BIG CITY TAVERN
609 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33301
Broward County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection Date: 3/24/2025
- 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.
Inspection Date: 1/29/2025
- 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.
Inspection Date: 6/4/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8650712
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed cooked portioned rice (45-53F - Cold Holding). As per Operator, rice was moved from walk-in cooler to make table approximately 2 hours prior at 3:00PM. Operator placed a cover on bin and covered with bags of ice to cool down. Retested 41F ** Corrected On-Site** Corrected On-Site
Inspection Date: 4/10/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8352012
- 36-22-4:Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Observed at back kitchen prep area. Operator removed water from floor. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses at cook-line. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees.
- 25-06-4:Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination at server station. Operator turned containers over. Corrected On-Site
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Observed open container of cooked chicken wings in walk-in cooler. Operator covered. Corrected On-Site
- 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Observed mop not inverted. Operator turned mop over. Corrected On-Site