HOWLEY'S RESTAURANT
Dixie Highway
West Palm Beach, Florida, 33405
Palm Beach County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection Date: 2/12/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8471724
- 06-09-1:Basic - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Raw fish in bottom reach in cooler drawers
- 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 observed using barehands to cut ready to eat celery not to be cooked. Educated on site. Gloves used. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. shrimp (46F - Cold Holding); fish (46F - Cold Holding); in bottom reach in drawer on cook line. Not prepped or portioned today. In unit over four hours.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. shrimp (46F - Cold Holding); fish (46F - Cold Holding); in bottom reach in drawer on cook line. Not prepped or portioned today. In unit over four hours.
- 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked potatoes (94-111F - Hot Holding) on front counter cook line. Potatoes out less than four hours. Side of stove top turned off. Reheated to 165F. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. In outdoor dry storage room Operator voluntarily discarded **Corrective Action Taken**
- 27-16-4:Intermediate - Water with a temperature of at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. End of cook line 74F
Inspection Date: 8/15/2023
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8471054
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Inspection Date: 8/14/2023
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8352221
- 03D-02-5:High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. chicken soup (46F - Cooling); cooked marinara sauce (46F - Cooling) in walk in cooler. Per operator food not prepped or portioned today. In unit overnight. Covered in large containers. Food did not reach 41 F within 6 hours. Warning
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs over cooked pasta in first bottom reach in cooler at beginning of cook line. Removed. Corrected On-Site Warning
- 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. chicken soup (46F - Cooling); cooked marinara sauce (46F - Cooling) in walk in cooler. Per operator food not prepped or portioned today. In unit overnight. Covered in large containers. Food did not reach 41 F within 6 hours. Warning
- 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle of sanitizer stored with seasonings on rack in dry storage room in kitchen. Removed. Corrected On-Site Warning
- 03D-15-4:Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. chorizo (79F - Cooling) at 9:15 am to 79F at 9:35 am since 8:00 am. Food covered in plastic container. Lid Removed and placed in walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** Warning
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Hand sink at front counter. Corrected On-Site Warning
- 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. Emailed to operator Warning