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9140 FOREST HILL BLVD · VILLAGE OF WELLINGTO · Palm Beach County · FL 33414

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateOctober 31, 2024
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionAdministrative complaint recommended
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3448787
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID8737814
DBPR license6019571

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
5 High Priority4 Intermediate1 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical10 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

10 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.

High Priority 5

#2High Priority09-01-4

High 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. Observed operator touch bread sticks with bare hands. Advised operator to use gloves, tongs or other utensils to handle ready to eat foods. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Repeat ViolationAdmin Complaint
#3High Priority08A-05-6

High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. At walk in cooler: raw ground beef stored above containers of ricotta. Advised operator to store properly. **Warning**

Warning
#4High Priority01B-02-5

High 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. At walk in cooler: house made pizza sauce (47F – Cold Holding); house made bean soup (50F – Cold Holding); house made marinara (49F – Cold Holding) As per operator, prepared day before at 4pm and stored overnight. Not prepped or portioned today. See stop sale. **Warning**

WarningStop Sale
#5High Priority03A-02-5

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At walk in cooler: house made pizza sauce (47F – Cold Holding); house made bean soup (50F – Cold Holding); house made marinara (49F – Cold Holding) As per operator, prepared day before at 4pm and stored overnight. Not prepped or portioned today. See stop sale. Flip top cooler unit across from stove: boiled eggs (60F – Cold Holding) As per operator stored in unit from walk in cooler since 10am ; fresh mozzarella (48F – Cold Holding) As per operator stored in unit from walk in cooler since 10:40am. Items in cooler unit were not prepped or portioned today. Advised operator to quick chill. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Repeat ViolationAdmin ComplaintStop Sale
#6High Priority03B-01-6

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At rolling rack: Spinach Stromboli (72F – Hot Holding); egg plant stromboli (64F – Hot Holding); bread with house-made pizza sauce (74F – Hot Holding) As per operator, items stored since 3 hours. Operator discarded Stromboli. Operator placed bread with house-made pizza sauce to reheat. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Corrective Action TakenRepeat ViolationAdmin Complaint

Intermediate 4

#7Intermediate12A-03-4

Intermediate – Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Observed employee wash hands at triple sink then served food. Advised employee that hands should only be washed at the hand wash sink. **Warning**

Warning
#8Intermediate03D-15-4

Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Flip top cooler unit across from stove: shredded mozzarella (50F at 11:45am; 50F at 12:20pm- Cooling) As per employee, cooling since 9am. At current rate of cooling, item will not cool to 41F in a total of 4 hours. Stored over stacked. Advised operator to quick chill. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Repeat ViolationAdmin Complaint
#9Intermediate11-26-1

Intermediate – No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Employee employed approximately 2 weeks. **Warning**

Warning
#10Intermediate41-17-4

Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Bleach in unlabeled spray bottle. Employee labeled. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteRepeat ViolationWarning

Basic 1

#1Basic08B-39-4

Basic – Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. Observed employee take lettuce directly from produce box then cut and served; no washing of the lettuce was done. Advised operator that produce must be washed before prepped or served. **Warning**

Warning

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 22, 2026 12:45 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 1 · Approved food source
1 observation(s)
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
3 observation(s)
Category 8 · Food protection and cross-contamination
2 observation(s)
Category 9 · Bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food / AOP
1 observation(s)
Category 11 · Employee health knowledge / ill employees
1 observation(s)
Category 12 · Handwashing and hygienic practices
1 observation(s)
Category 41 · Chemicals and toxic substances
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.