LAS AMERICAS LATIN RESTAURANT
1336 S MILITARY TRL · WEST PALM BEACH · Palm Beach County · FL 33415
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
Counts reported for this inspection visit.
All DBPR Inspector Observations
12 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 8
22-42-4High Priority – Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Triple Sink (Chlorine 0ppm) discussed with chef who corrected to 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
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 washing dirty dishes did not wash hands before opening cans of beans, discussed with employee who washed hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
12A-25-4High Priority – Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee repeatedly wiped face with hand and after without washing hands handled tongs to remove food products from deep fryer, discussed with employee who washed hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In reach in cooler across from stoves raw fish stored above sauce, discussed with chef who corrected storage. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach in cooler by service window raw sausage (51F – Cold Holding); cooked sausage (59F – Cold Holding); garlic salsa (58F – Cold Holding); cheese (61F – Cold Holding); diced tomatoes (57F – Cold Holding) per chef products not portioned or prepared today and held in unit for more than 6 hours, discussed with operator see stop sale. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach in cooler by service window raw sausage (51F – Cold Holding); cooked sausage (59F – Cold Holding); garlic salsa (58F – Cold Holding); cheese (61F – Cold Holding); diced tomatoes (57F – Cold Holding) per chef products not portioned or prepared today and held in unit for more than 6 hours, discussed with operator see stop sale. **Warning**
03B-01-6High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. In deep fryer basket fried pork belly (102F – Hot Holding) per chef product prepared approximately 20 minutes ago and held until served, discussed with chef to reheat to 165F. **Warning**
29-42-4High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Exterior mop sink has no vacuum breaker installed, discussed with operator to install vacuum breaker. **Warning**
Basic 4
36-36-4Basic – Ceiling tile missing. In kitchen above cook line multiple ceiling tiles missing, discussed with operator to replace. **Warning**
10-20-4Basic – In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. At cook line clean tongs stored on fire suppression system, discussed with employee to remove tongs. **Warning**
10-02-4Basic – In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment. Clean knives stored on visibly soiled magnet strip, discussed with operator to clean and sanitize. **Warning**
22-16-4Basic – Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach in cooler across from stove interior soiled with accumulation of food residues, discussed with operator to clean and sanitize. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 11, 2026 2:17 PM.
Violation category totals
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 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.