shula Burger in Delray Marketplace (9, 3)

Our weekly spreadsheet is below:
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/allinsp-4-17-2016.pdf”]