CHOW TIME GRILL AND BUFFET
6997 W COMMERCIAL BLVD · TAMARAC · Broward County · FL 33319
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
9 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
12A-05-4High Priority – Employee used tobacco, ate, or drank then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Sushi chef drank personal drink then put on gloves and started to handle cooked rice. Discussed with operator to review proper handwashing procedures with sushi chef. **Warning**
08A-20-5High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In reach in cooler on hamachi cook line, raw chicken over raw beef. Operator moved raw chicken to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On hamachi cold Buffett, raw pork (53F – Cold Holding); raw chicken (53F – Cold Holding); raw shrimp (53F – Cold Holding); imitation krab (52F – Cold Holding). Operator stated held in cooler for less than three hours. Discussed with operator to add items to Time as a public health control. Operator added items during inspection. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
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 sushi bar, observed no time marks so all sushi in buffet station. Operator stated sushi on same time schedule as hot Buffet. Discussed with operator to add all sushi on time list. **Warning**
Intermediate 1
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. In reach in cooler on cook line, macaroni and cheese and imitation krab salad prepared more than 24 hours not date marked. Employee date marked items during inspection **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Basic 4
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. In walk in cooler, fish stored in strainers and bowls stored on floor. Opera,over raw fish to shelves. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-69-4Basic – Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. In two walk in freezers, ice accumulation on floors. Discussed with operator to have a more frequent schedule on de icing freezers. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
10-01-5Basic – In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. In walk in cooler, scoop stored in container with handle in contact with sauce. Operator removed scoop. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
33-16-4Basic – Open dumpster lid. Outside dumpster, lid is open. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on November 6, 2026 7:55 PM.
Violation category totals
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2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 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.