Flies, but no running water. Cracker Barrel roaches. Fort Lauderdale restaurant issues
A Cracker Barrel and lots of flies lowlight this week’s Sick and Shut Down List of South Florida restaurants that failed state inspection.
After last week’s multi-county representation, only Broward County makes an appearance this week. But, the same rules remain:
What follows comes from Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation restaurant inspections of restaurants in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties. These are the restaurants that fail inspection. A restaurant that fails inspection remains closed until passing a re-inspection.
We don’t do the inspections. We don’t control who gets inspected. We don’t control how strictly the inspector inspects. If restaurants in your part of South Florida are not included, we have nothing to do with that. If you see a problem and want a place inspected, contact the DBPR.
We don’t include all violations, just the most moving, whether internally or literally moving (because it’s alive or once was alive). Some violations get corrected immediately after the inspector points them out. But in those situations, ask yourself, why did the violations exist in the first place? And, how long would they have remained if not for the inspection?
We report without passion or prejudice, but with sauce made of of humor (and, dashes of indignation and exasperation).
In alphabetical order...
Black Rock Bar & Grill, 2554 N. University Dr., Sunrise: Complaint inspection, 14 total violations, 4 High Priority violations.
The dishwasher machine should clean and sanitize. Hard to do when the sanitizer in the sanitation solution measures zero.
The fish in a vacuum-sealed, reduced-oxygen package had a label saying it should be kept frozen until used. Therefore, it shouldn’t be found thawed in the refrigerator.
Cooler doors blocked a handwash sink, so you know that’s a low traffic area.
“Observed two open containers with flour and sugar in the kitchen area.”
Maybe somebody should’ve slapped a top on those containers, seeing as how flies collected in this joint the way people congregate in Costco on a Saturday, including “20 live flying insects in the kitchen landing on flour and sugar containers.”
Two flies alighted on a working cookline food prep table. Six flies landed on food prep shelves. Seven flies played on the dining area walls and tables. Another 15 landed on not-clean-any-longer utensils and surfaces in the dishwashing area.
When the inspector returned the next day, 30 flies were counted in the kitchen and dining room.
Black Rock had to wait until the next day to pass a re-re-inspection.
Cracker Barrel, 1250 SW 11th Way, Deerfield Beach: Complaint inspection, two total violations, one High Priority violation
This is all about the roaches and not the dead one on the ground next to the prep area handwashing sink.
The inspector spotted 10 live roaches inside a cookline reach-in cooler that wasn’t in use.
Cracker Barrel passed a same day re-inspection.
Piman, 1560 NE Fourth Ave., Fort Lauderdale: Routine inspection, five total violations, three High Priority violations.
Above it all, the “ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents were soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance.”
Down in the kitchen, five flies landed on a food prep table.
And the “front cashier accepted cash then engaged in filling food containers without washing hands or wearing gloves.” But, in fairness, the inspector noted, she was “unable to wash hands due to the lack of water.”
There it is. That’s what got Piman shuttered for the day. “Establishment operating with no potable running water. No running water at the handwash sinks, bathroom, kitchen, the three-compartment sink or mop sink.”
That’ll get you closed. Piman came correct and wet during the next day’s re-inspection.
