CEDAR'S PALACE
4060 GALT OCEAN DR, Fort Lauderdale FL 33308 · 954.564.6166
Last inspected Oct 27, 2025 · 9 visits since February 2024
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OCT 25
— STEADY
5 inspections within 23 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cheese slices (44F - Cold Holding); cheese slices (45F - Cold Holding); milk (45F - Cold Holding) items help over night. Operator moved items to working cooler to chill
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
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Inspection history
9 visits, newest first
Oct 27, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate3 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 3 findings
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
Floor soiled under cookline has accumulation of grease.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Cookline reach in cooler gaskets soiled
Sep 24, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate3 Basic
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Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable at cookline.
Floor soiled/has accumulation of grease under cooking equipment.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Cookline reach in cooler gaskets.
Jul 24, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate4 Basic
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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. -reduced oxygen packaged fish thawing in reach in cooler at cookline, operator removed from packaging.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. -Reach in cooler gaskets.
Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface at cookline.
Walk-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
Feb 27, 2025□ Call Back - CompliedRoutine Inspection
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
0 High priority0 Intermediate1 Basic
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Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
Feb 14, 2025Warning IssuedRoutine Inspection
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 10 recorded, 1 high priority.
1 High priority2 Intermediate7 Basic
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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.
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Left cookline hand washing sink, used as dump sink as evidence by food excessive food debris
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. -exterior bar -Cookline -Wait station Operator provided.
Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine.
Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles at cook line reach in cooler and walk in cooler.
Floor area(s) covered with standing water. -Walk in cooler
Ice buildup in all 3 reach-in freezer units.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. -left and right reach in cooler unit gaskets at cookline.
Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
Wall soiled with accumulated grease at cookline left of microwave.
Oct 25, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority2 Intermediate5 Basic
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. -Interior bar soda gun
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. -kitchen area next to ware washing station; operator provided.
Accumulation of sand particles in the interior of the ice bin at interior bar.
Ceiling shows damage.
Employee personal food not properly stored. -Walk in cooler employee beverage stored in a container above ready to eat foods. Operator stored properly.
Ice buildup in two reach-in chest freezers.
Interior of microwave has accumulation of food debris at cook line.
May 14, 2024□ Call Back - CompliedRoutine Inspection
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
0 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
May 13, 2024Warning IssuedRoutine Inspection
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 7 recorded, 2 high priority.
2 High priority3 Intermediate2 Basic
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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. 0PPM. Chlorine. Operator changed sanitizer 100ppm
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cheese slices (44F - Cold Holding); cheese slices (45F - Cold Holding); milk (45F - Cold Holding) items help over night. Operator moved items to working cooler to chill
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. At bar, soda gun soiled with mold like substance
No soap provided at handwash sink. No soap at hand wash sink by cook line. Operator supplied soap
Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. On cook line spray bottle not labeled
Equipment in poor repair. Torn gasket in cooler on cook line across from fryer
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Handles on reach in coolers on cook line soiled with grease, food debris.
Feb 20, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority1 Intermediate4 Basic
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Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw pork bacon stored over ready to eat potatoes (fries) in cookline chest freezer. Operator stored all items properly.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Cookline - sausage (114-116F - Hot Holding). Per operator holding less than an hour. Operator placed on Time as a Public Health Control. Operator printed TPHC form and filled out during inspection.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Outside bar soda gun and inside bar soda gun.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl in tuna salad. Operator removed.
Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles and gaskets. All cookline reach in coolers.
Interior of cookline and prep area microwaves has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.
Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Cookline reach in units.
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.