Tag: inspections

Several local restaurants had more than 20 violations in the past month, with East Boca’s Jamison’s Pizza topping the list at 30 (7 high priority). Just behind that with 27 violations, 7 high priority, was Junior’s in Mizner Park.

Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.Flip top fry cooler-Liquid eggs (50°F – Cold Holding); Flip top fry cooler-diced cooked ham (47°F – Cold Holding); Flip top fry cooler-cooked onions (47°F – Cold Holding); Flip top fry cooler-sliced deli turkey (50°F – Cold Holding). All products prepped at 9:30. Cold holding temperatures were at 11:30. Moved all products to walk in freezer. All temperatures were under 41°F at 12:30.
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. Cooked Corn Beef temperature range from 47°-57°, Cooked Brisket temperature range from 47°-54°F and Cooked Pastrami ranged from 47°-55°F all cooling overnight in the walk in cooler.

Others with 20 or more violations include:

• Lemongrass at Mizner Park (25 violations, 6 high priority)
• Palm Beach Bagel on Yamato (23, 7)
• Kasi on Yamato (22, 3)
• Sal’s Italian – Yamato at Congress (21, 10)
• Bluefin Sushi Thai Grill – Yamato at Congress (20, 3)
• Boca Indian Grill in Mission Bay (20, 4)
• Odyssey Diner, Jog Road, Delray (20, 4)

On the good news side of things, KFC on Federal Highway and Tropical Smoothie on Sample in Coral Springs both recorded perfect inspections.
Near perfect inspections were recorded by several restaurants, each with 1 minor violation, including: Moon’s Tavern in Boca Greens, Juice & Java on St. Andrews, Villa Rosano on Clint Moore, and Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Mizner Park.

• Hurricane Grill in Mission Bay (18 violations, 3 high priority)
• Sushi Yoshee on 441 near SW 18th (18, 2)
• Bluefin Sushi in Parkland (17, 3)
• Sushi Masa on Glades near Town Center (17, 2)
• Shanghai City Chinese on Glades near the Turnpike (17, 2)
• Farmers Table Express on Military Trail (16, 8)
• Millers Ale House on Yamato (12, 4)
• First Watch on St. Andrews (12, 3)
• Hunan City on Yamato at Lakeridge (8, 0)
• Stella’s Pizza in Boca Greens (6, 1)
• Rancheritos de Boca on Lyons just north of Glades (5, 0)
• Duffy’s on St. Andrews (5, 1)
• Smokey Bones on 441 (5, 3)
• Davito’s in Boca Greens (5, 0)
• It’s All Greek on Clint Moore (4, 0)
• Nikuya (aka Kosha) in Loggers’ Run inspected twice, both (3, 1)
• Jersey Mike’s, Palmetto near Powerline (3, 0)
• Teriyaki Madness in Mission Bay (3, 2)
• La Granja Town Center (3, 0)
• Panera in Mission Bay (3, 1)
• Kapow Noodle Bar in Mizner Park (3, 1)
• Einstein Bagels in Shadowood (3, 0)
• Chipotle in Westwinds, Glades and 441 (3, 1)
• Rise Asian Sushi on SW 18th (3, 2)
• IHOP, Glades at 441 (3, 2)
• Pei Wei in Westwinds, Glades at 441 (2, 1)
• Ciluffo’s and Jaspers, both on SW 18th, both (2, 1)
• Chipotle on Palmetto near Powerline (2, 0)

As usual our spreadsheet is below:
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/allinsp-3-13-2017.pdf”]

There were some very good and some not so good inspections in the past few weeks. We posted on Facebook about the temporary closure of PF Chang’s a couple weeks ago. That was one of the worst inspections in this report with 22 violations including 8 high priority and live roaches.
The most notable in West Boca was Hashi Sushi Thai in Shadowood, which had 24 mostly minor violations. Although it’s a big number, there was nothing terrible in the report and they did not even receive a warning. This is not the first bad inspection for Hashi, which did worse last year.
Schwartz’s Deli & Grill on Lyons in Coconut Creek had the worst numbers in this report, with 26 violations including 9 high priority and a stop sale:

