FRONT PORCH CAFE
1458 OCEAN DR · MIAMI BEACH · Dade County · FL 33139
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
30 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 7
12A-18-4High Priority – Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed at the cook line. **Warning**
12A-13-4High Priority – Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed the dish washer put dirty dishes in the dish machine and removed the clean dishes without washing his hands. **Warning**
08A-11-5High Priority – Raw animal food stored over canned/bottled drinks. Observed liquid eggs over half and half creamer in the walk-in cooler. **Warning**
08A-04-5High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Observed raw shell eggs over lettuce in a glass door cooler. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed milk (79F – Cold Holding) at the bar. As per the bar tender he took it out of the reach in cooler approximately one hour ago. The bar tender put in the reach in cooler to cool down. **Warning**
41-10-4High Priority – Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed a window cleaner over bread on a rack. **Warning**
Intermediate 8
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed the cutting boards soiled. Observed the can opener blade soiled. Observed the soda gun nozzle soiled at the front bar. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Observed a cutting board blocking the sink. **Warning**
53A-01-7Intermediate – Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification. **Warning**
53A-05-6Intermediate – No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation/handling. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ **Warning**
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed at the cook line. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
53B-01-5Intermediate – No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
31B-03-4Intermediate – No soap provided at handwash sink. Observed at the cook line. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
02B-02-5Intermediate – Raw/undercooked animal food offered and establishment has no written consumer advisory. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service. **Warning**
Basic 15
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Observed in the ice machine and soda tower ice chute. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
51-11-4Basic – Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Observed at the bar. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
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. Observed 5 packages of sea bass defrosting in the package in the walk-in cooler with an internal temperature of 33°F. The manager had the vacuum bags cut open. And coached the cooks. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
50-09-4Basic – Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. **Warning**
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed a glass on top of a freezer and a coffee cup on top of the dish machine. **Warning**
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Observed a cell phone on cutting board. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
13-07-4Basic – Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Observed food stored under the shelves in the walk-in freezer. **Warning**
10-14-5Basic – Ice bucket/shovel stored on floor between uses. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Observed a knife between a preparation reach in cooler and a preparation table. **Warning**
10-07-4Basic – In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed two pan with utensils on the cook top in water with a temperature of 77°F. **Warning**
05-09-4Basic – No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Observed at the cook line. **Warning**
31B-04-4Basic – No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Observed at the bar. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed the exterior doors of the reach in coolers throughout the establishment soiled. Observed the walk-in cooler fan guards soiled. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
25-27-4Basic – Straws provided for customer self-service not individually wrapped or in an approved dispenser. Observed at the bar. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 9, 2026 1:52 PM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
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3 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.