Gramercy Bagels on Jog Road in Delray Beach; image by Google Gramercy Bagels & Deli on Jog in Delray was closed temporarily by inspectors after they found live roaches. The report indicated a total of 19 violations with 4 high priority:
Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food….discussed with operator. **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……cutting bagel with bare hand . Pic discarded bagel than washed hands putting gloves to next bagel prepared. **Corrected On-Site**
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit….cut tomato 65°, cut lettuce 53°, egg wash 55° in flip top cooler in cook line, butter 72° in bagel station temperature control in ice , cream cheese 54° in reach in cooler in bagel station . food being held less than 4 hours , some food time marked , some move to freezer. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found….approximately over 20 live roaches in reach in cooler gaskets in cook line….1 live roach on the floor at beneath grill in cook line…..1 live roach in gasket in front line reach in cooler.
The other big numbers this week go to Curbside Cafe on Del Prado Circle (17 violations, 5 high priority), and the main kitchen at Boca Country Club (13, 4). Turning to the good news: There were a couple near-perfect inspections including Tricky Dick’s Pub in Sandalfoot and Jersey Mike’s Subs on Yamato in East Boca. There were also two near-perfect licensing inspections for Boca Indian Grill in Mission Bay and for the new Los Bocados on 441 in Parkland. Our spreadsheet for this week is below: [gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/allinsp-10-9-2016.pdf”]
Denny’s on Federal Highway. Image by Google. Roaches led to another temporary closure of the Denny’s on Federal Highway in East Boca. We previously reported they were shut down earlier this month. On September 23rd inspectors found:
Dead roaches on premises. 1 dead roach and 2 roach casings on ground by bread rack in dishwashing area and 2 dead roaches under counter in milkshake station. Areas cleaned up. **Corrected On-Site** Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 4 live roaches in employee break room near walkin cooler, 1 live roach on wall near handwash sink in dishwashing area and 1 live roach under counter at milk shake station in front counter area.
As with two weeks earlier, the restaurant reopened the same day after a better inspection. They did not have a big number of violations, with only seven, but a roach closure is a big deal. Overall it was a good week with only a few restaurants logging 10 or more violations. Most notable on the high side were Uncle Tai’s on Military Trail (12 violations, 3 high priority) and Rocco’s Taco’s (10 violations, 2 high priority) in the same plaza. Good News On the good news side of things, our favorite pizza place had a near perfect inspection with only two minor violations. We have been fans of Stella’s for years and are pleased to see this. Other good inspections were recorded by: Burger King on Glades near the Turnpike (2 violations, 1 high priority) La Ferme on Yamato at Lakeridge (3, 1) And in other big news, Junior’s in Mizner Park had their licensing inspection and had only one minor violation. From Facebook it appears they opened today. [gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/allinsp-9-25-2016.pdf”]
The Whale in Parkland, image by Google The Whale Raw Bar leads off our latest restaurant inspection report with a total of 27 violations. This is a double whammy for the restaurant, which had a shooting just a couple weeks ago. Four of the violations were marked high priority:
All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Chicken ,burger, fish 46-48°F. Operator transfer to walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. Cook not washing hands before putting gloves on. **Corrected On-Site**
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Shrimp chowder,clam chowder , Loster soup found 120°, operator increase temperature on steam table. **Corrective Action Taken**
Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with clean or in-use utensils. WD40 stored with clean utensils. **Corrected On-Site**
Their follow-up inspection the next day still had 12 violations, one of them high priority. Davinci’s of Boca in Town Center only had 9 violations but 6 of them were high priority including a stop sale:
Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours, Osso buco 48°-49°. Chef stated food cooled since last night, over 6 hours. (See Stop Sale)
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, server plating bread. **Corrected On-Site**
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit, Cheese, butter, squid ink, cooked eggplant, all between 48° and 50°. True unit across from salamander. All TCS food in cooler since last night. (See stop Sale)
Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food, raw salmon and cooked octopus in same container on cookline. **Corrected On-Site**
Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse.
Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed, test strip tuned black immediately.
Other notable inspections include: Cheesecake Factory with 7 violations including 4 high priority on a complaint Chen’s Yokohama in Boca Lyons Plaza with 7 violation, 4 high priority on a callback, leading to an administrative complaint Ichiyami Buffet near Royal Palm in East Boca (7 violations, 2 high priority) Maggiano’s near Town Center (6, 2) California Pizza Kitchen in Town Center (5, 2) La Granja Town Center (5, 3) Madison’s New York Grill (5, 3) Nick’s New Haven Pizza near Town Center (5, 0) McDonald’s in Sandalfoot (5, 2) Sushi Yoshee on 441 near SW 18th (4, 2) El Balcon de las Americas at 441 and Sandalfoot (4, 1) Carrabba’s on SW 18th (3, 1) TooJay’s near Town Center (3, 1) Davito’s in Boca Greens (2, 0) Seasons 52 near Town Center (2, 1) Jasper’s on 18th near Howard’s Market (1, 0) Abe & Louie’s on Glades (1, 1) Our spreadsheet from this report is below: [gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/allinsp-9-18-2016.pdf”]
Denny’s on Federal Highway. Image by Google. Denny’s restaurant on Federal Highway in Boca was temporarily closed by inspectors on September 9th after roach activity was found:
Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found, 1 live on bucket on top of ice machine, 2 live on outside walk in cooler wall, 1 live in break room, 1 live on wall entryway of kitchen near dish area. 1 live on wall near office.
