MAX'S GRILL
404 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, Florida, 33432
Palm Beach County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★½☆☆ (2.5/5)
Based on 7 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection Date: 7/1/2025
Inspection #: Visit ID: 10881166
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Chef put gloves on without washing hands before handling equipment and food items
- 09-01-4: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. Chef plating ready to eat lettuce tomatoes and buns with barehands Waiter garnishing salads with seasoning with barehands
- 03F-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale. Butter on cook line Time marked Corrected On-Site
- 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Garbage bin infront of hand sink on cook line Removed Corrected On-Site
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Chef at sushi station filling container in hand sink
Inspection Date: 12/19/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 10745119
- 36-36-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Ceiling tile missing. Multiple tiles missing in kitchen. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-12-19: **Time Extended**
- 08B-39-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. In use avocados contain stickers end of cook line flip top cooler Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-12-19: **Time Extended**
Inspection Date: 12/17/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8836180
- 36-36-4:Basic - Ceiling tile missing. Multiple tiles missing in kitchen. Warning
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Onions on floor near hand sink at dish wash area Warning
- 08B-39-4:Basic - Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. In use avocados contain stickers end of cook line flip top cooler Warning
- 12A-16-4:High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Chef leaving kitchen to get ice. Returned to kitchen and did not change gloves or wash hands before handling food containers. Warning
- 12A-13-4: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. Dishwasher did not wash hands in between handling dirty and clean dishes. Warning
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. eel (48F - Cold Holding); crab meat (50F - Cold Holding); Hamachi (46F - Cold Holding); salmon (44F - Cold Holding); tuna (44F - Cold Holding) in sushi reach in cooler and top cold holding case. Not prepped or portioned today In unit less than four hours. Placed back in walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
Inspection Date: 7/22/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8730926
- 36-22-4:Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. In cracked floor tile on cook line Warning
- 36-17-5:Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. On cook line Warning
- 16-46-4:Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Corrected On-Site Warning
- 01B-14-4:High Priority - Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. Two cracked eggs in walk in cooler Removed Corrected On-Site Warning
- 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. raw salmon (50F - Cold Holding); raw tuna (50F - Cold Holding) in sushi reach in cooler drawer. Not prepped or portioned. In unit over four hours. Warning
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. raw salmon (50F - Cold Holding); raw tuna (50F - Cold Holding) in sushi reach in cooler drawer. Not prepped or portioned. In unit over four hours. Warning
- 03F-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale. Sushi rice Corrected On-Site Warning
Inspection Date: 1/3/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8541707
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Inspection Date: 11/1/2023
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8444422
- 03D-02-5:High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. short rib (47-51F - Cooling) in walk in cooler. Chef states food not prepped or portioned. In unit overnight. Tightly covered. Food did not reach 41F within 6 hours. Warning
- 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. short rib (47-51F - Cooling) in walk in cooler. Chef states food not prepped or portioned. In unit overnight. Tightly covered. Food did not reach 41F within 6 hours. Warning
- 03G-50-1:Intermediate - Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Sous vide and ROP Warning
Inspection Date: 7/13/2023
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8352177
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken stored over hamburger in the reach in cooler on the cookline. Chef moved the tray of chicken. Corrected On-Site