Bbq Tonite, 1491 N Palm Ave, Pembroke Pines, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: BBQ Tonite
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 1491 N Palm Ave, Pembroke Pines, FL 33026
License #: 1614188
Total inspections: 9
Last inspection: 09/16/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. **Repeat Violation**
  • 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 - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting.
  • Basic - Food placed in soiled container/equipment. Four containers in reach in are extremely dirty with soil and food debris build up. Also, the containers with bulk salt and flour and other spices also very soiled.
  • Basic - Food stored in holding unit not covered. Several containers of salt, flour and other spices not covered or covers askew
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers.
  • High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. No sanitizer buckets or containers observed
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in cooler. Chicken and eggs over vegetables
  • Intermediate - Buildup of soiled material on racks in the reach-in cooler.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Soiled container in hand wash sink
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked.
  • Intermediate - Soil residue in food storage containers. Located in all areas of the kitchen
09/16/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner.
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler in cook line.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing.
  • Marked exit/path to marked exit blocked. For reporting purposes only.
3/12/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowls inside flour and rice containers. **Warning** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Ceiling soiled with accumulated grease. **Warning**
  • Basic - Ceiling tiles missing. Drystorage area **Warning**
  • Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee eating while preparing food. cookline **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Food debris accumulated on kitchen floor. **Warning** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/soil residue on dry storage shelves and kitchen shelves. **Warning** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food stored in dry storage area not covered. Sugar **Warning** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. Water leaking from the ceiling, A/C lines, on drystorage area **Warning**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Drystorage **Warning** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. **Warning**
  • Basic - Nonfood-grade plastic to-go/thank you bags used in direct contact to store food. Poultry in thank you bags in a freezer **Warning**
  • Basic - Raw animal food stored above unwashed produce. Raw eggs over produce in a cooler **Warning**
  • Basic - Shelf under preparation table soiled with food debris. **Warning**
  • Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Aluminum pans, take out boxes. **Warning**
  • Basic - Trash receptacles not provided where needed in establishment. Front counter hand sink **Warning**
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Warning** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Sugar **Warning** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - License expired within 30 days after expiration date. **Warning**
  • High Priority - All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut tomato, cut lettuce, cheese and fried chicken at 49-52°f in the cookline fliptop reach in cooler. Less than 4h out of temp according to PIC. Moved to another unit capable of maintaining proper temperatures. **Warning** **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food. **Warning** **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • 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 chicken and kebab. Instructed operator to use utensils or gloves. **Warning** **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Employee washed hands with no soap. Cookline. **Warning** **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Chicken and kebab at 106-125°f on the cookline/prep area. Just cooked according to PIC. Moved inside a cooler. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over cooked food. Raw poultry over cooked rice in a cooler. **Warning** **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Raw meat/poultry cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Poultry at 67°f on a prep table. Moved to a cooler **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Employee filled water pitcher/cup at handwash sink. Cookline **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Throughout premises. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Cookline. **Corrected On-Site** **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 - 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. Cookline fliptop reach in cooler **Warning** **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Goat, lentils, rice, patties and plant foods in coolers **Warning** **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. General Cleanser. **Warning**
12/4/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Bathroom door not self-closing., men''s and women''s restrooms. **Warning** Self closing devices not working on men's and women's restroom. 04/26/13
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Rice. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation** Observed bowls and cups inside flour and salt containers in drystorage area. 04/26/13
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation** Cooker without hair restrain while preparing food. 04/26/13
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/soil residue/ grease on dry storage shelves, kitchen shelves. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation** Soiled kitchen and dry storage shelves. 04/26/13
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation** Microwave interior encrusted with food debris. 04/26/13
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Sugar, flour, salt. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation** Flour, salt, sugar containers not labeled. 04/26/13
  • High Priority - License is expired and is more than 60 after expiration date. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over cooked food. Raw poultry over cooked rice in a cooler. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation** Raw poultry over cooked ground beef, rice in a cooler. 04/26/13
4/26/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Admin. complaint recommended
  • Basic - Bathroom door not self-closing., men's and women's restrooms. **Warning**
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Rice. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food debris accumulated on kitchen floor. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/soil residue/ grease on dry storage shelves, kitchen shelves. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food stored in dry storage area not covered. Rice, flour, sugar. **Warning**
  • Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. **Warning**
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Dry storage. **Warning**
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. **Warning**
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Sugar, flour, salt. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - License is expired and is more than 60 after expiration date. **Warning**
  • High Priority - All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Chicken, chickpeas, pasta in the cook line flip top reach in cooler; rice pudding, chickpeas in the front counter display reach in cooler. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food. **Warning** **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands. Salads, breads. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Operator put gloves on. **Warning** **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee washed hands with cold water. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Employee washed hands with no soap. **Warning** **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over cooked food. Raw poultry over cooked rice in a cooler. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw beef over cut onions in a cooler. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. **Warning** **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. 3 compartment sink. **Warning** **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Cook line. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Cook line, front counter. **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. Cook line flip top reach in cooler, front counter display reach in cooler. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. White rice, yellow rice, plant foods, patties in a cooler prepared on 02/05/13 according to PIC. **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation**
2/6/2013Routine - FoodAdministrative complaint recommended
  • Critical - Violation: 04-01-1 Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. GE reach in cooler, potentially hazardous food must not be held in this unit until proper temperature can be maintained. empty, no potentially hazardous food inside. 10/05/12
  • Critical - Violation: 04-01-1 Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. flip top reach in cooler. operator turned the unit colder. no potentially hazardous food inside 10/05/12
10/5/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. GE reach in cooler, potentially hazardous food must not be held in this unit until proper temperature can be maintained.
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. flip top reach in cooler. operator turned the unit colder.
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. front counter display reach in cooler, potentially hazardous food must not be held in this unit until proper temperature can be maintained.
  • Critical - No proof of required employee training provided. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
  • Observed a nonfood-grade basting brush used in food.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. kitchen shelves, counters. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime in the interior of ice machine.
  • Observed dispensing equipment that allows contamination. no handled cup or bowl inside a food container, rice, flour.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Observed food debris, grease accumulated on kitchen floor. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed interior and exterior of reach-in coolers soiled with accumulation of food residue. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. eggs, plant foods in the GE reach in cooler. Corrected On Site. moved to another unit. 43 degrees fahrenheit at the end of the inspection.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. plant foods, sour cream in the flip top reach in cooler. operator turned the unit colder. 42 degrees fahrenheit at the end of the inspection. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. rice pudding, desserts in the front counter display reach in cooler. Corrected On Site. discarded.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over cooked food. raw beef over cooked chicken in a reach in cooler. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed soil residue in storage containers. spices. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed wall soiled with accumulated food debris. kitchen
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked. chicken, rice. beef, soups in the coolers. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous food due to temperature abuse (see Stop Sale Notice).
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. flour, sugar, salt.
7/16/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical - Bathroom not enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors.
  • Ceiling tile missing 3 in disrepair,Mop sink area
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee hand wash sink.Kitchen
  • Light not functioning.3 reach in coolers.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on storage counters throughout kitchen.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of soiled material on racks in the reach-in cooler.
  • Critical - Observed employee cough, sneeze, use a handkerchief or disposable tissue, use tobacco, eat, or drink then engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed grease accumulated on kitchen floor.
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Critical - Observed obstructed exits, stairs, hallways or egress. White refrigerator near back door blocking exit. For reporting purposes only.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over cooked food.Row chicken over cooked beef and plant food, reach in cooler, Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed soil residue in storage containers.
  • Critical - Observed soil residue in storage containers.
  • Observed unnecessary items on the premise.
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.Beef, chicken, sauce, chicken, reach in cooler, frezer.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
6/21/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Bathroom not enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors.
  • Ceiling not smooth and easily cleanable.
  • Critical - No proof of required employee training provided. All public food service establishments must provide the division with proof of employee training upon request, including, but not limited to, at the time of any division inspection of the establishment.
  • Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair.
  • Observed no dumster available.
  • Observed nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair, shelfs rusted.
1/18/2012Food-Licensing InspectionInspection Completed - No Further Action

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