Kapow! Noodle Bar, 431 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: Kapow! Noodle Bar
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 431 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432
License #: 6020688
Total inspections: 8
Last inspection: 10/24/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. At rice container.
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Exterior of Rice and panko containers soiled.
  • Basic - Ceiling tile missing. By walk-in cooler.
  • Basic - Clean utensils or equipment stored in dirty container. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Cloth used as a food-contact surface. Used to cover scallops. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cellphone , keys and e- cigarette above prep table at cookline. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint , dishwasher.
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Rusted shelving unit near walkin cooler.
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. At cookline HANDWASH sink. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. At bar .
  • Basic - Straws provided for customer not individually wrapped or in an approved dispenser. Unwrapped straws at bar top.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. Soiled wet wiping cloth placed on top of cutting board.
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour and panko containers near walkin cooler.
  • High Priority - Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded. Hamachi served raw.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sriracha cream 50° F. Corrective action taken- added ice to food level. Bach Choy at 72° F at cookline under no temperature control. Corrective action taken - placed inside cooler.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw burgers over sauces at cookline cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled.
  • Intermediate - Mussels tag removed from original container prior to container being emptied.
  • Intermediate - Nonfood-grade basting brush used in food. Discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Pet dog permitted in outdoor dining area without local ordinance allowing pet dogs in outdoor dining areas.
  • Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food left at room temperature to cool. Chicken Stock at 82° , cooling at ambient temperature. Placed in cooler. Corrective action taken
10/24/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • 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. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food found greater than 47 degrees Fahrenheit but less than 70 degrees Fahrenheit more than six hours. See stop sale. Lamb chops 47°
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. Eggs over raw and the on the shelf in the walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw meat/poultry cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Lamb chops 47°
  • High Priority - container and bottles stored in ice used for drinks. See stop sale. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Clam/mussel/oyster tags not marked with last date served.
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing.
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - No quaternary ammonium chemical test kit provided when using quaternary ammonium chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
4/24/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding units.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. ... REACH.IN.COOLER... (Cook Line) shrimp 45° pork 41° chicken 45° salmon 44°. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. ... ran hand-sensor water tap in men's room for three consecutive minutes with water temperature at a high of 77°F.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. ... Cocktail bar.
10/29/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in reach-in cooler.....raw mussales , fish above beans, sauce, noodles , kitchen. **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.....,wrong date chicken wings, walk in cooler.
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue .kitchen.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. **Corrected On-Site**
3/15/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - No chemical test kit provided when using chemical sanitizer at warewashing machine.
  • No copy of latest inspection report.
  • Critical - Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method......rice 57 degrees , cooling in deep container with coverd . Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing......dumping ice in hanwashing sink, kitchen .
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food......raw shrimp above ready to eat vegetable in reach in cooler . Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area......ice by bar.
  • Critical - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing.......400++ Corrected On Site.
11/2/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - No chemical test kit provided when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees......bar.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime on soda dispensing nozzles. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands.......waring glovs without washing hands, Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed personal care item stored with food area......bar. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed soda gun holster with accumulated slime/debris....bar
6/16/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. by ice machine
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. kitchen Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times.....obstructed by garbage can. kitchen hanwashing sink. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory....by ice machine
  • Critical - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee hand wash sink. ....men and women rest room
  • No copy of latest inspection report.
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. kitchen
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees....by ice machine .
  • 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.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime on soda dispensing nozzles....bar.
  • Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands....wearing glovs without washhands. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed employees using same ice bucket to dumping ice in urinal handle and stored ice with same bucket . Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing.....red solution bucket in hanwashing sink, kitchen Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.....staffs green chilly 49 degrees F. shrimp 50 degrees , beans 50 degrees F. reach in cooler , cooke line by steam table. food being held less than 4 hours . ice down on food. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening....milk,mayonnaise , walk in cooler .
  • Critical - Self-service salad bar/buffet lacking adequate slashgurt or other proper protection from contamination......handwashing sink between preperation table and fliptop cooler staffs chilly beside hanwashing sink.
  • Critical - lacking adequate slash guard or other proper protection from contamination......open ice been attached with hand washing.
1/20/2012Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. cookline handwash sink. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed floor area(s) covered with standing water. by/under handwash sink by icemachine.
11/15/2011Food-Licensing InspectionInspection Completed - No Further Action

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