Otherwise it was not that bad of an inspection with 8 total violations and just that one marked high priority. The restaurant reopened the same day after a second inspection showed only 3 minor violations. Although of course finding roaches is a bad thing, it can happen anywhere. This is one of the smallest we have seen and also one of the quickest and most effective clean ups. The biggest number in our report goes to Bonefish Macs on Sample in Coral Springs. They had 23 total violations with 6 marked high priority:
Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. Observed a cook change gloves without Washing hands. The Mgr corrected him and he removed the gloves, washed hands and put on a new set of gloves. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Outside bar glasswasher 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. Observed 0 ppm when tested.
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. Jerk chicken wings prepared on 9/8/16 in the walk-in cooler are still 45-59°
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Observed a cream sauce in hot hold at 114-116°F on the cook’s line. The pan was put on the grill to be reheated. **Corrective Action Taken**
Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Observed a sanitizer pail with sanitizer in it on a prep table. It was relocated. **Corrected On-Site**
Vacuum breaker/back flow preventer missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb.
The biggest number in West Boca goes to Tempura House at Clint Moore and 441. They had 13 violations with 4 marked high priority:
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. – employee cutting and trimming broccoli florets with bare hands.
Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded.
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. – COOK LINE (Counter Top) broccoli florets 64° sprouts 54° peas 54°cabbage 49° Repeat Violation – REACH IN COOLER – (Cook Line Cold Table) cooked shrimp 43° BBQ pork 45°cooked chicken 57° cut peppers 58°cut onions 58° **Repeat Violation**
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. – sushi rice.
On the good news side of things there’s a new BurgerFi on Atlantic in Delray, just east of the Turnpike. They had a perfect licensing inspection with zero violations. There’s a new French bakery, Lublu, in Somerset Shoppes (Lyons and Glades) and their licensing inspection showed only one minor violation. Near perfect routine inspections (1 violation) were recorded by the Chipotle and the Burger King at Palmetto and Powerline, Pei Wei in Westwinds (Glades & 441) and Cilluffo’s on SW 18th. Other notables include: Cherry Smash Ice Cream in Coral Springs (2 minor violations) Five Guys near Town Center (2 violations, both high priority) McDonalds at Clint Moore and Jog (2 violations, 1 high priority) First Watch on St. Andrews (2, 0) Brendy’s at Yamato and Lake Ridge (2, 0) Vinny’s All Day Cafe (2, 0) Burger King on 441 near Target (3, 1) Taco Bell in Sandalfoot (3, 1) Casa L’Italien at Yamato and Lake Ridge (3, 1) It’s All Greek on Clint Moore (4, 1) Gary Woo Express on Yamato (4, 2) Burt & Max’s in Delray Marketplace (5, 2) Boston Market in Shadowood (5, 0) Chow Thai in Sandalfoot (5, 0) Hurricane Grill in Mission Bay (6, 0) Brendy’s at Clint Moore & Jog (6, 2) Einstein Bagel on Powerline (7, 2) Dunkin Donuts on 441 near Sandalfoot (7, 1) House of Bread & Coffee, 441 near Sandalfoot (13, 4) Los Tacos on NE 5th in East Boca (16, 6) Our full spreadsheet is below: [gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/allinsp-9-11-2016.pdf”]
Hong Kong Palace on Powerline; image by Google Hong Kong Palace leads off our restaurant inspection report with 23 total violations. It’s not as bad as that sounds since only two of the violations were marked as high priority:
Clams/mussels/oysters cold held at a temperature greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. REACH IN COOLER – (Cook Line Cold Table) chicken pieces 57° raw chicken 58° raw beef 58° mini-corn 59° REACH IN COOLER – (Opposite Deep Fryers) egg rolls 58° **Corrective Action Taken** – foods relocated to walk in cooler. Heated potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. – fried rice on counter all afternoon at 65°
The next biggest number was for Bird Nest Tree Restaurant on Military Trail in Delray Beach. They had 14 violations including 5 high priority:
All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Hot line service cooler – eggs rolls 47°, pork ribs 48°, sweet and sour chicken 47°. Operator states all TCS food were hoed under 4 hours and moved to walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Tested at over 200ppm. Operator corrected to 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
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. Operator contacted company to order sanitizer.
Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Bean sprouts 64° left out at room temperature moved to cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
Shell eggs held at room temperature with an ambient air temperature greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Under 2 hours moved to cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
In the good news, a new restaurant in Town Center called Sliderz had a perfect licensing inspection. They are planning to have a smart phone app that will allow “guests to place their order from within the mall.” Their food is made with “grass-fed meats, line-caught fish, free-range chicken all free of antibiotics and hormones.” Chick Fil A in the mall and Domino’s on Powerline both had perfect routine inspections. Near perfect inspections (1 minor violation) were recorded by Jon Smith Subs in Mission Bay, Juice & Java on St. Andrews, and Yogurt Rendezvous on Beracasa. Other notables in this report include: Hotdog-Opolis near Office Depot with 2 violations, 1 high priority Pei Wei on Beracasa (2 violations, 2 high priority) Boston Market on Beracasa (2, 1) Wendy’s in Loggers’ Run (2, 0) Grand Lux in Town Center (3, 3) Tijuana Flats on Powerline (6, 2) Dunkin Donuts on St. Andrews (6, 0) Subway in Loggers’ Run (7, 2) Boon’s in Boca Greens (8, 3) Sergio’s in Northwest Sandalfoot Plaza (10, 1) Apura and Cannoli Kitchen on Powerline each had 11 violations. Our full spreadsheet is below: [gview file=”https://westbocanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/8-21-2016-insp.pdf”]
