WAVES BAR & GRILL
321 North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33304
Broward County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 4/18/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
2
Basic
6
Total
9
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 12B-12-5:Basic - Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. -Cookline employee drinking from open water container. **Warning**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. -Reach in cooler bottom drawer under oven not remaining closed. **Warning**
- 36-22-4:Basic - Floor area by ware washing station covered with standing water. **Warning**
- 14-36-5:Basic - Interior of refrigerator in disrepair has torn gaskets. **Warning**
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees at bar. **Warning**
- 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of right reach-in-cooler at pizza section. **Warning**
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. -Bar hand washing sink used as dump sink. Operator removed strainer. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink at bar. **Warning**
- 48-01-5:No current insurance inspector boiler report or boiler certificate available for boiler. For reporting purposes only. Operator provided invoice for North Tower boiler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
Food safety inspection conducted on 4/18/2025 revealed 9 total violations (0 high priority, 2 intermediate, 6 basic).
Inspection on 3/27/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
0
Basic
1
Total
3
Inspection Details:
- 36-36-4:Basic - Ceiling tile missing. Above prep area.
- 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 - chicken empanadas. Operator properly time stamped. **Corrected On-Site**
- 48-01-5:No current insurance inspector boiler report or boiler certificate available for boiler. For reporting purposes only.
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/27/2025 revealed 3 total violations (1 high priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic).
Inspection on 1/9/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
1
Basic
1
Total
4
Inspection Details:
- 02D-03-4:Basic - Label on a food item prepared and packaged onsite for customer self-service does not include product identity/description, date product was packaged and name and address of the establishment that prepared and packaged the food. Grab and go fruit cups. Operator labeled during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
- 03D-06-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Cookline - drawers - raw fish - ambient cooling 1 hour at 12:30pm (41-48F - Cooling) at 1pm 45-48F. At this rate, proper cooling will not occur. Operator moved items to freezer to quick chill. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Outside bar - unlabeled spray bottle with cleaner. Operator properly labeled. **Corrected On-Site**
- 48-01-5:No current insurance inspector boiler report or boiler certificate available for boiler. For reporting purposes only.
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/9/2025 revealed 4 total violations (1 high priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic).