SMOKI
1970 NE 153 ST BAY#13 · NORTH MIAMI BEACH · Dade County · FL 33162
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
48 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 12
41-07-4High Priority – Container of medicine improperly stored. Observed multiple medicine bottles on top of the prep table shelves mixed with establishment work products. **Warning**
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Operator handled smoked salmon without washing hands first, not engaged in food preparation before handling the smoked salmon. **Warning**
09-01-4High 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. Operator touched smoked salmon with bare hands. **Warning**
03G-04-5High Priority – Fish not held frozen before, during and after being packaged onsite using a reduced oxygen packaging method. See stop sale. Observed raw defrosted salmon and raw defrosted tuna vacuum package. **Warning**
14-86-1High Priority – Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. Observed non food grade towel used to store onions. Stop sale. **Warning**
01D-01-5High Priority – Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded. Observed no proof of fresh salmon that is pellet feed and no proof of tuna and corvina. **Warning**
35A-05-4High Priority – Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed one live roach on top of prep table and one live on the employee bathroom wall. **Warning**
01B-03-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to adulteration of food product. Observed non food grade towel used to store onions. Stop sale. **Warning**
01B-13-4High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed salmon and tuna vacuum packaged fresh and held refrigerated. Observed cream cheese vacuum packaged on site. Observed salmon jerky prepared on site without an approved process waiver. **Warning**
41-10-4High Priority – Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed bleach and degreaser mixed with bottles of vinegar and soy sauce. **Warning**
29-34-4High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Observed splitter on mop sink with no vacuum breaker. **Warning**
41-15-5High Priority – Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Observed Sanitizer Bucket (Chlorine 100+ppm). **Warning**
Intermediate 14
03G-43-2Intermediate – Establishment packaging time/temperature control for safety food using a reduced oxygen method that does not control the growth of and toxin formation of C. botulinum and the growth of Listeria monocytogenes. Establishment does not have an approved Process Waiver from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Observed salmon, tuna that has been vacuum packaged fresh and stored fresh, observed vacuum packaged cream cheese. See stop sale. **Warning**
03G-46-2Intermediate – Establishment preparing food using a method that has been determined by the Divisions of Hotels and Restaurants to require an approved variance from the Division. Establishment does not have an approved Process Waiver for the method observed in use during the inspection. Observed salmon jerky prepared on site, no approved process waiver. See stop sale. **Warning**
03G-40-2Intermediate – Establishment smoking food as a preservation method without an approved Process Waiver from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Observed salmon and tuna that has been smoked and stored in reach in coolers with no approved variance. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed working shelves with old food debris. Observed interior of smoker with old food debris. Observed metal container with salt and pepper with accumulated rust. Observed all food containers soiled with old food debris. Observed knives magnet soiled. **Warning**
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. **Warning**
53A-01-7Intermediate – Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification. Observed DALACIO, DALESSIO with no manager certification. **Warning**
02B-01-5Intermediate – Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Observed online menus with no consumer advisory on raw salmon and raw tuna. **Warning**
14-16-4Intermediate – Multiuse food-contact surface not smooth, free of breaks/cracks/chips/pits/crevices. Salt tumbler rusted **Warning**
22-31-4Intermediate – Non-pitting surface rust on food-contact equipment. Observed multiple shelves with surface rust. **Warning**
16-37-1Intermediate – Observed no chlorine chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. **Warning**
03G-50-1Intermediate – Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Observed operator smoking/drying salmon and tuna with no HACCP OR special process wavier. **Warning**
02B-02-5Intermediate – Raw/undercooked animal food offered and establishment has no written consumer advisory. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service. Observed online menu with no consumer advisory on raw salmon and raw tuna. Printed form for operator. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed smoked salmon and dried tuna not date marked. As per operator, dried 1 to 2 months ago. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed multiple spray bottles with no names. **Warning**
Basic 22
36-36-4Basic – Ceiling tile missing. Over smoker **Warning**
36-34-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Through the kitchen. **Warning**
24-05-4Basic – Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Bowls, pans **Warning**
35A-03-4Basic – Dead roaches on premises. Observed one dead roach on the floor next to prep table. **Warning**
08B-49-4Basic – Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Eggs, humus in RIC. **Warning**
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Books (no food related) on prep table upper shelves **Warning**
35B-01-4Basic – Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Rolling doors (garage type) do not seal. **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Observed bag of sugar stored on the floor by the entrance. **Warning**
36-24-5Basic – Hole in or other damage to wall. Observed hole under the handwashing sink. **Warning**
22-08-4Basic – Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Observed interior and exterior of microwave and smoker. **Warning**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed shelves under preparation tables with accumulated rust and grease. Observed handwashing sink soiled. **Warning**
14-33-4Basic – Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. **Warning**
25-06-4Basic – Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. To go plastic containers **Warning**
21-10-4Basic – Soiled dry wiping cloth in use. Soiled wiping cloths on prep tables **Warning**
29-49-6Basic – Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. **Warning**
33-34-4Basic – Storage area not maintained clean and organized. Observed kitchen area not organized. **Warning**
42-03-5Basic – Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Screwdrivers, other tools stored above and next to prep areas, single service articles **Warning**
38-02-4Basic – Twenty (20) foot-candles of light at least 30 inches from floor not provided in handwashing, warewashing, or equipment and utensil storage areas. Observed no lights in the back office area. **Warning**
36-27-5Basic – Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Throughout the kitchen. **Warning**
42-01-4Basic – Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. **Warning**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Salt, sugar, sauces not labeled. **Warning**
36-10-4Basic – Worn, torn and/or soiled floors/carpeting. Throughout the establishment. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 20, 2026 4:42 PM.
Violation category totals
3 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
5 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
3 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
3 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
3 observation(s)
5 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.