BUD'S CHICKEN & SEAFOOD
7912 S DIXIE HWY, West Palm Beach FL 33405 · 561.736.3344
Last inspected Jul 24, 2026 · 7 visits since July 2023
5 inspections within 10 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee beverage stored on chicken prep table. Employee removed.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Fryer utility line soiled with grease build up.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. In kitchen, sanitizer stored above prep station. Operator moved sanitizer to bottom shelf.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade soiled.
Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Above hot holding line, ceiling vents and tiles have accumulated dust.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. On prep table by walk in cooler, can opener soiled with food debris.
Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. One employee expired 5/2025
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. On prep line in back kitchen area, employee drink stored on shelf above prep table.
Food stored on floor. In walk in cooler buckets of prepared food stored on floor. At fryer station, fryer oil jug stored on floor.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Employee scooped ice with paper cup at drive thru soda station. Explained.
Ice buildup in walk-in freezer.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Upright cooler by breading station
Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Aluminum to go pans on top shelf in dry food storage room. Manager inverted.
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Employee touched raw shrimp, placed inside the frying basket and touched bread to build up a fried chicken sandwich; employee didn't change gloves and washed hands before touching ready to eat foods; manager educated; employee washed hands and changed gloves;
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 touched personal drink, wiped hands on soiled pants, touched bowls used to store foods like fries and corn fritters; manager educated and employee washed hands and changed gloves
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink at expo line Manager provided
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Several drinks on food prep tables in the kitchen Removed
Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation.
Floor area(s) covered with standing water at the back of kitchen
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust- windows at display case at the front counter
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior ice machine
Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Standing water in between floor tiles at mop sink
In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Spatulas between wall and triple sink
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets to one door coolers under hot holding unit
This record follows the licence, not the owner. Restaurants change hands and the licence history normally does not, so an older entry may describe people who no longer run the place. Every inspection above links to the state's own report. Something wrong? Tell us.