Pita Pockets, 2727 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: PITA POCKETS
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 2727 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, FL 33020
License #: 1623148
Total inspections: 6
Last inspection: 11/06/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Rice bin.
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Chicken in black container and boxes of vegetables.
  • Basic - Condensation or other drainage not disposed of according to law dripping from condenser in walk in cooler
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation, Chef.
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Both rear exit doors.
  • Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment, under fryers.
  • Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Oven door on cook line.
  • Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous (non-time/temperature control for safety) food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container Red thongs resting on plastic wrap over deserts in dining room display case. Placed tongs under plastic wrap. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit, Snapple cooler.
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler gaskets soiled.
  • Basic - Wall in disrepair near water heater room.
  • Basic - Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Front counter.
  • Basic - Wiping cloths used for occasional spills on tableware (utensils, plates or bowls served to the consumer) not dry and used just for that purpose. Changed solution.
  • High Priority - Cheese/milk/creamer/other dairy products cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In Snapple cooler 50°, quantity 2, stop sale.
  • 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. Chef handling bread with bare hand contact. Put on gloves and used wax paper when touching ready to eat foods **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Front counter reach in. Front reach in cooler 47-55° cut tomatoes, falafa, humus foods moved to bottom of cooler which maintains 41 degrees **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Soup in walk in cooler.
  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Yogurt milk in Snapple cooler 50 degrees.
  • Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade.
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink restroom. water turned on **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink restroom
  • Intermediate - No quaternary ammonium chemical test kit provided when using quaternary ammonium chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
11/06/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Fifty (50) foot-candles of light not provided at a food working surface or where safety is a factor.two hood lights out
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.one light
  • Basic - Raw animal food not properly separated from unwashed produce. Eggs and Beef over potatoes reach in **Corrected On-Site**
11/21/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing.plastic bucket in it **Corrected On-Site**
  • Marked exit/path to marked exit blocked. For reporting purposes only.rear exit blocked by motorcycle and various items
7/3/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Hotel and Restaurant license not properly displayed. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Light not functioning.hood
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.babaganough
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.dressings
12/13/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
9/25/2012Food-Licensing InspectionCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - Bathroom not enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors.
  • Critical - Exit signs missing. For reporting purposes only.
  • Lights missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
  • Critical - No proper chemical test kit provided for measuring the concentration of the sanitizer solution used for wiping cloths.
  • Observed hole in wall.needs cover for plumbing
9/24/2012Food-Licensing InspectionWarning Issued

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