TROPICAL ISLAND RESTAURANT
400 E BOYNTON BEACH BLVD · BOYNTON BEACH · Palm Beach County · FL 33435
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Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
13 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 7
12A-29-4High Priority – Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation. Cooks moving equipment and raw meats outside, than enter kitchen and plating food without washing hands first. **Warning**
12A-16-4High Priority – Employees began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Cooks entering kitchen from the back door not washing their hands. **Warning**
08B-27-4High Priority – Food placed in soiled container/equipment in chest freezer outside. Warped ply wood lid used as a cover. **Warning**
35A-02-6High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 3 small flying insects on micro wave across stove. 4 small flying insects on wall next to stove. 3 small flying insects on coleslaw next to steam table. 2 small flying insects on boiled eggs on prep table in kitchen. 3 small flying insects on pork stew under steam table in kitchen. 2 small flying insects on prep table next to stove. 2 pork stews cooking outside on the dirt floor on propane stoves. 50+ flies around dirt area outside. **Warning**
50-17-3High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. **Admin Complaint**
01B-13-4High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. 2 pork stews cooking outside on the dirt floor on propane stoves. 50+ flies around dirt area. Lettuce boiled eggs and coleslaw in kitchen with 2 small flying insects sitting on top of lettuce, than on coleslaw , tomatoes and boiled eggs. 3 whole Tilapias , 3 bus bin's containing pork stew uncovered stored outside in a chest freezer under a warped plywood cover. Flys on all items under the warped cover. Beef thawing inside a dirty mop sink on the floor outside in the back. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut lettuce 50°F, sliced tomatoes 54°F, left out at room temperature for service. Stop sale issued due to small flying insects on food items. **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. All stews not date marked in chest freezers. **Warning**
Basic 5
08B-37-4Basic – Cooked pork stew and raw fish stored in a prohibited area next to back door, outside no roof, exposed to small flying insects. **Warning**
36-11-4Basic – Floors not maintained smooth and durable outside. **Warning**
08B-32-4Basic – Food being prepared outside, two pork stews being cooked outside n the dirt, with propane cookers. See stop sale. **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Raw beef stored to thaw in mop sink outside. Mop sink on the ground. **Warning**
08B-12-5Basic – Stored pork stew and fish not covered in outside chest freezers. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 11, 2026 8:17 AM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
5 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.