HOWLEY'S RESTAURANT
4700 S DIXIE HWY · WEST PALM BEACH · Palm Beach County · FL 33405
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
7 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
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. Employee observed using barehands to cut ready to eat celery not to be cooked. Educated on site. Gloves used. **Corrective Action Taken**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. shrimp (46F – Cold Holding); fish (46F – Cold Holding); in bottom reach in drawer on cook line. Not prepped or portioned today. In unit over four hours.
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. shrimp (46F – Cold Holding); fish (46F – Cold Holding); in bottom reach in drawer on cook line. Not prepped or portioned today. In unit over four hours.
03B-01-6High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked potatoes (94-111F – Hot Holding) on front counter cook line. Potatoes out less than four hours. Side of stove top turned off. Reheated to 165F. **Corrective Action Taken**
Intermediate 2
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. In outdoor dry storage room Operator voluntarily discarded **Corrective Action Taken**
27-16-4Intermediate – Water with a temperature of at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. End of cook line 74F
Basic 1
06-09-1Basic – Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Raw fish in bottom reach in cooler drawers
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 12, 2026 4:44 PM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
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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.