DirtyFLRestaurant Inspection Data

LESTERS DINER II

4701 Coconut Creek Parkway
Florida, 33063
Broward County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5)
Based on 7 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 11/12/2024

  • 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. Observed at kitchen prep table. Operator discarded. Corrected On-Site
  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket torn on right walk in cooler door.
  • 36-01-4:Basic - Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed. Observed at kitchen cookline Repeat Violation
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood vents at cookline soiled with grease
  • 16-46-4:Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Observed at dish area. Operator began removing lables **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Observed at cookline. Operator placed wiping cloth in sanitizer solution Corrected On-Site
  • 21-08-4:Basic - Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Sanitizer Bucket (Quaternary 50ppm). Operator remade solution. Quaternary tested 200ppm Corrected On-Site
  • 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Cooking oil Squeeze bottles not labeled at cookline. Operator labeled. Corrected On-Site
  • 12A-20-4:High Priority - Employee washed hands with no soap. Employee at kitchen washed hands with no soap. Instructed employee to use soap when washing hands. Reviewed proper hand washing procedures. Operator washed hands with soap Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-20-5:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw chicken over raw beef in left walk in cooler. Operator properly inverted Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Kitchen flip top cooler- sliced cheese (43-48F - Cold Holding). Per operator item on unit less than four hours. Observed items above fill line in container. Operator removed overflow layer and moved to freezer to rapid cool. Item not prospered or portioned today. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 11-07-5:Intermediate - Certified Food Manager or person in charge lacks knowledge of foodborne illnesses and symptoms of illness that would prevent an employee from working with food, clean equipment and utensils, and single-service items. Reviewed big 6 illnesses with operator provided hand out.
  • 03D-15-4:Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. 1. Salad station-At 10:15am cut lettuce 50F (ambient cooling for two hours) to 49F at 10:45am. At this rate, proper cooling to 41F in 4 hours will not occur. Observed items covered cooling. Operator removed cover and moved item to freezer to quick chill. 2. At 9:25am, cut tomatoes 49F (ambient cooling for 1 half hours to 48F at 10:00am. At this rate proper cooling to 41F in 4 hours will not occur. Observed tomatoes over filled in unit. Operator moved tomatoes to freezer to quick chill **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards at waffle station and salad station soiled with mold like substance
  • 03F-10-5:Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Provided and filled out with operator Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 7/20/2024

  • 32-12-5:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. No covered receptacle in employee restroom. - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-20: Observed at callback inspection same. **Time Extended**

Inspection Date: 7/19/2024

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Multiple plastic cups in bulk food items in prep kitchen. Employee removed all cups. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 24-28-4:Basic - Clean equipment/dishware/utensils stored below/beside soap or paper towel dispenser exposing the items to drips from people's hands. At front counter, milkshake machine and scoop sitting directly beside handwash sink providing possible contamination from washing hands.
  • 32-12-5:Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. No covered receptacle in employee restroom.
  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee water bottle on clean dish drain board at dish machine. Repeat Violation
  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee cell phone, watch, and keys on shelf next to dry spices in back prep area.
  • 36-01-4:Basic - Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed.Food debris buildup on floor around waffle station.
  • 25-06-4:Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. In back prep storage area foil to go pans not stored inverted. Manager inverted. Corrected On-Site
  • 21-10-4:Basic - Soiled dry wiping cloth in use. Multiple employees with soiled wiping clothes tucked into aprons. Repeat Violation
  • 12A-16-4:High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Dishwasher did not wash hands after replacing paper towels by dish machine and proceeded to put on gloves to handle clean dishes. Reviewed with employee proper handwashing and employee washed hands. Corrected On-Site
  • 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. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 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. Employees on cook line wiping hands on wiping clothes tucked into aprons and continuing to prepare food items. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 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 picked up dirty towel from floor and continued food preparation without washing hands and changing gloves. Reviewed with manager to discuss with employee proper procedures when handling dirty items. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In walk in freezer, open case of raw turkey sausage above open case prepared spinach. Manager rearranged for proper separation. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In 6 drawer cooler at cook line, container of raw breaded chicken above container of portioned cooked pork and container of sauerkraut. Manager rearranged for proper separation. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 08A-20-5:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. At 4 drawer cooler on cookline, container of raw chicken above container of raw steaks. Manager rearranged items for proper separation. Corrected On-Site
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At cookline KITCHEN FLIPTOP UPPER - shrimp salad (47F - Cold Holding); tuna salad (48F - Cold Holding); chicken salad (47F - Cold Holding); sliced Swiss cheese (49F - Cold Holding); sliced American cheese (48F - Cold Holding); LOWER - sliced turkey (46F - Cold Holding); smoked salmon (50F - Cold Holding); roast beef (48F - Cold Holding). Per employee all items pulled cold from walk-in and in unit just over 4 hrs. All items removed to walk in cooler to rapid rechill. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 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. At far end of cook line, time mark missing on raw pooled shell eggs and pancake batter. Per manager brought to line less than 3 hrs. Time mark added. Corrected On-Site
  • 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Threaded hose bibb with attacked hose by back door missing vacuum breaker.
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Strainers in hand sink in back prep kitchen. Employee removed. Corrected On-Site
  • 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At dishwasher hand sink. Employee replaced. Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 2/16/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8612814

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

Inspection Date: 2/15/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8609919

