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KOBO CAFE

230 20 ST, Miami Beach FL 33139 · 516-672-4476

Last inspected Aug 6, 2026 · 6 visits since August 2023

Licence typeRestaurant
Seats38
Risk levelRisk Level 2
LicenceSEA2337561
Grade history
JUL 24
JAN 25
JUL 25
DEC 25
AUG 26
▼ IMPROVING

5 inspections trending up, 15 points better than where it started.

Worst finding on record
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Observed the license expired on 10-01-2025.
High priority/50-17-3/Admin Complaint
Badges — 1 earned
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined

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Inspection history

6 visits, newest first

Aug 6, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

0 High priority1 Intermediate0 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 1 finding
Water treatment device has not been inspected or serviced according to manufacturer's instructions. Observed behind the black curtain.
Intermediate/29-28-4
Dec 9, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

1 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Observed the license expired on 10-01-2025.
High priority/50-17-3/Admin Complaint
Jul 24, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

0 High priority0 Intermediate1 Basic
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Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed the reach in cooler gasket soiled.
Basic/23-03-4
Jan 13, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

0 High priority0 Intermediate1 Basic
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Ice buildup in reach-in freezer.
Basic/14-69-4
Jul 25, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

2 High priority0 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.
High priority/22-41-4/Corrected On-Site/Repeat Violation
Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed the cook go outside and return to the kitchen and put on gloves to prepare an order without washing his hands first.
High priority/12A-07-5
Garbage can located outside has no lid or lid open/broken.
Basic/33-15-4
Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. The chef put the towel in the sanitizer bucket.
Basic/21-09-4/Corrected On-Site
Aug 31, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

1 High priority1 Intermediate1 Basic
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Dishmachine not sanitizing properly. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. The manager filled up the sink with quaternary sanitizer.
High priority/22-49-4/Corrective Action Taken
Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed by the dish machine.
Intermediate/41-17-4
Missing drain plug at dumpster.
Basic/33-11-4

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.