THE HOT SPOT RESTAURANT
6177 JOG RD STE D05-D06 · LAKE WORTH · Palm Beach County · FL 33463
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
6 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
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 exited and re-entered back door and began handling clean equipment and utensils without washing hands. Operator discussed with employee who then washed hands. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-02-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. At reach in freezer; opened bag of raw beef stored over cooked beef. Operator moved raw beef below cooked beef. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. At reach in cooler; raw shell eggs stored over ready to eat fried bean curd rolls. Operator moved raw shell eggs to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-17-6High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. At reach in freezer; plastic wrapped pan of raw chicken stored over plastic wrapped portioned raw beef. Operator moved raw chicken to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At buffet; cooked quail egg (50F – Cold Holding); tofu (47F – Cold Holding). Operator stated items not prepared or portioned today, held on buffet less than 1 hour, added ice. **Corrective Action Taken**
Intermediate 1
03D-15-4Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. At buffet; cut melon (50F – Ambient Cooling 12:30pm/53F 1:10pm); rehydrated rice noodles (62F – Ambient Cooling 12:30pm/62F 1:10pm). Operator stated melon cut and noodles rehydrated at 10:00am, at this rate will not reach 41F within 4 hours. Advised Operator to facilitate faster cooling.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 18, 2026 12:17 PM.
Violation category totals
2 observation(s)
3 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.