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Four Asian restaurants “top” our latest inspection report, each with 20 violations or more.

• All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. All TCS foods in M3 flip top cooler found at 47°-53°F , as per operator, all items were in unit for more than 6 hours. See stop sale.
• 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. Chlorine sanitizer found at 10 ppm.
• Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, or food storage area. Observed 2 flies in kitchen.
• Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. Observed raw ground beef over pork in walk in cooler
• Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed 1 fresh rodent dropping under dishwashing table, approximately 10 fresh droppings under food preparation sink, 1 fresh dropping at employees restroom door, 5 dry droppings under Hobart mixer and 1 fresh dropping found at dry storage area.
• Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. All TCS foods in M3 flip top cooler found at 47°-53°F , as per operator, all items were in unit for more than 6 hours. See stop sale.

Their past inspection record is a mixed bag, though this is the worst we’ve seen from them.
The other three were in Boca, including:

Sushi Masa on Glades near Town Center, with 23 violations, 3 of them high priority
Yakitori Sake House in Royal Palm Place (20, 3)
Basilic Vietnamese on Federal Highway (20, 2)

• 1 Rusted can of globe apple topping present. See stop sale.
• Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded. Harbor banks brand.
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter found on cookline prep table at 80°F, as per operator, item had been place on prep table 3 hours before inspection. Operator place item on ice to expedite temperature. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in freezer – all products not commercially packaged. Ground beef stored over steak in walk in freezer. Raw ground beef stored over bread and cooked potatoes in walk in freezer. **Corrected On-Site**
• Rodent activity present as evidenced by approximately 10 fresh rodent droppings found behind blue bunny cooler at front counter service station. Observed 4 flying insect in kitchen area.
• Server handled soiled dishes or utensils and then picked up plated food, served food, or prepared a beverage without washing hands. Cook washed hands with cold water. Hot water takes too long to reach handwash sink resulting in employees using only cold water to wash their hands. Sink in cookline. Cook rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. **Corrected On-Site**

There was one other shutdown of note. Hacienda Mexican on Military Trail in Delray was closed for roach activity with 11 violations including 5 high priority:

• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Chicken, Beef, cut tomatoes and sour cream between 47°F and 50°F in flip top cooler across Grill, for less than 2 hours. Employee moved items into cooler at prep area. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Burrito Salsa 50°F- 56°F, salsa 44°F-57°F in walk in cooler, prepared yesterday.
• Raw shell eggs not properly stored based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. Raw unpasteurized shell eggs stored over raw beef, raw shrimp and fish. Operator placed shell eggs on bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
• Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 7 live roaches inside unused flip top cooler to left of cook line. Cooler not plugged in. 4 live roaches behind loose cove molding to the left of cook line. 2 live roaches under ice machine.
• Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Burrito Salsa 50°F- 56°F, salsa 44°F-57°F, in walk in cooler, prepared yesterday.

Inspectors also found a number of dead roaches: Dead roaches on premises. 7 dead roaches inside unused cooler across cook line. 1 dead on ledge ice machine. 1 dead roach under ice machine. 7 dead roaches under cook line.
Turning to the good news, it starts with a perfect licensing inspection for Burton’s Grill in the new Park Place plaza on Military Trail north of Yamato. We believe they opened today (Monday).

We also see a perfect licensing inspection for a new chain, HM Palettas, which serves gelato pops on a stick in Town Center.
The McDonald’s in Shadowood recorded a perfect routine inspection.
There weren’t many other notables this week in West Boca, but our full spreadsheet for this report is below:
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/allinsp-10-15-2017.pdf”]

• 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:
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/allinsp-9-24-2017.pdf”]

State inspectors closed the Coral Springs Steak & Shake (441 south of Wiles) two days in a row. As of this writing we think it is still closed.
The current issues started with a complaint-prompted inspection on August 23rd which showed 9 total violations including 3 marked high priority. We’re not sure but we think the main problem is a ceiling leak that is allowing water to splash onto food items, if the restaurant or an employee was to look into what to do when a pipe bursts in your ceiling these repeated violations could have possibly been avoided.

