Mama's Nyc Pizza, 11419 W Palmetto Park Rd, Boca Raton, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: MAMA'S NYC PIZZA
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 11419 W Palmetto Park Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33428
License #: 6006960
Total inspections: 16
Last inspection: 10/01/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. **Warning**
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. **Warning**
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cook-line, prep line and cutting area **Warning**
  • Basic - Dishmachine cycle times/conveyor speed not correct per data plate/operating specifications provided on dishmachine. Dish machine mot working washing is done in three compartment drink. **Warning**
  • 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. **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repairtop loading two door reach in cooler in front of the stoves is not maintaining food at 41°. **Warning**
  • Basic - Establishment does not have a written copy of their approved Alternative Operating Procedure for bare hand contact with ready-to-eat food. **Warning**
  • Basic - Ice machine not working **Warning**
  • Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. **Warning**
  • Basic - Reach in cooler shelves soiled with encrusted food debris. **Warning**
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. **Warning**
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. **Warning**
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. **Warning**
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw meat/poultry cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.Veal 52°-56°, raw chicken 53°, chicken wings 52°, egg plant 55° corrective action taken wad to put all items in walk-in cooler **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Certified Food Manager or person in charge lacks knowledge of foodborne illnesses and symptoms of illness that would prevent an employee from working with food, clean equipment and utensils, and single-service items. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled.cook-line **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Manager lacking proof of food manager certification. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/hr/food-lodging/managercertification.html. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No proper chemical test kit provided for measuring the concentration of the sanitizer solution used for wiping cloths. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Reach-in cooler 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. Nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair. Two door flip top reach in cooler by the dish machine behind the other cooler that is not working. **Warning**
10/01/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer.
  • 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. A glass drink on the cook line no cover or straw.
  • Basic - Gaskets/seals on holding unit in poor repair. On the walk-in freezer door.
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled.
  • Intermediate - Establishment not maintaining clam/mussel/oyster tags for 90 days.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled.
1/29/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Food stored on floor. Sausage, sauce, meatballs on walk-in cooler floor. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Small reach in cooler not holding temperture of 41°
  • Basic - In-use spatula stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food and rim of the container. In the flour and meal containers. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Reuse of single-use plastic buckets.
  • Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Meatballs, rice, sausage, and deli meats uncovered. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Walk-in freezer gaskets soiled with slimy/mold-like build-up.
  • Basic - Walk-in freezer shelves soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 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.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Eggs 47°, tomato 47°, pasta 47°, moved to another unit. Revisited at end of inspection, eggs 43°, tomato 42°, pasta 43° **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over cooked food. Raw beef over cooked meatballs **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw eggs over ready to eat vegetables . **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance inside the ice bin.
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than bucket in sink on arrival. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Reach-in cooler shelves soiled with food debris.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked.
10/21/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
6/10/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. At sugar container and flour container. **Warning**
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Shelving throughout cookline. **Warning**
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in kitchen. Cooked rice. **Warning**
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Chicken and sauces on floor at walkin cooler. Clams and chicken on floor at walkin freezer. **Warning**
  • Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. **Warning**
  • 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. **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee drinking from an open beverage container in a food preparation or other restricted area. **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
  • Basic - Floors not maintained smooth and durable. Rusted walkin cooler floor. **Warning**
  • Basic - Interior and exterior of microwaves soiled with encrusted food debris. At cookline. **Warning**
  • Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. **Warning**
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. In kitchen area. **Warning**
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. At cookline flip top cooler. **Warning**
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. At cookline flip top cooler and Jordon cooler at cookline. **Warning**
  • Basic - Reuse of single-service articles. Reuse of Ricotta cheese containers to store salt and pepper at cookline. **Warning**
  • Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. Rolling racks at walkin cooler soiled. **Warning**
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. At Jordon cooler. **Warning**
  • Basic - Utensils in poor condition. Broken flour scoop handle. **Warning**
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler and freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. **Warning**
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves soiled with encrusted food debris. **Warning**
  • Basic - Walk-in freezer floor soiled. **Warning**
  • Basic - Wall not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, warewashing areas or bathroom. Wall tile missing by 3 compartment sink. **Warning**
