1997 Cafe, 6169 Jog Rd, Lake Worth, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: 1997 CAFE
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 6169 Jog Rd, Lake Worth, FL 33467-6524
License #: 6009734
Total inspections: 19
Last inspection: 09/24/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

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  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
  • Basic - Employee beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area does not have a lid and a straw or equivalent dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container.
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • High Priority - Deli meats cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Ham 69°, corrective action taken was to move to reach in cooler.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw ground uncovered over ready to eat uncovered food, ex. Fruit salad . **Corrected On-Site**
09/24/2014Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Floor tiles missing. Chip tiles through kitchen
5/1/2014Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Accumulation of food debris/soil residue on handwash sink.
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. KITCHEN SHELVES
  • Basic - Floor tiles missing. Chip tiles through kitchen
  • Basic - No copy of latest inspection report available.
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
2/28/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. ON KITCHEN SHELVES
  • Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. COOK LINE REACH IN COOLER
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler/walk-in freezer floor soiled.
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food.
  • 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. COOKED MAKING WRAP WITHOUT GLOVES
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance inside the ice bin. LARGE ICE BIN
  • Intermediate - Employee rinsed utensil in handwash sink. BACK ROOM KITCHEN HWS
  • Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink. HWS WAITSTAFF USING HWS TO DUMP ICE
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked.
7/22/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • High Priority - Cheese/milk/creamer/other dairy products cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Milk at 49?f. Corrective action taken. Iced down.
  • High Priority - No proof of parasite destruction or aquaculture documentation for cold smoked salmon served raw or undercooked. Fish must be fully cooked.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in reach-in cooler. 1 container with raw ground beef over rte container of hash brown -upright reach in cooler cook line. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 1 by the office/hallway **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Top side of make table. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food. Provided form and fax #
  • Intermediate - Refrigerator not maintaining potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food at proper temperatures. Do not store potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food in this unit until the unit is capable of maintaining foods at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. Upright refrigerator at the servers station ambient temperature at 50?f. Operator removing all PHF from this unit.
1/28/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.
  • Critical - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. 0ppm-OPERATOR CALLED SERVICE TECH. ADVICED OPERATOR TO SANITIZE THE EQUIPMENT AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK UNTIL THE UNIT IS FIXED TO CODE.
  • Critical - Electrical outlet missing cover plate. For reporting purposes only. BY WALK IN FREEZER
  • Critical - Lack of use of chemical test kit when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. CHLORINE TEST KIT
  • Observed gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up. MAKE TABLE COOK LINE Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. EXTERIOR OF CONTAINER and SHELF UNDER THE PREP TABLE COOK LINE
8/8/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. UPRIGHT REACH IN COOLER NEXT TO SODA SYRUP Corrected On Site.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. ROLLING PIN HANDLES_STORED UNDER PREP TABLE _COOK LINE SUGAR Corrected On Site.
  • Observed equipment in poor repair. STANDING WATER INSIDE THE UPRIGHT REACH IN COOLER COOK LINE _TOWEL ABSORBING THE WATER. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. OBSERVED LOTS OF ICE INSIDE SERVERS STATION HAND SINK Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled. COOK LINE Corrected On Site.
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. HAND SINK _DISHROOM Corrected On Site.
5/21/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment. SOILED PLASTIC BUCKET_ Corrected On Site.
  • Observed gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up. Corrected On Site. COOK LINE
  • Critical - Observed live flies in kitchen. APROX 3
1/5/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Lights missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. BY WALK IN COOLER
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. COOK LINE COOLER
  • Observed equipment in poor repair. PLASTIC CONTAINER EDGES BROKEN Corrected On Site.
  • Observed gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up. WALK IN FREEZER Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. DISHROOM Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked. EXAMPLE LASAGNA and COOKED NOODLES_WALK IN COOLER Corrected On Site.
9/12/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. SERVICE TECH ON HIS WAY.
  • Critical - Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils not sanitized.DISHMACHINE AT 0ppm. ADVISED OPERATOR TO SANITIZE THE EQUIPMENT AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK
  • Critical - Observed bare hand contact of ready-to-eat food by employees and establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure in effect. BREAD FOR TOASTS Corrected On Site.
  • Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. CONTAINER WITH TOOTHPICK COOK LINE Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime in the interior of ice machine. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface.WALK IN COOLER FLOOR
  • Observed wall soiled with accumulated dust. DISHROOM
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. SUGAR_COOK LINE SHELF Corrected On Site.
6/20/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
2/22/2011Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottle. Corrected On Site.
2/22/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.MASHED POTATOES WALK IN COOLER
  • Critical. Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. COOKED SAUSAGE _COVERED WITH PLASTIC _WALK IN COOLER Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Unpackaged food not protected from environmental sources of contamination during preparation. HEAD OF LETTUCE ON TOP OF EGGS Corrected On Site.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. COOK LINE COOLER
  • Observed nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair RUSTED OUTSIDE AREA WALK IN COOLER
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.TOP SIDE COOK LINE COOLER ACROSS FROM FLAT TOP
  • Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. INSIDE OVEN_COOK LINE
  • Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. BETWEEN EQUIPMENT _DEEP FRYER & FLAT TOP
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. ON THE FLOOR BEHIND SODA SYRUP
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. ON TOP OF FLOUR BIN Corrected On Site.
