JUANA LA CUBANA CAFE
3308 GRIFFIN RD, Dania Beach FL 33312
Last inspected Jan 24, 2025 · 4 visits since July 2023
□ Not on the state's active licence list
This licence isn't in DBPR's current active file, which usually means the business has closed, been sold, or let the licence lapse. Everything below belongs to this licence, not to whoever may be trading here now. The history stays public because it is a public record.
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4 inspections trending up, 48 points better than where it started.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked onions (110F - Hot Holding) less than 4 hours ago on stove without any heat. Operator placed on stove to be reheated.
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Inspection history
4 visits, newest first
Jan 24, 2025Warning IssuedRoutine Inspection
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 3 recorded.
0 High priority2 Intermediate1 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 3 findings
Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/
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.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. An employee cell phone was stored on the electric meat slicer. The employee removed the cell phone.
Oct 3, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority2 Intermediate3 Basic
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Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/
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.
Equipment in poor repair. The reach in freezer next to the ice machine, the gaskets are torn.
Food stored on floor. In the walk in cooler, onions were stored on the floor. The onions were moved off of the floor.
Ice buildup in reach-in freezer. At the reach in freezer next to the ice machine, ice is built up at the gaskets.
Jan 25, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
0 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
Jul 31, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 17 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
5 High priority4 Intermediate8 Basic
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Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. At 1:20pm cooked black beans (101F - heated Cooling since 11am per operator, inside walk in cooler. Operator moved to cook line to reheat to 165F and restart the cooling process. Educate cook on proper cooling.
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Cooked white rice (52F ambient cooling since 9:30 am to 51 F at 1:50pm. Per cook, rice was taken out of walk in cooler for prepping then moved to walk in cooler at 9:30am. Rice cooling inside deep container. See stop sale
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter 70F( cold holding )under no temperature control for food safety held 4 hours ago on prep table next to cook line. Food not prepped or portioned today. Operator moved to 6 drawer cooler to quick chill. Suggested using TPHC.
Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Cooked white rice (52F ambient cooling since 9:30 am to 51 F at 1:50pm. Per cook, rice was taken out of walk in cooler for prepping then moved to walk in cooler at 9:30am. Rice cooling inside deep container. See stop sale
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked onions (110F - Hot Holding) less than 4 hours ago on stove without any heat. Operator placed on stove to be reheated.
Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Cooked white rice (52F ambient cooling since 9:30 am to 52F at 1:50pm inside deep container in walk in cooler. Educate cook on proper cooling techniques. See stop sale
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked white rice made Saturday July 29th per operator dated July 31. Operator discarded due to improper Cooling. See cooling violation
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.
Spray bottle containing toxic substance (bleach) not labeled next to 3 compartment sink in kitchen. Operator labelled bleach.
Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured in bar.
Ceiling tile missing in hallway to restroom.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils in kitchen. Operator removed
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee hat on top ketchup container in dry storage area. Operator removed
Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside.
Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. Container of oil on floor at end of cook line. Operator elevated
Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses in kitchen. Wet towel on top slicer in kitchen. Operator moved to sanitizer solution.
Working containers of food (oil) removed from original container not identified by common name in cook line. Operator labelled oil
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.