EL MOLINO RESTAURANT
1989 S MILITARY TRL · WEST PALM BEACH · Palm Beach County · FL 33415
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
17 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
12A-27-4High Priority – Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Employee cracked raw shell eggs with hands and after without washing hands began to use clean utensils to plate customers food, discussed with operator employee washed hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12A-13-4High 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. Employee washing soiled dishes did not wash hands before handling clean and sanitized dishes, discussed with operator employee washed hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In walk in cooler raw fish stored directly above bottles of milk, discussed with operator who corrected storage of products. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12A-09-4High Priority – Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Employee handled trash can to change bag and without washing hands and changing gloves employee handled containers of soup, discussed with operator employee washed hands and changed gloves. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 2
03D-15-4Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. In flip top cooler next to reach in freezer at cook line sliced tomatoes (50F – Cooling) at 10:55 since 9:00 to 49F at 11:25, at this current rate of cooling product will not reach 41F within 4 hours, discussed with operator who moved product to reach in freezer to rapid chill. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03F-10-5Intermediate – No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Establishment holds soups on time is a public health control properly time marked with no written plan, discussed with operator and emailed copy of time is a public health control written procedures to operator. **Warning**
Basic 11
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic bowl with no handle used to scoop cheese, discussed with operator who removed bowl. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
36-34-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Throughout kitchen at cook line ceiling tiles soiled with food splatter, discussed with operator to clean and sanitize. **Warning**
14-09-4Basic – Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. At cooked line steam table and flip top cooler cutting boards grooved and no longer cleanable, discussed with operator to repair or replace. **Warning**
35A-03-4Basic – Dead roaches on premises. In kitchen approximately 1 dead roach on floor, discussed with operator who cleaned and sanitized area. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
33-08-4Basic – Dumpster/cans/garbage disposal location improper because it is causing a nuisance or public health hazard. Behind restaurant containers of raw beef trimmings, large bins of cooked steak on top of air conditioning units, and cardboard boxes, scattered across ground, discussed with operator to properly discard products. **Warning**
36-17-5Basic – Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. At kitchen cook line floor tiles in disrepair with standing water in between tiles, discussed with operator to clean and sanitize area, repair tiles. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
10-07-4Basic – In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At bar area ice scoop stored in 75F water, discussed with operator who dumped out water. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
36-64-5Basic – Objectionable odors in bathroom or other areas of the establishment. In kitchen sewage like odor, discussed with operator to clean and sanitize areas. **Warning**
08B-12-5Basic – Stored food not covered. In reach in freezer ice cream not covered, discussed with operator who placed lids on ice cream containers. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-17-4Basic – Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. All shelves in walk in cooler rusted and pitted with accumulation of soil residues, discussed with operator to repair or replace. **Warning**
36-27-5Basic – Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall around hand washing sink in kitchen next to fryers soiled with food splatter and grease build up, discussed with operator to clean and sanitize. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 16, 2026 8:11 AM.
Violation category totals
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
3 observation(s)
3 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.