BIG CITY TAVERN
609 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33301
Broward County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★½☆☆ (2.5/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 3/24/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
0
Basic
2
Total
3
Inspection Details:
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. On prep table employee cups stored on table where food is bring preparation
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. At dish area, equipment wet nesting. Operator moved utensils to properly dry **Corrected On-Site**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At cook line, cut tomatoes (45F - Cold Holding); cooked onions (43F - Cold Holding). Operator stated held less than 1 hour.
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/24/2025 revealed 3 total violations (1 high priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic).
Inspection on 1/29/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
3
Total
7
Inspection Details:
- 50-09-4:Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
- 29-17-4:Basic - Waste line missing at soda gun holster. Bar soda guns.
- 21-08-4:Basic - Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Cookline - Sanitizer Bucket (Quaternary less than 150ppm). Operator made new solution. Quaternary 400ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
- 12A-16-4:High Priority - Employee entered cookline, put on gloves and began working with food - cooking a hamburger - without first washing hands. Reviewed proper hand washing and employee properly washed hands. **Corrected On-Site**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Expo soda gun and 1 bar soda gun.
- 52-02-4:Intermediate - Misrepresentation of a fruit or fruit juice. Brunch and Lunch menu states, "Fresh Orange Juice from Pompano Beach" however establishment is serving commercially produced orange juice from their purveyor. **Admin Complaint**
- 48-04-4:Propane tank (larger than 2.7 lb. water capacity/1 lb. gas capacity) located inside of the building. For reporting purposes only. 12 by office door. Inspector will email inspection report to fire marshal for review.
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/29/2025 revealed 7 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 3 basic).