VINCENT'S BISTRO
516 LUCERNE AVE · LAKE WORTH · Palm Beach County · FL 33460
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
10 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 3
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 observed leaving kitchen to go outside. Returned to work and immediately began handling food from walk in freezer. No hand washing observed. Educated on site. Hands washed. **Corrective Action Taken** **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. Chef observed plating ready to eat lettuce with barehands. Educated on site. Chef put gloves on. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
29-37-4High Priority – Spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink. At triple sink **Warning**
Intermediate 1
03G-50-1Intermediate – Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. **Warning**
Basic 6
35B-01-4Basic – Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Gap in door at triple sink **Warning**
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife stored between bane Marie and stainless steel table on cook line Removed **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
35B-02-4Basic – Insect control device installed over food preparation area. Fly zapper at prep table with deli slicer in kitchen Removed **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
31B-04-4Basic – No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Front counter hand sink Hand sink outside walk in freezer **Warning**
08B-12-5Basic – Stored food not covered. Ice in freezer chest Covered **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour container Labeled **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 22, 2026 1:05 PM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
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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.