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour and salt containers in rear prep area. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Cheese/milk/creamer/other dairy products cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cheese under no temperature control at cookline at 62? F. Placed in cooler. MUST DISCARD WITHIN 4 HOURS FROM LEAVING TEMPERATURE CONTROL. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cheese and eggs at 47? F at front line flip top cooler. Pasta , eggs and veal at 48? F at cookline flip top. Meatballs and pepperoni at 52? F at pizza prep cooler. All foods moved to working coolers. Eggs iced down. ALL FOODS MUST BE DISCARDED WITHIN 4 HOURS FROM LEAVING TEMPERATURE CONTROL. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over opened bag of fries at walk-in freezer **Warning**
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. WD40 by salt container. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of encrusted food debris on/around mixer. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Cold holding equipment incapable of 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. Cookline flip top cooler, front line flip top cooler and pizza prep cooler. ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS REMOVED FROM COOLERS. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Deli meats at walkin cooler. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled. Throughout. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Used to store sanitizer bucket. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Cookline flip top cooler and buffet cooler. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No metal stem-type thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food. Application for time as a public health control completed by operator for pizza by the slice. **Warning**
  • 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**
  • Intermediate - Soil residue in food storage containers. Salt, breadcrumbs and flour containers in rear prep area. Salad, pasta and cheese containers at walkin cooler. **Warning**
3/6/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - No chemical test kit provided when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of dark staINS on cutting boards
  • Observed ceiling in disrepair.STAINS
  • Observed ceiling soiled with accumulated DARK MOLDLIKE DUST WALKIN
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor.WALKI FREEZER
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor.WALKIN
  • Observed ice scoop with handle in contact with ice.
  • Observed open dumpster lid.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area.WALKIN
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.COOKED MEATS
  • Critical - Unlabeled toxic container does not bear the manufacturer's label.SPRAY BOTTLES OF CLEANERS
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
7/6/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.
  • Floors not maintained smooth and durable.WALKIN FLOOR RUSTED
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory.
  • Observed ceiling in disrepair.STAINS KITCHEN WOMEN'S RESTROOM
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.COOKSLINE
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.WHITE CUTTING BOARDS
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area.BAGS OF FLOUR
  • Critical - Vacuum breaker mising at hose bibb.OUTSIDE CANWASH
1/18/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures.COOKSLINE REACHIN IN UNIT LESS THAN 4 hrs REMOVE PHF FDS TO ANOTHER UNIT AND HAVE SERVICED TO MAINTAIN 41degrees or lower
  • Floors not maintained smooth and durable.WALKIN FLOOR RUSTED
  • Critical - Lack of use of chemical test kit when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit.COOKSLINE REACHIN
  • No copy of latest inspection report.
  • Critical - No thermometer provided to measure temperature of food product.
  • Nonfood-contact equipment not designed and constructed in a durable manner.WALKIN SHELVING RUSTED
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface.PREPARATION TABLE SHELVING
  • Observed ceiling in disrepair.STAINS KITCHEN AND PREPARATION AAS
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor.WALKIN
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.CUTTING BOARDS
  • Observed open dumpster lid.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.COOKSLINE REACHIN
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food thawed at room temperature.
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface.TOP OF DISHMACHINE
  • Critical - Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets.
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.COOKED MEATBALLS SLICED DELI MEATS
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
7/8/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Lack of use of chemical test kit when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Observed ceiling in disrepair.STAINS
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Observed floor area(s) covered with standing water.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor.WALKIN
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.WHITE SUBSTANCE
2/11/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
11/19/2010Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical. Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.WHITE SUBSTANCE
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Corrected On Site.REMOVED less than 4hrs
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor.WALKIN FREEZER
  • Equipment or utensils not designed or constructed in a durable manner.WALKIN SHELVING RUSTED
  • Critical. Lack of use of chemical test kit when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface.HOOD FILTER
  • Critical. Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed open dumpster lid.
  • Observed ceiling in disrepair.STAINS
  • Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.
  • Critical. Observed expired Food Manager Certification.2/18/05
9/9/2010Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical. Self-service salad bar/buffet lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination.
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.WHITE CUTTING BOARD
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface.PREPARATION TABLE SHELVING
  • Critical. Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory.FRONT COUNTER AREA HANDWASH
  • Observed open dumpster lid.
  • Floors not maintained smooth and durable.RUSTED WALKIN FLOOR
1/14/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.BULK
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor.WALKIN
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Observed open dumpster lid.
  • Observed ceiling in disrepair.STAINED
  • Critical. Exit signs not properly illuminated. For reporting purposes only.BACK DOOR
7/30/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 6/1/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 1/28/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 7/15/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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