LA GRANJA RESTAURANT
10590 W FOREST HILL BLVD · WELLINGTON · Palm Beach County · FL 33414
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
9 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 6
12A-12-4High Priority – Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Observed employee handle raw steak then handled clean tongs; no hand wash. Employee washed hands. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
12A-29-4High Priority – Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed employee handled visibly soiled and contaminated tong from raw steak then handled clean plate; no hand wash. Employee placed clean plate to be washed and sanitized then washed hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
22-45-4High Priority – Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Observed employee wash spoon at prep sink with soap and water; no sanitizing done. Advised employee to clean and sanitize spoon. **Warning**
08A-17-6High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. At deep freezer: prepped and panned raw chicken stored over prepped and panned raw steak – not all products commercially packaged. Employee stored properly. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On shelf under steam table across from cook line: French fries (55F – Cold Holding) As per chef, removed from cooler and stored 5 minutes. Not prepped or portioned today. Operator placed to quick chill. At walk in cooler: shredded cheese (58F – Cold Holding); raw chicken (49F – Cold Holding) As per operator, stored 3 hours prior from delivery. Observed several items sitting out at the beginning of inspection. Items placed to quick chill. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03F-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. At cold buffet: Pico de gallo identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control not time marked. As per operator, stored 3 hours. Operator time marked. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Intermediate 1
03D-15-4Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. At flip top cooler across from cook line: cooked yuca (67F at 2:40pm; 67F at 3:10pm – Ambient Cooling) As per operator, portioned and cooling since 15 mins; sliced tomatoes (57F at 2:40pm; 57F at 3:10pm- Ambient Cooling) As per operator, prepped and cooling since 15 mins. At current rate of cooling item will not cool to 41F in a total of 4 hours. Stored over stacked. Advised operator to quick chill over stacked portions. At walk in cooler: cooked yuca (68F at 2:45pm; 68F at 3:15pm- Cooked Cooling) As per operator, cooling since 1pm. At current rate of cooling item will not cool from 135F to 41F in a total of 6 hours. Item stored in large quantity. Advised operator to quick chill in smaller quantities. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Basic 2
36-22-4Basic – Floor area(s) covered with standing water. At walk in cooler: Water from boxes of chicken settling around floor drain in walk in cooler. **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor in walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 11, 2026 7:32 PM.
Violation category totals
3 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 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.