SENOR CAFE
1520 S FEDERAL HWY · HOLLYWOOD · Broward County · FL 33020
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
13 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 10
03D-02-5High Priority – Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. In upright reach in cooler by office, cooked oxtail (55F – Cooling); cooked pork (54F – Cooling); cooked potatoes (55F – Cooling); potato croquettes (40F). Per employee all items in unit overnight and prepared on 10-3. See stop sale.
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee put on gloves to prepare good items after touching soiled wiping cloth without washing hands first. Reviewed with employee proper procedures and employee washed hands. **Corrected On-Site**
12A-28-4High Priority – Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee at cookline wiped hands on dirty towel tucked into apron and put on gloves. Reviewed with manager and employee proper hand wash procedures and employee stopped and washed hands. **Corrected On-Site**
22-43-4High Priority – Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Sanitizer sink reading greater than 500ppm quaternary. Employee drained sink and remade to proper 200ppm quaternary. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-04-5High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. In walk in cooler, containers of raw shell eggs on shelf above cases of unwashed produce. Manager moved eggs to opposite lower shelf away from produce. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. 1) In cook line lowboy drawers; container of raw beef above container of cooked pork chops with no barrier between them. Employee rearranged for proper separation. 2) In mini fliptop lower cooler, open packs of raw link sausage above quarts of liquid eggs and open quart of liquid egg whites. Employee removed sausage from cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
01B-14-4High Priority – Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. In mini fliptop upper cooler, containers of raw shell eggs with 6 broken. Employee removed broken eggs and washed remainder before putting in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. In upright reach in cooler by office, cooked oxtail (55F – Cooling); cooked pork (54F – Cooling); cooked potatoes (55F – Cooling); potato croquettes (40F). Per employee all items in unit overnight and prepared on 10-3.
03D-07-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food removed from cold holding for necessary preparation rose above 41 degrees Fahrenheit during the preparation process and was not cooled back down to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. In cook line lowboy drawers, cooked pork chops 61F at 12:05pm (portioned cooking from 11:00am) to 57F at 1:00pm; portioned raw steak 66F at 12:05pm (cut cooling from approximately 10:30am) to 61F at 1:00pm. Based on times and temperatures neither will reach 41F in 4 hrs. Employees added bags of ice to each container to rapid chill. **Corrective Action Taken**
41-27-4High Priority – Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Kitchen sanitizer bucket reading greater than 200ppm chlorine. Employee remade to proper 100ppm chlorine. **Corrected On-Site**
Basic 3
13-07-4Basic – Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Employee on cook line wearing watch. Employee removed. **Corrected On-Site**
05-09-4Basic – No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. In upright reach in cooler by office.
21-09-4Basic – Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. Multiple wet wiping cloths at cookline. Manager removed from line to be replaced. **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 23, 2026 1:08 PM.
Violation category totals
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
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.