CHINA LEE RESTAURANT
559 SW 8TH STREET · MIAMI · Dade County · FL 33130
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
32 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 9
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 going outside restaurant and engaging in food preparation and not washing hands first. **Warning**
12A-17-4High Priority – Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. Observed employee rubbed hands together for less than 10 sec. **Warning**
12A-12-4High Priority – Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Observed employee switching task with raw and ready to eat foot and no washing hands. Stop employee and coached how to wash hands properly. **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. Observed an employee handling diced ham and cooked beef without gloves, placing them into a single-use container to begin cooking. **Warning**
12A-19-4High Priority – Employee washed hands with cold water. Observed employee wash hands with cold water at hand washing sink. **Warning**
22-49-4High Priority – Observed Dishmachine not sanitizing properly. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. **Warning**
12A-20-4High Priority – Observed Employee washed hands with no soap. Coached employee proper method. **Warning**
14-31-5High Priority – Observed Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food at chest freezer located at front counter. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed cooked shrimp (52F – Cold Holding); diced ham (57F – Cold Holding); diced cooked beef (56F – Cold Holding); cooked beef (58F – Cold Holding); cooked ribs (47F – Cold Holding); breaded chicken (47F – Cold Holding) at reach in cooler across cooking line. **Warning**
Intermediate 3
53B-15-4Intermediate – Employee has not received adequate training related to their assigned duties as evidenced by lack of general knowledge in performing their assigned duties. Observed employee with lack of knowledge for work assignments. **Warning**
12A-03-4Intermediate – Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Observed employee taking out flour on two compartments sink, no soap. **Warning**
53B-10-4Intermediate – Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. Observed training records incomplete. Person in charge completed at time of inspection. **Warning**
Basic 20
23-24-4Basic – Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed all reach in cooler and reach in freezer, handle with accumulation of food residue. **Warning**
12B-10-4Basic – Employee phone stored on top of preparation table across cooking line. **Warning**
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Observed keys, cell phone and bandages stored on top of preparation table across cooking line. **Warning**
36-01-4Basic – Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-73-4Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Observed preparation tables, oven, wok station, and crash cart are soiled with an accumulation of grease. **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Observed plastic bottles soda stored on the floor at front counter area. **Warning**
36-24-5Basic – Hole in or other damage to wall. Observed corner wall next to back exit door in disrepair. **Warning**
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Observed knives between reach in coolers. **Warning**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed cooking line equipments soiled with accumulation of grease, also between equipments. **Warning**
16-03-4Basic – Observed Accumulation of debris inside warewashing machine. **Warning**
16-21-4Basic – Observed Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. **Warning**
16-23-4Basic – Observed Accumulation of lime scale on the inside of the dishmachine. **Warning**
14-05-4Basic – Observed Cardboard used to line clean plates on top of steam table. **Warning**
10-20-4Basic – Observed In-use tongs stored on oven door handle between uses. **Warning**
14-01-5Basic – Observed a bowl (or other handleless container) being used as a scoop to dispense food inside the rice bin at the front counter, as well as inside the dry storage bin located at the back of the kitchen. **Warning**
14-09-4Basic – Observed all Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable in kitchen area. **Warning**
22-16-4Basic – Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Observed a mold-like substance and food residue inside multiple units: the front lobby reach-in cooler, the cooking line reach-in cooler, and all reach-in coolers within the kitchen area. All reach in coolers and freezers soiled at the bottom shelves. Heavy debris has accumulated on the sliding door gaskets of the produce reach-in cooler and the lobby soda cooler. **Warning**
25-05-4Basic – Single-service articles improperly stored. Observed single used items containers stored on top of cardboard on prep table. **Warning**
03A-05-5Basic – Time/temperature control for safety food not maintained frozen solid in a freezer. Observed diced ham, chicken inside reach in freezer not frozen. **Warning**
06-01-5Basic – Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Observed frozen chicken wings being defrosted inside sink with no running water. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 24, 2026 3:35 PM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
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3 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
3 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.