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface.HAND SINK DISHROOM
  • Observed clean utensils/equipment stored in dirty drawers, racks, vestibules or toilet rooms, or between equipment/walls. SOILED PLASTIC BUCKET_COOK LINE PREP TABLE SHELF Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed roach activity as evidenced by live roaches found_ 3 INSIDE CONTAINER WITH UTENSILS_UNDER PREP TABLE KITCHEN Corrected On Site. OBSERVED PEST CONTROL SERVICE REPORT _SERVICETECH VISITS 1XWEEK.
  • Observed grease accumulated under cooking equipment.COOK LINE
  • Observed food debris accumulated on kitchen floor.
  • Observed hole in wall. BEHIND MICROWAVE OVEN
  • Critical. License expired within 30 days after expiration date. This violation must be corrected by : 2-22-11.MONEY RECEIVED IN TALLAHASSEE _CALL REF # 265-870-520
12/21/2010Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. ICED BATH _NOT WORKING _TOO MUCH PRODUCT _ITEMS MOVED TO A COOLER _LESS THAN 1.5 HRS Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Cooked vegetables not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above.OATMEAL & GRITS_BACK UPS_126f & 130 STEAMTABLE Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. GROUND BEEF OVER FRUITS_UPRIGHT COOLER COOKLINE Corrected On Site.
  • Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. COOKLINE OVER 100ppm Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in cooler shelves-COOKLINE COOLER .
  • Observed worn, torn and/or soiled floors/carpeting. WALK IN FREEZER FLOOR _NOTE OPERATOR ALREADY BOUGHT THE MATERIALS TO FIX THE FLOOR.
8/19/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.EXAMPLE SAUCES & COOKED NOODLES WALK IN COOLER _
  • Critical. Cooked meats or poultry not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. COOKED SAUSAGE _LESS THAN 30 MINUTES OUT OF TEMPERATURE _ Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Unpackaged food not protected from environmental sources of contamination during preparation. COOKED SAUSAGE LINKS & COOKED BACON STORED ON AN EGG TRAY PLACED ON TOP OF THE FLAT TOP.
  • Critical. Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled.COOK Corrected On Site.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. COOKLINE Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. WHITE COOLER _BY THE SLICER
  • Critical. Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. DISHROOM _TOWELS & PAN Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. DISHROOM
  • Observed worn, torn and/or soiled floors/carpeting.WALK IN FREEZER
4/27/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening.HAM_WIC Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. YELLOW CHEESES & CORNED BEEF HASH_COOKLINE COOLER ACROSS FLAT TOP Corrected On Site.LESS THAN 2 HRS
  • Critical. Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods.BAG OF RASBERRY STORED ON TOP OF RAW CHICKEN _WHITE FREEZER KITCHEN _ Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods.RAW CHICKEN OVER CUBED POTATOES _WIC Corrected On Site.
  • In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment.ICE SCOOP ON TOP OF HALF WALL_SERVERS STATION Corrected On Site.
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. STEAMTABLE _ Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Vacuum breaker mising at hose bibb. DISHMACHINE
  • Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.SERVERS STATION Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory.SERVERS STATION Corrected On Site.
  • Observed worn, torn and/or soiled floors/carpeting.TILES MISSING IN WIFREEZER
  • Critical. Observed unlabeled spray bottle.degreASER Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Portable fire extinguisher not fully charged. For reporting purposes only.SERVERS STATION
1/12/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.UNCOOKED BACON_COOKLINE _LESS THAN 2 HRS OUT OF TEMPERATURE _MOVED TO RIC Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.63f-CREAM CHEESES _SERVERS STATION Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Unpackaged food not protected from environmental sources of contamination during preparation.DOUBLE STACKING CREAM CHEESES _SERVERS STATION Corrected On Site.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.COOK
  • Observed equipment in poor repair.RUSTED WHITE COOLER NEXT TO STEAMTABLE
  • Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair.WHITE COOLER NEXT TO BAGELS Corrected On Site.
  • Nonfood-contact equipment exposed to splash/spillage not constructed of materials that are corrosion resistant, non-absorbent, smooth and easily cleanable.2 X 4 WALL DISHROOM
  • Critical. Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.COOKLINE
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets_WHITE COOLER NEXT TO BAGELS Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed interior of microwave soiled.WHITE OVEN _COOKLINE Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.TOP SIDE _EGG COOLER_COOKLINE
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. WHITE COOLER NEXT TO STEAMTABLE
  • Observed build-up of mold-like substance on surface of nonfood-contact surface.DISHTRAYS
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. BREADCRUMBS UNDER TOASTER_COOKLINE
  • Observed clean utensils/equipment stored in dirty drawers, racks, vestibules or toilet rooms, or between equipment/walls. RED CUPS STORED NEXT TO HS_EXPOSED TO SPLASHING_SERVERS STATION SERVERS SY Corrected On Site.
  • Observed floor and wall junctures not coved.SERVERS STATION
  • Observed grease accumulated on kitchen floor.UNDER DEEP FRYER
  • Observed food debris accumulated on kitchen floor. SYRUP UNDER DRY STORAGE SHELVES
  • Observed hole in ceiling.COOKLINE _TILE MISSING
8/25/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 10/22/2008Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 9/29/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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