Salt & Pepper Chef, 1280 Sw 26 Ave #11, Pompano Beach, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: SALT & PEPPER CHEF
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 1280 Sw 26 Ave #11, Pompano Beach, FL 33069
License #: 1610084
Total inspections: 12
Last inspection: 09/04/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. ... Cooks in kitchen
09/04/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
5/29/2014Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Exterior mop sink "Full" of standing water and mop sink is not draining A hose connected to mop sink water tap is completely under the filthy mop sink water. There are no back flow protectors. ... Mop sink drain line still completely plugged.
  • Basic - Outside of dumpsters not clean. ... NOT COMPLIED
3/25/2014Routine - FoodCall Back - Extension given, pending
  • Basic - Exterior mop sink "Full" of standing water and mop sink is not draining A hose connected to mop sink water tap is completely under the filthy mop sink water. There are no back flow protectors.
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/soil/oxidation/rust residue on dry storage shelves and kitchen shelving.
  • Basic - Grease on the ground and/or pad around grease receptacle. ... **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Hood soiled with accumulated grease. ...Greasicles running out from behind/under exhaust hood filters.
  • Basic - Missing drain plugs at dumpsters. ... **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - No copy of latest inspection report available.
  • Basic - Nonbagged garbage in dumpsters.
  • Basic - Nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair. ... Chest freezer lid broken exposing insulation to stored foods. ... **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Open dumpsters lids.
  • Basic - Outside of dumpsters not clean.
  • Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water. ... thawing fish filets in standing water at room temperature.
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. ... Empanadas, marinating Pork. ... **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Flammables stored near a source of ignition. For reporting purposes only. ... There is not a 16" separation between deep fryers and a large "low-mounted" open gas burner.
  • High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb. Exterior mop sink "Full" of standing water and mop sink is not draining A hose connected to mop sink water tap is completely under the filthy mop sink water. There are no back flow protectors. ... **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Certified Food Manager or person in charge lacks knowledge of foodborne illnesses and symptoms of illness that would prevent an employee from working with food, clean equipment and utensils, and single-service items.
  • Intermediate - Encrusted, soiled material on slicer. ...
  • Intermediate - No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. ... **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Nonfood-grade basting brush used in food. ... Paint brush in Bain Marie in garlic sauce in WALK.IN.COOLER.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. ... In walk in cooler some Ready to Eat Temperature Controlled for Safety items are labeled but NONE are dated. ... **Repeat Violation**
1/17/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. ... In kitchen, exteriors of equipment and shelving.
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. ... In kitchen the Top/Lid of the drop-in freezer is broken, exposing foods to insulation and is icing up from not creating an effective seal.
  • Basic - Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster.
  • Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster. ... Plugs missing at both dumpsters and standing water in enclosure area.
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding units.
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. peeled plantains, peeled potatoes, peeled onions, swai filets.
  • High Priority - Dishwasher handled soiled dishes or utensils and then handled clean dishes or utensils without washing hands.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. REACH.IN.COOLER... (Cookline Undercounter) raw chicken breasts 55° soft cheese 54° (Coldtable Above) salami s56°
  • High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb. ... Rear building exterior.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. Swai filets. Salmon filets.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. ... Marinating meats, cut/peeled vegetables
  • Intermediate - Slicer blade guard soiled with old food debris.
8/8/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
  • Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Ice chest behind the front . **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food and rim of the container. Serving spoon in rice **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed at room temperature. Raw pork. Placed under running water. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 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. Cook in kitchen. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw beef over salami in the walk in cooler **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of rust like substance in the interior of the ice machine. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Establishment not maintaining clam/mussel/oyster tags for 90 days.
2/7/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Cleaned and sanitized equipment, utensils, linens or single-service not properly stored. Ice not stored in a clean container ontop of the outside ice machine . Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed encrusted, soiled material on slicer.
  • Observed equipment in poor repair. The interior of the door on the chest freezer next to the water heater has exposed insulation which is above the stored food.
  • Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair. flip top reachin cooler on the cook's line.
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled. Kitchen.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit/during preparation. Raw chicken stored above raw beef in the walkin cooler. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed soil buildup inside ice bin. Interior of the ice machine is rusty.
