DirtyFLRestaurant Inspection Data

CAFE TOQUE CUBANO

37 S FEDERAL HWY STE A

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 5/6/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8666962

  • 53B-02-5:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Repeat Violation Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-05-06: Observed same **Time Extended**

Inspection Date: 5/3/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8491809

  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. -Purse, car keys next to single service containers -vaper device next to coffee station in front counter, employee removed Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 13-07-4:Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Employee working in coo line wearing a gold bracelet, after instructed, employee removed.Corrected On-Site Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Two pairs of tongs on dirty surface next to reach in freezer table, employee removed. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 10-02-4:Basic - In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment. Two pair of tongs on soiled surface, employee removed. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 51-13-4:Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. Repeat Violation Warning
  • 29-08-4:Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Hand wash sink in cook line, broken pipe Warning
  • 35B-09-4:Basic - Screen in door torn/in poor repair - vermin present. Broken right side or rubber protection Warning
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Container of rice , Employee placed a lid.Corrected On-Site Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 33-06-4:Basic - Trash receptacles not provided where needed in establishment. Several garbage bags on floor- outside of back entrance to kitchen, Warning
  • 21-09-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. Several wiping cloths around kitchen area in prep tables. Employee removed. **Corrective Action Taken** Warning
  • 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. -5 flying insects around garbage can in kitchen area. -1 flying insect inside box of plantains, in kitchen area. -2 flying insects around flip top and cutting board in cook line. -two flying insects landing on screen door., inside kitchen. Warning
  • 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. December 1, 2023 Admin Complaint
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Reach in freezer, raw beef, raw fish, raw chicken over empanadas and cheese fingers. Employee stored raw food on lower shelves in proper order. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 08A-17-6:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw bags of fish, beef and chicken over empanadas and cheese fingers. Employee removed all raw food and stored correctly . Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 12A-09-4:High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Employee trying to catch a fly, then grabbed a clean knife to continue working on food preparation , after instructed employee discarded gloves, washed hands and put in new pair of gloves. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Food not prep or portioned today. Observed food not prep or portioned today. cut lettuce (50F - Cold Holding); cut tomatoes (51F - Cold Holding); sliced cheese (48F - Cold Holding); sliced beef (52F - Cold Holding), per employee food held less than 4 hours, ice bath containers for a quick chill **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Front counter- hot box-; beef empanada (112F - Hot Holding); croquettes (115F - Hot Holding), per employee food hot held less than two hours, employee turn temperature to higher degrees. **Corrective Action Taken** **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 12A-03-4:Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee used mop sink to wash hands. Warning
  • 11-27-4:Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Not available on site. Warning
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Cook line broken pipe under sink. Warning
  • 53B-02-5:Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Repeat Violation Warning
  • 02B-02-5:Intermediate - Raw/undercooked animal food offered and establishment has no written consumer advisory. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service. Warning
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Chicken stuffed for empanadas, prep two days ago. Warning
  • 45-04-4:Use of cooking equipment producing grease laden vapors/smoke with no hood suppression system installed. Notified Fire AHJ. For reporting purposes only. Observed two portable grill stoves, when use, kitchen fills up of smoke and employees are wide opening back entrance door to free smoke.

Inspection Date: 9/5/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8350930

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic cup in container of black beans in kitchen under prep table. Employee removed. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Warning
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Containers of fryer oil on floor by prep table beside back door and case of plastic gatorade bottles by front counter. Repeat Violation Warning
  • 05-09-4:Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. No ambient thermometer in front counter hot box. Warning
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Containers of black beans and rice under prep table in kitchen missing covers. Warning
  • 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Unknown substances in two bottles at cook line. Employee labeled bottles. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee in kitchen received order and put on gloves to begin preparing without washing hands first. Stopped employee and she washed hands and changed gloves. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At front counter HOT DISPLAY - croquettes (117F - Hot Holding); empanadas (107-112F - Hot Holding). Per manager cooked and in unit less than 1 hr. Items moved back to kitchen to reheat for proper hot holding. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 16-32-5:Intermediate - Incorrect chemical test kit provided for measuring the concentration of the sanitizer solution used in the three-compartment sink and/or dishmachine. Establishment using chlorine for sanitizer - quaternary test kit present. Warning
  • 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At hand sink in kitchen. Employee replaced paper towels. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 53B-01-5:Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. No training certificate available for employee in kitchen. Warning
  • 11-26-1:Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Kitchen employee without food handler testing missing signature sheet for responsibilities. Form printed and signed by employee. Corrected On-Site Warning