Stop Sale issued due to adulteration of food product. Water splashes from ceiling onto clean stacked pans on shelves next to dish machine and splashes onto buns, water droplets observed on plastic packaging containing buns. Stop sale issued on 2 packages of buns, about 60 buns. Manager discarded buns at time of inspection. **Repeat Violation**

The closure orders were on the 25th and 26th. Inspections also noted small flying insects in the kitchen. Other than that the reports and numbers don’t seem that bad.
The worst local inspection in West Boca was for Dominic’s in Westwinds (near Home Depot) with 20 violations. On the bright side only three were high priority:

• Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. – pot washer unaware of appropriate manual ware-washing procedures. Manual washing taking place for all pots and pans without a sanitizer step
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. WALK IN COOLER – red sauce 88° Red Sauce cooked yesterday 8/22 and placed in walk n cooler. See Stop Sale
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food heated to a temperature above 135 degrees Fahrenheit not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within a total of 6 hours. WALK IN COOLER – red sauce 88° Red Sauce cooked yesterday 8/22 and placed in walk n cooler. See Stop Sale

Hashi Sushi Thai in Shadowood also had big numbers with 18 violations, 4 high priority:

• Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. – food prep top areas have built up soil and food residue.
• Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded. – operator has verification for salmon only. Verification letter needed from vendor supplying talapia and snapper.
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale.
• Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. – at rear sterile mopsink.

The worst overall numbers for this report were for La Bamba in Margate with 18 violations. A whopping 9 marked high priority and some are pretty disturbing.

• Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Observed in cookline, cooks are handling raw beef and chicken and then wiping hands with gloves, on aprons, and then handling clean plates and ready to eat foods without handwashing.
• Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed cook handle raw tenderized beef with gloves on and then handled a clean plate to put food on for an order without washing hands.
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed in Open top cooler:; cut lettuce (54-55°F – Cold Holding); sliced tomatoes (55-60°F – Cold Holding); pico de gallo (53°F – Cold Holding), employees put foods on ice as instructed to reduce temperature. Operator has multiple cold holding units. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Observed it at 100ppm ,employee began to fill sanitization compartment again. **Corrective Action Taken** **Corrective Action Taken**
• Raw animal food stored over cooked food. Observed in 2 door cooler in cookline: raw beef in container stored above precooked chicken and potato fries. Operator stored it properly. **Corrected On-Site**
• Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. Observed raw chicken in container stored above raw fish, operator properly stored foods. **Corrected On-Site**
• Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Observed with cooked mole sauce, 10lbs, with cooked peppers in large walk in cooler, it is dated 08/15/17 and today is 08/22/17. Operator instructed to discard it.
• Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Observed with cooked mole sauce, 10lbs, with cooked peppers in large walk in cooler, it is dated 08/15/17 and today is 08/22/17. Operator instructed to discard it.
• Stop Sale issued due to adulteration of food product. Raw fruits not washed prior to preparation. Observed with whole tomatoes that were diced in kitchen prep area, 2cups of diced tomatoes, employee did not wash them before dicing, he discarded them as instructed and washed other tomatoes before dicing. Tomatoes ready to eat.

The Yacht Club Restaurant in East Boca’s Royal Palm Yacht Club also got hit with 18 violations, 8 of them high priority.

For good news, Jon Smith’s Subs in Mission Bay registered a perfect inspection with zero violations. Other perfect reports include Hollywood at the Hamptons on Kimberly, the Boca city golf course (north side of Glades west of the Turnpike), Tomasso’s Pizzeria on Palmetto just east of I-95 (our favorite pizza and sandwiches in East Boca), and Fit Food Fresh in East Boca.

