La Criollita Cafeteria, 3701 Nw 79 St, Miami, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: LA CRIOLLITA CAFETERIA
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 3701 Nw 79 St, Miami, FL 33147-4438
License #: 2316923
Total inspections: 13
Last inspection: 07/15/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in kitchen. Soup
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees.
  • High Priority - Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine.
  • Intermediate - Metal stem-type thermometer soiled.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. **Repeat Violation**
07/15/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
  • Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris.
  • 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. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in cooler.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked.
1/15/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
  • Basic - Establishment does not have a written copy of their approved Alternative Operating Procedure for bare hand contact with ready-to-eat food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris.
  • Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair.
  • Basic - Uncovered food stored near sink exposed to splash. onion
  • Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening.
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Intermediate - Interior of refrigerator soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. In kitchen **Corrected On-Site**
7/16/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food.
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in dry storage area.
  • Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not washed, rinsed and sanitized in the correct order in three-compartment sink. Do not use dishes/equipment not properly sanitized.
  • Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Kitchen
  • Basic - Floors not constructed to be easily cleanable.
  • Basic - Food debris accumulated on kitchen floor.
  • Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment.
  • Basic - Hood soiled with accumulated grease.
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit.
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
  • Basic - Shelf under preparation table soiled with food debris.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • High Priority - Food server handling soiled dishes or utensils then clean dishes/utensils without washing hands.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food held using a 4-hour time control plan was not at a temperature of 41 degrees Fahrenheit or below or 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above when time control began.
  • Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening.
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. Men's restroom
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked.
1/11/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - NO DATE MARKING ON COOKED FOODS.
  • Critical - OBSERVED CANS DENTED (TOMATO SAUCE).
  • OBSERVED COLD FOOD NOT KEPT AT 41 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR UNDER. EGGS.
  • Critical - OBSERVED COLD HOLDING UNIT NOT CAPABLE OF HOLDING TEMPERATURES.
  • OBSERVED CONTAINERS NOT LABELED.
  • OBSERVED COOKING EQUIPMENT STORED RIGHT SIDE UP.
  • Critical - OBSERVED EMPLOYEE USE BAREHAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOOD.
  • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT.
  • Critical - OBSERVED EMPLOYEES NOT WASHING HANDS WHEN SWITCHING FROM RAW FOOD TO READY TO EAT FOOD.
  • Critical - OBSERVED EXCESSIVE FLIES IN DUMPSTER AREA.
  • OBSERVED FLOOR SOILED WITH FOOD DEBRIS.
  • Critical - OBSERVED FOOD CONTACT SURFACE SOILED THERMOMETER.
  • Critical - OBSERVED FOOD COOLED BY NON APPROVED METHOD.
  • Critical - OBSERVED FOOD COVERED WITH TOWELS.
  • OBSERVED FOOD EXPOSED TO SPLASH NEXT TO HAND SINK.
  • Critical - OBSERVED FOOD NOT PROPERLY COOLED.
  • Critical - OBSERVED FOOD STORED ON FLOOR. PLANTAINS IN BACK STORAGE.
  • OBSERVED GROOVED CUTTING BOARD GROOVED BEYOND CLEANING.
  • Critical - OBSERVED HAND WASH SINK USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
  • OBSERVED HOT FOOD NOT HELD AT 135 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. PORK.
  • OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED WITH HANDLE TOUCHING ICE.
  • OBSERVED IN USE UTENSILS STORED IN CREVICES BETWEEN EQUIPMENT.
  • Critical - OBSERVED NO DATE MARKING FOR COMMERCIALLY PROCESSED HAM and CHEESE.
  • Critical - OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWEL AT HAND WASH SINK.
  • Critical - OBSERVED OPEN BEVERAGE IN KITCHEN AREA.
  • Critical - OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDSOUS FOOD IMPROPERLY THAWED.
  • OBSERVED RAW FOOD OVER READY TO EAT (EGGS OVER TAMALES).
  • Critical - OBSERVED RIF SOILED IN PREP AREA.
  • Critical - OBSERVED UNLABELED SPRAY BOTTLE IN COMMON AREA.
  • OBSERVED WET RAGS and CLOTHS USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
  • Critical - PACKAGED FOOD NOT LABELED.
  • Critical - THERMOMETERS NOT CALIBRATED.
  • WET WIPING CLOTH NOT STORED IN SANITIZER.
7/25/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.
  • Critical - No proof of required employee training provided. All public food service establishments must provide the division with proof of employee training upon request, including, but not limited to, at the time of any division inspection of the establishment. Pro
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
  • Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands.
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over cooked food. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed utensils stored in crevices between equipment.
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
2/1/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical - Cooked potentially hazardous food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours.
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit.
  • Critical - Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.
  • Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands.
  • Critical - Observed encrusted material on can opener.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over cooked food.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area.
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.
9/23/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.
  • Critical - Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing.
  • Critical - Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods.
4/28/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food thawed in standing water.
  • Critical. Observed improper horizontal separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods.
  • Critical. Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods.
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor.
  • Critical. Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area.
  • Critical. Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets.
  • Critical. Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Critical. Observed encrusted material on can opener.
  • Critical. Observed encrusted, soiled material on slicer.
  • Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.
9/10/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.
  • Critical. No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit.
  • Critical. Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Critical. Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Critical. Observed encrusted material on can opener.
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Observed single-service articles stored without protection from contamination. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Vacuum breaker mising at hose bibb.
  • Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.
  • Lights missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
5/6/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Floors not constructed easily cleanable.
  • Observed dusty ceiling tiles and/or air conditioning vent covers.
12/11/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 2/27/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 11/7/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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