FIRST WATCH RESTAURANT #243
1880 North Congress Avenue
Florida, 33426
Palm Beach County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 1/24/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/24/2025 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 7/29/2024
High Priority
2
Intermediate
1
Basic
2
Total
5
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 32-12-5:Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.
- 12B-01-4:Basic - Employee eating while preparing food in cook line area in the kitchen. Discussed with the manger that employees cannot eat in the kitchen area while engaging in food preparation.
- 12A-25-4:High Priority - Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee touched head and bear guard and only switched gloves no hand washing observed. Discussed with manager the importance of hand washing. Employee washed hands.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Pork belly meat at 46f at 9:26 am put on prep area at 6:30 am. Manager moved to freezer. Pork belly second temp at 40f taken at 10:19am Corrected On-Site
- 03D-15-4:Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Manager put cooked onions and cooked zucchini in closed lids containers in the walk in cooler. Discussed with manager using proper cooling methods, manager removed the lids from containers. Corrected On-Site Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/29/2024 revealed 5 total violations (2 high priority, 1 intermediate, 2 basic).
Inspection on 3/8/2024
High Priority
4
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
4
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 12A-27-4:High Priority - Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Employee cracked egg then grabbed sauce bottle and cut avocados with same glove. Discussed with employee the importance of hand washing employee washed hands. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 12A-29-4:High Priority - Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee dropped milk creamer container on floor picked it up from floor no hand washing observed. Manager discussed with employee to wash hands employee washed hands. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw liquid egg batter over French toast batter reach in cooler. Employee removed to proper storage 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. Raw shelled eggs employe placed time mark and determined time Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/8/2024 revealed 4 total violations (4 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 10/4/2023
High Priority
2
Intermediate
0
Basic
7
Total
9
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting under bread toaster chipped, manager discarded Corrected On-Site
- 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. Employee drink with lid no straw in prep area, manager put straw in cup Corrected On-Site
- 13-04-4:Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Dishwasher with no beard guard, dishwasher put beard guard on Corrected On-Site
- 36-73-4:Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floor of walk in freezer has food debris
- 33-29-4:Basic - Grease receptacle lid open, broken, or missing. Lid missing for grease receptacle
- 22-08-4:Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Oven has old food debris
- 33-11-4:Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster.
- 12A-25-4:High Priority - Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Server touched face then touched clean plate without washing hands
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. sliced tomatoes (47F - Cold Holding) 42F; sausage (48F - Cold Holding) 43F; cooked sausage (45F - Cold Holding) 42F, in reach in cooler on cook line, manager iced all items cooked chicken (45F - Cold Holding) 43F in reach in cooler by stove, manager iced item Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 10/4/2023 revealed 9 total violations (2 high priority, 0 intermediate, 7 basic).