In Somerset Shoppes, both Original Pancake House and Yogurt Zone registered near perfect inspections one minor violation each.
Domino’s Pizza in Mission Bay and the new Little Brazil on Glades near the Turnpike both did well with just two violations each.
Other notables include:
Tutti Frutti in Shadowood (3 minor violations)
Dunkin Donuts on Glades near the International Jewelers Exchange (3 violations, 1 high priority)
Subway in Boca Greens (3, 1)
Shinju Buffet on Glades at the Turnpike entrance (3, 1)
Pei Wei at 441 south of Glades (4, 1)
Subway on Glades across from the Jewelers Exchange (4, 1)
Casa Tequila next to that Subway (6, 2)
Boon’s in Boca Greens (6, 2)
Boca Grill in Somerset Shoppes (6, 1)
Gary Woo Express on Yamato near 441 (7, 2)
Pho Boca on Glades west of Lyons (8, 0)
Dunkin Donuts on Lyons at Kimberly (8, 0)
Sinbad on Lyons at Kimberly (10, 0)
Our spreadsheet for this report is below:
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/allinsp-8-27-2017.pdf”]

• All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in walk-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed ambient temperature of walking cooler 47°. Food products were temping between 47° to 62°, Raw steak 47°, raw chicken 49°, boiled tomato sauces 49°, cut lettuce 62°. See stop sale for tomatoes sauce and cut lettuce.
• Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. Observed:Cooling cooked tomatoes: 1:15pm temperature range of 105-121 second temperature at 2:45pm temperature range if 99°-107°. At this rate tomatoes are not going to reach 70° within two hours. After reviewing with chef he is moving tomatoes to walk in cooler to speed up cooling process. Tomatoes are stored in walkin cooler in flat sheet with no cover.
• Raw animal food stored over cooked food. Observed raw chicken in reach in freezer next to ready to eat cooked tomatoes. Tomatoes were just in a tray with no cover or protection.
• Raw fish cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed raw fish at 49° in flip top cooler in front of the stove. Chef put ice bag over fish. **Corrective Action Taken**
• Raw meat/poultry cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. observed temperature in flip top cooler had an ambient temperature of 50°. Raw steak 47°, raw fish 50°, and raw chicken 46° After reviewing with chef ice bags were place on top of food **Corrective Action Taken**
• Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Observed food in walking cooler with temperatures between 47°-62°. Stored Items had over 24 hours out of temperature. Stop sale for shredded lettuce 49°, cut tomatoes 49°cut lettuce62° sauces base on boiled tomatoes 47°.
• Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed spray battle stored in hand wash sink.

Follow-up inspections each of the next two days showed that nearly all of the problems had been resolved. We should note that Las Fajitas has been one of our favorite Mexican places and one inspection like this will not stop us from going there.
Three places in Town Center each had more than 10 violations. DaVinci’s was second on the list with 16 violations including 5 high priority. California Pizza Kitchen had 14 violations with 7 marked high priority. And Blue Martini had 12 violations, 3 high priority.
On the positive side of things, Lucille’s BBQ in Delray Marketplace had a perfect inspection with zero violations.

We also see a licensing inspection for Chill-N Nitrogen Ice Cream in the Woodfield plaza at Yamato and Jog.

Some other good inspections include Corner Bakery Cafe (2 minor violations) and La Spada’s Hoagies (3 minor violations), both just east of Town Center. Miller’s Ale House in Boca Lyons Plaza did pretty good with 4 violations, 2 high priority.
For all the inspections, see our spreadsheet, below:
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/allinsp-6-23-2017.pdf”]

Our latest inspection report is one of the better ones we’ve seen, with no restaurant getting more than 15 violations and no more than 7 marked high priority. While its numbers weren’t that bad, Steak N’ Shake in Coral Springs was temporarily closed on June 7th, apparently due to a roof leak that got into the food. They will need someone like Ace Roofing Texas – Commercial Roofing to come and fix the leak as soon as possible in order to start trading again. Roof leaks can be dangerous, so it’s vital that this restaurant does all they can to prevent this from happening again. Hopefully, they will get the roof repaired and maintained soon, ensuring that it’s all secure. It’s likely that roofers will probably use some roof and gutter silicone to fill in any gaps that may be in the roof. This should prevent any more leaks from happening, keeping the restaurant safe, and they should be able to open again soon. If you have any leaks or other issues with your room, whether it’s a residential or commercial building, you can click here to find more info about getting it fixed. The sooner the problem is solved, the less damage it will cause.

