Uncle Julio's Fine Mexican Food, 449 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: UNCLE JULIO'S FINE MEXICAN FOOD
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 449 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432
License #: 6020189
Total inspections: 16
Last inspection: 10/24/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Coffee filters not stored in a protected manner to prevent contamination. Uncovered in servers station.
  • Basic - Employee beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area does not have a lid and a straw or equivalent dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container.
  • 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. No sanitization step when cleaning dicer.
  • Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Chipped plates and cracked plastic storage container observed.
  • Basic - Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Use of Lava bowls to store guacamole directly inside of it. Lava bowls observed to be porous rather than smooth and easy cleanable.
  • Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. At bar and service station.
  • Basic - In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface between uses. Ice scoop at ice machine storage container.
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees.at bar.
  • Basic - Rubber/plastic/vinyl spatula cracked/chipped. Whisk handle chipping.
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Cheese and bag of lettuce.
  • Basic - Straws provided for customer not individually wrapped or in an approved dispenser. Unwarranted straws at bar top.
  • Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Avocados over soup and beans at walkin cooler.
  • Basic - Working container of food not labeled in English. Sugar container in dry storage area.
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Salt and flour bulk containers.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed employee go From cleaning to prepping without washing hands . Observed employee touch his hat and hair then continue prepping without washing hands first, changed gloves only without washing hands first. Employee handled cellphone and failed to wash hands before returning to prep. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Dicer not going through a sanitization step when warewashing.
  • High Priority - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Employee washed and rinsed dicer but failed to sanitize the equipment. No sanitization step observed.
  • High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. No glove change from cleaning to prepping. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Small flying insects in bar area. Observed bug retention devices by managers office and front line full of dead insects.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. Ice paddle soiled. Paddle used at kettle soiled.
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled. Cookline.
  • Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade.
  • Intermediate - Hot water at handwash sink does not reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit. 81° F at HANDWASH sink by ice machine.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At bar.
  • Intermediate - Soil residue in food storage containers. Interior and exterior of bulk beans and rice storage containers soiled.
10/24/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Box of pork toasts and bags of ic. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Sy the front bar. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food.
  • High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled.
  • High Priority - Sterno stored with/above food, clean equipment and utensils, clean linens and/or single-service items. Above utensils and napkins. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled.
  • Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food wrapped in plastic wrap/placed in closed plastic bag while cooling. **Corrected On-Site**
5/5/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Employee with ineffective hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. ... food prep person with long free-flowing pony tail prepping foods
  • Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. ...in WALK.IN.COOLER.
  • Basic - Food stored in dry storage area not covered. ... Brown sugar. **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. ... Employee chopping onions and slicing fresh limes using bare hands
  • High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. ... Food prep table setup area with cutting boards/knives for cutting ready to eat foods and server pick up, was used by servers to sort and count cash. No sanitizing took place thereafter.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. COOK LINE... (Cold Table) slaw 52° cut fresh fruit portions 48° guacamole 49° **Corrective Action Taken**
  • Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. ... Multiple certificates extired.
10/29/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - scoop handle in contact with food....beans, walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
5/10/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable....white small cutting board.
  • Basic - Employee beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area does not have a lid and a straw or equivalent dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container....above ice machine.
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees....bar.
  • Basic - Straws provided for customer self-service not individually wrapped or in an approved dispenser......bar.
  • High Priority - Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours......soup base serface temperature 44? to 46? in middle 48? was cooked yesterday ( 2/20/13). Cooling with big container greater than 4 inches and with covered.....Stop sale issued.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.......soup base 48? in walk in cooler. Voluntarily discarded food. Stop sale issue. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine.
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink.....bar.
2/21/2013Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Food not cooked to 165 degrees Fahrenheit or above.....sauce . Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory.....bar.
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.....bar.
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit.....ice cream scoop , kitcken .
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food thawed in standing water......shrimp . Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed small flying insects in bar area.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area.....vegetable , chicken stock in reach in cooler .
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above.....sauce . Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.....sugar , dry storage room. Corrected On Site.
11/13/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Observed encrusted material on can opener.
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing......food evidence in handwashing sink by preperation area.
7/5/2012Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees....bar.
  • Observed scoop with handle in contact with food, soups Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed encrusted material on can opener.
  • Critical - Observed soil buildup inside ice machine .
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name......sugar , flour in dry storage room.
5/14/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Corrected On Site.
12/16/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. --- at dessert station, scoops in standing water.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. --- in walk-in-cooler, sliced onions, bacon.
5/26/2011Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Corrected On Site.
2/14/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Observed single-service articles stored without protection from contamination. --- the unwrapped drinking straws, stir sticks, etc that are located in the public seating areas of cocktail bar are not covered/protected from coughs/sneezes.
  • Critical. Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. --- at cocktail bar, handwash sink used as dump sink.
  • Critical. Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. --- at cocktail bar.
  • Critical. Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory. --- rear kitchen at end of cook line. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
7/21/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor./ --- walk-in-cooler. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. --- walk-in-cooler. Corrected On Site.
3/19/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed employee switch from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable.
  • Critical. Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory. --- at cocktailbar
11/9/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 6/26/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 3/18/2009Food-Licensing InspectionInspection Completed - No Further Action

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