8/8/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Cleaned and sanitized equipment, utensils, linens or single-service not properly stored. Ice scoop is not stored in a clean container ontop of the ice machine Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. Kitchen paper towel dispenser doesn't work. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. Reachin cooler on the cook's line .
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Top of the dishmachine .
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Top of the rice bin.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed establishment using sponges.
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. Container used to store oregano. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. mortar used for plantains. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed hand wash sink used for purpose other than washing hands. As evidenced by sponge and styrofoam bowl in the kitchen handsink.
  • Observed leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. Condensor inside the walkin freezer leaks.
  • Observed leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. Under the left compartment of the 3 compartment sink .
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food thawed at room temperature. Raw pork.
1/25/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. fliptop reachin cooler on the cooks line . DO NOT KEEP ANY POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS IN THE UNIT UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED AND OPERATING PROPERLY .
  • Critical - Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. kitchen
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. kitchen Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - No chemical test kit provided when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Observed attached equipment soiled with accumulated grease. hood
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed encrusted material on can opener. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed encrusted, soiled material on slicer. Both meatslicers in the kitchen
  • Observed equipment in poor repair. Standing water in the fliptop reachin cooler on the cooks line Repeat Violation.
  • Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair. Fliptop reachin cooler on the cooks line Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled. Both microwave ovens on the cooks line .
  • Observed nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair , walkin freezer door
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. All potentiallt hazardous foods in the fliptop reachin cooler on the cooks line .
  • Critical - Observed torn packages/bags of food exposing the contents to contamination. sugar in the kitchen .
  • Observed walk-in freezer gasket torn/in disrepair.
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.Cooked pork, rice and various other foods in the walkin cooler .No datemarking used.
  • Critical - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous food due to temperature abuse (see Stop Sale Notice).
8/31/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Violation: 14-36-1 Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair. cookline reach-in cooler.
6/15/2011Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. walk-in cooler at 48 degrees ambient air temperature. This violation must be corrected by : 06/14/2011. Refrigeration technician was called immediately. This violation must be corrected by : 06/14/2011.
  • Critical - Cooked potentially hazardous food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. chicken at 98 degrees on cookline. chicken was placed in walk-in freezer immediately to still be able to cool to 41 degrees within remaining 3 hours. Corrected On Site.
  • Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried.
  • Critical - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. large pot stored in the only handwash sink in kitchen. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. kitchen handwash sink.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. shelfs.
  • Observed clean utensils/equipment stored in dirty drawers/containers.
  • Critical - Observed encrusted material on can opener.
  • Observed equipment in poor repair. standing water in reach-in cooler on cookline.
  • Critical - Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. chicken on cookline in container with lid on. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair. cookline reach-in cooler.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. milk at 45 degrees, chicken at 47 degrees, rice at 46 degrees, eggs at 46 degrees, butter at 45 degrees, pork at 46 degrees in walk-in cooler. all items were place in reach-in coolers maintaing 41 degrees or below while refrigeration technician was called to repair walk-in cooler. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed single-service items stored on floor. clean cutting board stored on floor in kitchen by dishwash area.
6/13/2011Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical - Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices (observed), alternative operation plan
  • In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
  • In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
  • Non-food contact surfaces clean
  • Non-food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  • Critical - Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
  • Critical - Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
  • Critical - Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with handsoap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles
  • Critical - Sanitizing concentration
  • Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
  • Critical - Thermometers, gauges, test kits provided
  • Critical - Toxic items labeled and used properly
  • Critical - Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure
  • Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored
  • Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored
  • Clean clothes, hair restraints
  • Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
  • Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
  • Critical - Exiting system - adequate, good repair
  • Critical - Facilities to maintain product temperature
  • Critical - Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
  • Critical - Food management certification valid
  • Critical - Food protection during storage, preparation, display, service, transportation
  • Critical - Foods properly cooled
  • Critical - Foods properly cooled
  • Critical - Hot food at proper temperatures
  • Critical - Original container: properly labeled, date marking
  • Premises maintained, free of litter, unnecessary articles. Cleaning and maintenance equipment properly stored. Kitchen restricted to authorized personnel
  • Critical - Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed
1/25/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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