• Dishmachine not sanitizing properly. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly.
• Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. Cook
• Food stored in ice used for drinks. See stop sale. Found in ice machine.
• Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, or food storage area. Throughout establishment.
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sour cream 49°F in server station cooler. See stop sale.
• Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in freezer – all products not commercially packaged. Raw meat over mozzarella sticks in Midea unit in cook line. Employee correct **Corrected On-Site**
• Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in freezer – all products not commercially packaged. Open case Raw chicken over French fries.
• Spray bottle with chemical/toxic substance stored near/on/above food preparation surface or food. Degreaser and detergent on top shelf of cleaned food pan.
• Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Sour cream 49° in server station cooler.

Punjab Indian and Basilic Vietnamese Grill on Federal Highway also had big numbers. Punjab had 24 violations, 6 of them high priority. Basilic had 21 and 6.
Rounding out the 20+ category was New Golden China on Palmetto near Powerline with 20 violations, 2 high priority.
We also like to talk about the good news and there’s a lot of it. Leading off is Stallone’s on Glades just west of Lyons with a perfect inspection. Stallone’s is our second favorite Italian restaurant after Stella’s. Jersey Mike’s Subs on St. Andrews, Monet Cafe on Palmetto, and Vinny’s All Day Cafe at Yamato and Jog both also had perfect inspections.
Near perfect inspections were recorded by Casa L’Italien (Yamato at Lakeridge), Tijuana Flats on Powerline, Lucille’s (Yamato and Jog), and the Southwinds golf course clubhouse.
Other inspections worth mentioning include:

• The new Temper Grille at Clint Moore and 441 had 1 violation in its licensing inspection
• Bolay in Polo Club Shoppes and Moe’s on NW 19th each had 1 violation in their licensing inspections
• TGI Friday’s in Mission Bay had 2 violations, both high priority
• Chen’s Yokohama (Boca Lyons Plaza) and El Balcon de las Americas (Sandalfoot) each had 2 minor violations. Chow Thai in Sandalfoot had 2 violations, 1 high priority.
• Shen’s Peking (Boca Lyons) had 3 violations, 1 high priority. Cannoli Kitchen (Powerline) and Tricky Dicks (Sandalfoot) each had 3 minor violations.
• Brio at Town Center Circle had 4 violations, 3 of them high priority
• First Watch (Mission Bay) and Sybarite Pig (Shadowood) each had 5 minor violations.
• Morton’s Steakhouse (Town Center Circle) had 9 violations, 5 high priority
• Gary Woo Express (Yamato near 441) had 10 violations (1 high priority)
• City Fish Market (Glades near the Turnpike) and China Cafe (Loggers Run) each had 11 violations, 2 high priority.
• Padrino’s (Mission Bay) and Rack’s (Mizner Park) each had 14 violations, 3 high priority
• Puccini’s Pizzeria on Yamato had 15 violations, 4 high priority

Our spreadsheet for this report is below. You can look up any restaurant on the state website.
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/allinsp2-12-2017.pdf”]

• All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Flip top cooler next to stove steak 46°,shrimp 44°-45°,tofu 44°-45°
• All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in walk-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.Rice noodles: 51°, soup 53°. Raw chicken 50°, raw chicken wings 52°, lettuce 50° according to manager door was open due to a big delivery ambient temp 54°. One hour later ambient 47°F. Operator requested to move all the cook food to other working coolers or freezers.
• 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 0ppm, operator changed the sanitizer solution, 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
• Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. Prepping meat failed to washed hands before putting gloves in, employee washed hands and put gloves on **Corrected On-Site**
• Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Employee touched food without proper handwashing, employee washed hands **Corrected On-Site**
• Employee touched bare body part and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee prepping food touched face then keep prepping food, operator notified, employee washed hands **Corrected On-Site**
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Bean sprouts at the prep area at 72f, two hrs on prep area according to mgr, moved to a cooler. Garlic fresh with oil 80°, held at the prep area for more than 4h. Stop sale issued
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Fried Sweet potatoes at 75f at the prep area, explained time control procedure, operator time marked the food. Cooked rice noodles 70-73f and cooked meat 50-60f less than 4h on the prep area, food was discarded **Corrected On-Site**
• Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in reach-in cooler. Eggs on top of cut lettuce, operator removed eggs from it **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
• Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Fridge near blade meat over ice cream
• Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. By dishwashing machine 5 dry rodent droppings found
• Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Rice noodles 70°-73°, garlic fresh with oil 80°, held at the prep area for more than 4h.

