CHRIS' TAVERNA
6338 LANTANA RD #55 · LAKE WORTH · Palm Beach County · FL 33463
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
10 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 3
12A-25-4High Priority – Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. In second prep kitchen employee slicing tomatoes wiped face and without washing hands returned to preparing tomatoes. Discussed with operator employee washed hands and changed gloves. **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 grill used cloth to wipe sweat from face then tuck rag back into pants and without washing hands employee handled tongs used to flip eggplant on grill.discussed with operator employee 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. In walk in freezer open box of raw chicken stored over French fries. Operator corrected storage of products. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 3
03D-15-4Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. In flip top cooler across from deep fryer sliced tomatoes (48F – Cooling) at 11:15 since 9:00 to 48F at 11:50. At this current rate of cooling product will not reach 41F within 4 hours operator removed top portion of overfilled bin and moved to walk in cooler to chill. In walk in cooler in main kitchen raw pork (54F – Cooling) at 11:00 since 9:00 to 54F at 11:55at this current rate of cooling product will not reach 41F within 4 hours operator removed stacked pans and placed in walk in freezer to rapid chill. **Corrective Action Taken**
31A-11-4Intermediate – Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. At hand washing sink across from stove top employee using handwashing sink to rinse tomatoes. Discussed with operator who had employee remove tomatoes and moved to food prep sink. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At cook line hand washing sink no paper towels. Operator provided paper towels. In second kitchen handwashing sink no paper towels. operator provided **Corrected On-Site**
Basic 4
36-34-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. In kitchen above salad flip top station ceiling vent with hanging dust / debris. Discussed with operator to clean vent.
24-05-4Basic – Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. On dish storage racks cleaned and sanitized plates not stored inverted. Discussed with operator who inverted dishes. **Corrected On-Site**
14-69-4Basic – Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. In walk in freezer very thick layer of ice on floor and shelves. Operator states repair Order already placed to have water leak fixed to stop ice buildup.
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. In kitchen tray of bottles containing cooking oil not labeled. Operator added labels to bottles. **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 16, 2026 12:48 PM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 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.