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic cup,in bulk containers of salt and rice on dry goods shelf. Manager removed. Warning
  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee uncovered glass of water on small prep table beside flattop at cook line. Employee covered glass and moved to lower shelf away from food items. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 21-10-4:Basic - Soiled dry wiping cloth in use. Employee with soiled dry clothes tucked into apron. Employee removed towels. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. One #10 can chili sauce on can rack with dented rim. Warning
  • 22-41-4:High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dish machine chlorine reading 0ppm chlorine after multiple attempts and changing sanitizer bucket. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 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 at cook line cracked raw shell eggs and continued preparing other foods and handled multiple plates without washing hands and changing gloves. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 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 quickly wiped hands on soiled wiping cloth tucked into his apron and continued to handle plates for orders. Warning
  • 09-01-4:High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee in prep area washed hands and began slicing tomatoes for service without putting on gloves. Stopped employee, discarded tomatoes already cut, explained hands wash and glove usage for ready to eat foods, and employee washed hands and put on gloves to continue working. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 12A-20-4:High Priority - Employee washed hands with no soap. Dishwasher finished a cleaning task and washed hands without using soap before handling clean dishes to put up. Warning
  • 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In walk in freezer, open case of raw lamb shanks above open containers of ice cream. Warning
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In 4 Drawer lowboy cooler at front end of cook line, container of raw breaded chicken above bags of french fries and container of raw chicken breast above container of portioned cooked pork. Employee rearranged all drawers for proper separation. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 08A-20-5:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In walk in freezer, container of non commercially wrapped veal liver above case of pork shoulder. Warning
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 1) Beside cook line, under no temperature or time control, pooled raw shell eggs 74F (Cold Holding); pooled egg whites (74F - Cold Holding). Per employee both items prepared at 6:30-7:00am. 2) In cook line FLIPTOP UPPER - house potato salad (47F - Cold Holding); cole slaw (46F); house chicken salad (45F); sliced cheeses (44-47F) LOWER - sliced pastrami (47F - Cold Holding); sliced corn beef (46F - Cold Holding). Per employee items not prepared this morning; all pulled directly from walk in unit to fliptop. Employee began to switch with new containers and adjusted temperature of unit. **Corrective Action Taken** Warning
  • 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No quaternary test kit for triple sink and sanitizer buckets. Warning

Inspection Date: 9/25/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8499828

  • 22-16-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. -Observed accumulation of old food residue buildup inside flip top cooler and gasket. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2023-09-25: Observed at callback inspection same. Gaskets on fliptop doors have food debris buildup. **Time Extended**
  • 12A-27-4:High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. -Observed chef cracked raw shell eggs and then touch sandwich bread without changing gloves and wash. Advice operator to change his gloves and wash hands Corrected On-Site Warning - From follow-up inspection 2023-09-25: Observed at callback inspection same. Employee on cook line cracked raw shell eggs and touched clean plate for side items for separate order without washing hands. Admin Complaint
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. -Observed raw burger patties stored over containers with homemade sauces in walk-in cooler . Operator relocate burger patties. -Observed raw chicken stored over cooked pork in refrigerator drawers. Operator removed chicken and stored properly. Corrected On-Site Warning - From follow-up inspection 2023-09-25: Observed at callback inspection same. 1) proper separation of raw items in walk in cooler. 2) containers of raw steaks above containers of raw shrimp and tomato sauce. Manager rearranged items for proper separation. Admin Complaint Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 9/14/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8496559

  • 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. -Observed accumulation of black mold like substance buildup inside ice machine. Warning
  • 25-25-4:Basic - Box containing roll/sheets of aluminum foil/plastic wrap/parchment paper/deli tissues has old food debris/soil residue inside. -Observed box containing plastic wrap with old food residue inside. Warning
  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. -Observed employee eyeglasses and keys stored on shelf above food preparation table. Operator removed and stored properly. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. -Observed 1 employee in prep area engaging in food preparation with no hair restraint. Warning
  • 36-17-5:Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. -Observed Floor tiles missing in dishwashing area. Warning
  • 08B-47-4:Basic - Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. -Observed cases with beef not stored at least 6 inches off walk in cooler floor. Warning
  • 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. -Observed no handwash sign at sink in dishwashing area. Warning
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. -Observed accumulation of dust buildup on Blodgett oven. Warning
  • 22-16-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. -Observed accumulation of old food residue buildup inside flip top cooler and gasket. Warning
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Observed an open container with marinara sauce stored in walk-in cooler. Sauce were placed in unit from yesterday. Not in cooling process. Operator covered sauce. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 41-07-4:High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. -Observed employee medication stored on shelf above food preparation table in prep station. Operator discarded at will. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 22-41-4:High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. -Observed chlorine sanitizer at dishwashing machine at 00 ppm. Warning
  • 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. -Observed chef cracked raw shell eggs and then touch sandwich bread without changing gloves and wash. Advice operator to change his gloves and wash hands Corrected On-Site 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. -Observed dishwasher handle dirty dishes and proceed to touch clean dishes without changing gloves and wash hands. Educate employee. Employee change gloves and wash hands. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. -Observed raw burger patties stored over containers with homemade sauces in walk-in cooler . Operator relocate burger patties. -Observed raw chicken stored over cooked pork in refrigerator drawers. Operator removed chicken and stored properly. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -Observed at 9:00 a.m., shrimp and chicken temps 44 °F in refrigerator drawers. Per operator, both items placed in unit at 8:10 a.m. at 10:01 shrimp temps at 39° and chicken at 40°F. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 41-15-5:High Priority - Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. -Observed chlorine sanitizer solution bucket exceeds 200 ppm. Operator Operator discarded and used quaternary ammonium sanitizer at 200 ppm. Corrected On-Site Warning