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PADRINO'S CUBAN CUISINE

PADRINO'S CUBAN CUISINE maintains a 2.2/5 food safety rating based on 6 health department inspections in FORT LAUDERDALE. Food safety practices have remained consistent.

1135 North Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33304
Broward County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5)
Based on 6 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 10/29/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10914304

  • 13-07-4:Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Employee on cook line wearing watch. Employee removed. Corrected On-Site
  • 21-10-4:Basic - Soiled dry wiping cloth in use. Soiled wiping cloth on cutting board at kitchen make line. Employee removed. Corrected On-Site
  • 12A-18-4:High Priority - Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. Employee on cook line wiped hands on soiled cloth after plating food item. Reviewed procedures with employee and employee washed hands and changed gloves. Corrected On-Site
  • 12A-28-4:High Priority - Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee on cook line with gloves hands on hips while waiting for good to cook. Reviewed procedures with employee and manager and employee removed gloves and washed hands. Corrected On-Site
  • 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. Tray with commercial plantains and french fries at cook line missing time mark. Per manager placed on time control at 11:00am open. Employee added time mark to 3:00pm. Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 3/19/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8844703

  • 23-24-4:Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Reach in freezer doors soiled with food debris
  • 01B-13-4:High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Garlic oil at expo line and waiter station held on TPHC. Four hour time limit due at 3pm. 3:40 pm garlic oil still being used.
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On expo line, chimichurri sauce 48°F. Not prepared or portioned today. Held on ice for less than two hours. Operator moved to cooler to quick chill **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 03F-04-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food held using time as a public health control not discarded at the end of the 4-hour/6-hour period. See stop sale. Garlic oil at expo line and waiter station held on TPHC. Four hour time limit due at 3pm. 3:40 pm garlic oil still being used. Operator discarded garlic oil.

Inspection Date: 7/30/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8737865

  • 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ac vent in back of kitchen by reach in freezer soiled with dust
  • 10-17-4:Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Observed 1 knife stored between counter and steam table. Operator relocated knife. Corrected On-Site
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood vent above cookline soiled with grease
  • 21-10-4:Basic - Soiled dry wiping cloth in use. Observed 1 dry soiled wiping cloth at cookline. Operator discarded. Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 5/29/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8681739

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

Inspection Date: 5/28/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8671620

  • 23-24-4:Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Triple door freezer - prep area. Warning
  • 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Cookline. Repeat Violation 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. Cook handled raw chorizo then handled clean ice scoop to scoop ice without removing gloves and washing hands. Reviewed proper procedures and cook washed hands/changed gloves. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 01D-01-5:High Priority - Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded. Raw Flounder in ceviche. Non-exempt fish may not be served raw or undercooked. Warning
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Cookline hand sink blocked by large black containers. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Warning

Inspection Date: 5/10/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8359002

  • 24-05-4:Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Observed throughout. Operator inverted all. Corrected On-Site
  • 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Observed wet stacked containers at storage area. Operator separated to dry. Corrected On-Site
  • 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Operator removed and stored in container. Corrected On-Site
  • 10-06-5:Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container. Observed tong handle in shredded beef in hot holding unit at cook-line. Operator removed and replaced with clean/sanitized tongs. Corrected On-Site
  • 25-06-4:Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Observed single serve boxes not inverted at bar area. Operator inverted. Corrected On-Site
  • 21-10-4:Basic - Soiled dry wiping cloth in use at cook line. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses throughout. Operator moved wipe cloths to sanitizer solution. Corrected On-Site
  • 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Sugar at server station and salt at cook-line. Operator wrote common name. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 29-42-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Observed handwashing sink blocked by a cart at line cook area. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed a strainer in handwashing sink at bar area. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site