LA FORCHETTA
7820 SW LOST RIVER RD · STUART · Martin County · FL 34997
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
6 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 3
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee entered through front door area and proceeded handling clean equipment at bar area-without washing their hands- educated operator- employee washed their hands properly. **Corrective Action Taken**
14-86-1High Priority – Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. At pizza station on food grade pipe towel used in direct contact to store herbs – operator removed and stored properly. **Corrective Action Taken**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. At reach in cooler raw ground beef stored above cooked tomatoes-operator removed and stored properly. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 1
03D-15-4Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. At pizza station on speed rack – cooked sausage 92F at 3:10 to 91F at 3:35( cooling since 2:40)- food left out to cool- at current cooking parameters – food will not reach to 41F within remaining time – operator placed food in walk in cooler to quick chill. **Corrective Action Taken**
Basic 2
21-04-4Basic – In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board.
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet/soiled wiping cloth on prep table by cookline – operator removed. **Corrective Action Taken**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 30, 2026 5:55 PM.
Violation category totals
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.