Basilic had two follow-up inspections within a few days after the bad inspection. These were far from perfect and another follow-up is expected.
Closer to home we were sorry to see one of our local favorites in West Boca, Saito’s (Glades & Lyons) with a big number 27 violations. On the bright side there were only four high priority violations and they weren’t terrible. No follow-up was required by the inspector.
The other notably bad inspection was for the Chipotle in Turtle Run on 441 in Coral Springs. They were temporarily closed on January 9th, apparently due to:
Wastewater backing up through floor drains. Observed underneath the three compartment sink. Observed employees traveling and standing in water on floor while washing dishes and retrieving clean dishes for prepping.
On the good news side of things, Burt & Max’s reopened in Delray Marketplace. We ate there on Friday and had a good meal. Their inspection on January 6th showed only 3 violations.
Perfect inspections were reported for a few of the facilities in the Polo Club community, Boca Woods, and inside the Marriott at Town Center Circle. Stonebridge Country Club had a near perfect inspection with just two minor violations.
Jersey Mike’s Subs in Somerset Shoppes (Glades & Lyons) had a near perfect licensing inspection with only one minor violation. Capital Grille at Town Center also did well with just one violation.
As usual our spreadsheet is below. We missed last week so we did two weeks together.
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/allinsp-1-15-17.pdf”]

It was a pretty good week for inspections without a lot of bad news. The worst of it was Mozart Cafe off Powerline with 21 violations, 5 high priority.

• Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. – kitchen, food preparer. – dish machine operator.
• Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. – dishmachine be operator.
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. FRONT COUNTER – (Sushi Display) tuna 54° hamachi 54° Krab 48° (AMBIENT TEMPERATURE 53°) Stop Sale Issued.
• Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. STEAM TABLE/BAIN MARIE (Cook Line) alfredo sauce in holding at 90° marinate sauce in holding at 88° (at 11:40am) Re-checked at 12:20pm, both at 139° **Corrected On-Site**
• Servers handled soiled dishes or utensils and then picked up plated food, served food, or prepared a beverage without washing hands.

They had a call-back inspection the next day which still showed 8 violations including 4 high priority.
The other not-great inspections were all in Delray, including Ho Ho Chinese, The Sea Southeast Asian Bistro (on Jog near Morikami), and 4 Brothers Italian.
In the good news, the new Rappy’s Deli (on Military Trail) and Bakery of France (SW 18th) each had just one minor violation. Grand Lux (Town Center) and Thick and Thin (Sandalfoot) also did well, each with only two minor violations. Cheesecake Factory (near Town Center) had three minor violations.
Other notables include Bruce’s of Great Neck (Boca Greens) and Miller’s Ale House (Glades near Lyons), each with 7 violations, 3 high priority.
As usual our spreadsheet is below:
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/allinsp-1-1-2017.pdf”]

It was a short four-day week of inspections and our spreadsheet has just 22 inspections, only two of them in West Boca.

The relatively new Pollo Tropical (441 at Palmetto) had a pretty good inspection with 5 violations, 2 of them high priority. “My Delicious Deli” on Palmetto at Powerline had a licensing inspection with 4 violations (1 high priority).
Other good news includes licensing inspections for Soho Subs on Wiles in Coral Springs (1 minor violation) and La Gelateria in Royal Palm Place.
The worst of the week were the six places with more than 10 violations:

• Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club – 15 violations, 4 high priority
• Henry’s on Jog in Delray – 14, 6
• Rotelli’s on Jog in Delray – 14, 6
• Beer Trade Co Boca – 13, 9
• Patio Tapas & Beer – 13, 4
• Del Aire Golf Club – 11, 4

As always, our spreadsheet for the week is below:
[gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/allinsp-12-25-2016.pdf”]