Stop Sale issued due to adulteration of food product. Observed water leaking from ceiling light in walk in cooler, tray with packaged turkey slices, under leaking light, is sitting in accumulation of water in pan, operator stated that he is not sure if it’s from the leaking light. Operator instructed to discard turkey, about 3lbs.

Inspectors noted a total of 11 violations with one other “high priority” violation involving live small flying insects. The restaurant was cleared two days later in a follow-up inspection with zero violations.
Closer to West Boca, Bru’s Room on Hillsboro in Coconut Creek had the most high priority violations with 7:

• Cooked meat/poultry cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed cooked chicken in walk in cooler between 44-47°F, as per operator, chicken has been cooling from yesterday. Observed cooked ribs in walk in cooler between 45°-47°F , as per operator, ribs has been cooling from Tuesday. See stop sale.
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked pasta at 50°F in reach in cooler from yesterday . 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. See stop sale. Observed cooked chicken in walk in cooler between 44-47°F, as per operator, chicken has been cooling from yesterday. Observed cooked ribs in walk in cooler between 45°-47°F , as per operator, ribs has been cooling from Tuesday.
• Raw meat/poultry cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw chicken in reach in cooler from yesterday at 51°F. Raw fish in reach in cooler from yesterday at 52°F . See stop sale.
• Spray bottle with chemical/toxic substance stored near/on/above food preparation surface or food. Sanitizer found in bar next to bottles with alcohol. **Corrected On-Site**
• Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Observed cooked chicken in walk in cooler between 44-47°F, as per operator, chicken has been cooling from yesterday. Observed cooked ribs in walk in cooler between 45°-47°F , as per operator, ribs has been cooling from Tuesday. Raw chicken in reach in cooler from yesterday at 51°F. Raw fish in reach in cooler from yesterday at 52°F . Cooked pasta at 50°F in reach in cooler from yesterday
• Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. **Repeat Violation**

The Chipotle near Palmetto and Powerline had 7 violations, 5 high priority, mostly related to food temperatures (lettuce, sour cream and shredded cheese) with a stop sale.

Bar Louie in the Promenade center, Coconut Creek, had the biggest numbers with 15 total violations, 4 of them high priority. Duffy’s on Hillsboro also had 15 violations, 2 high priority.
We also noticed one interesting licensing inspection.
Bahama Grill will be opening on 441 in Parkland in the space formerly occupied by The Whale. We reached out to them but were not able to get a target opening date yet. Their inspection had 5 violations with 1 high priority.
Other notables include:
Fah Asian Bistro on Federal Highway (14 violations, 6 high priority)
Nick’s New Haven Style Pizza near Town Center (14, 4)
El Jefe Luchador in Town Center (13, 4)
Cooper’s Hawk in Promenade (11, 4)
Blue Agave on 441 in Parkland (11, 0)
Original Pancake House on Glades (7, 4)
Tilted Kilt near the Boca Airport (7, 3)
Panera in Town Center Circle, Military Trail south of Glades (7, 1)
Seasons 52 near Town Center (6, 4)
Sybarite Pig, Shadowood (6, 1)
Pinon Grill in Town Center (3, 0)
Tossed in Town Center (3, 0)
Sapphire Indian in Royal Palm (2, 0)
Five Guys Burgers near Town Center (2, 0)
As usual, our spreadsheet is below.
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/allinsp-6-11-2017.pdf”]