CORTADITO CUBAN CAFE
444 W. RAILROAD AVE · WEST PALM BEACH · Palm Beach County · FL 33401
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
15 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed employee cleaning up and you phone the taking orders and without hand washing grabbing clean Togo coffee cup and preparing beverages. **Warning**
08A-04-5High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Observe, raw bacon above unwashed tomatoes. Operator put a bacon, other refrigerator **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Flip top refrigerator ; ham (66F – Cold Holding); sliced cheese (64F – Cold Holding); (64F)a; shelled eggs (62F – Cold Holding) in refrigerator that not working from 9 am over 5.5 hours see stop sale **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Flip top refrigerator ; ham (66F – Cold Holding); sliced cheese (64F – Cold Holding); (64F)a; shelled eggs (62F – Cold Holding) in refrigerator that not working from 9 am over 5.5 hours see stop sale **Warning**
Intermediate 6
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Observed metal container in hand sink at coffee station. Observed a bag of black beans in hand sink by 3 compartment sink. **Warning**
16-32-5Intermediate – Incorrect chemical test kit provided for measuring the concentration of the sanitizer solution used in the three-compartment sink and/or dishmachine. Operator has quad sanitizer strips, but use is chlorine **Warning**
53A-01-7Intermediate – Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification. **Admin Complaint**
53B-01-5Intermediate – No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed red substance in unlabeled spray bottle. **Warning**
35A-15-4Intermediate – Wild bird present inside establishment. Observed pigeon in established. **Warning**
Basic 5
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Observed refrigerator leaking water **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Observed plastic container of fry oil on floor by 3 compartment sink hand sink. **Warning**
02D-03-4Basic – Label on a food item prepared and packaged onsite for customer self-service does not include product identity/description, date product was packaged and name and address of the establishment that prepared and packaged the food. Observe with pineapple and lemonade **Warning**
31B-04-4Basic – No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Observed no handwashing signs by coffee station hand sink **Warning**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Observed oil and yellow substance in unlabeled squeeze bottles. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 12, 2026 9:43 PM.
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.