MEAT MARKET BOCA RATON
2000 NW 19 ST, Boca Raton FL 33431
Last inspected Apr 27, 2026 · 7 visits since October 2023
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5 inspections, one direction. The current grade is the worst on record.
Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Main kitchen cook line- observed employee touched ready to eat steak with bare hands to send out for immediate service without washing hands or putting on gloves. Operator had employee was hands and change gloves.
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Apr 27, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 13 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
3 High priority3 Intermediate7 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 13 findingsThe state's own report →
Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 6 lb 10 oz pumpkin
Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Draw at cook line at fish (48F - Cold Holding); beef burgers (48F - Cold Holding), chef topped with ice.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at handwashing sink at wait station
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No soap provided at handwash sink. No handwashing soap at employee wait station
Raw or undercooked oysters offered and establishment has no consumer advisory sign provided on wall, menu, placard, table tent or by any other written means. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service. Consumer advisory was emailed and manager posted at front bar and outside bar
Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Ice machine have a mold like substance by the ice chutes
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowls being used as scoops for flour canister. Chef removed
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.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee cup of coffee on cutting board. Employee discarded coffee
No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No handwashing sign at wait station for employees
Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Cut avocados at cook line with stickers, Chef discarded cut avocados and removed stickers and washed before cutting
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. All three flour containers not labeled. Employee labeled flour containers
Jan 12, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority2 Intermediate1 Basic
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Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed mashed potatoes 104F at steam table. Observed not enough water in steam table. Operator removed mashed potatoes and placed on stove to reheat to 165F.
No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed milk not date marked. Per operator milk was opened yesterday at 10AM, 26 hours has passed. Operator labeled 1/12/26.
Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed in walk in freezer #2 at back of house has ice buildup on door.
Jun 19, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority3 Intermediate2 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 fish over sauces. Chef moved fish.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soda gun soiled in service area.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels by handwashing sink by cook-line and no paper towels in employee restroom. Chef had paper towels filled
Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Hot water at handwashing sink by cook line at 80°F. Maintenance repaired handwashing sink hot water to 104°F
Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Mold like substance in ice machine.
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. White fish thawed still in reduced oxygen packaging. Chef removed fish from packaging.
Apr 25, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
3 High priority2 Intermediate2 Basic
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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 cutting cheese with no gloves. Employee discarded cheese that was cut and washed hands and put gloves on.
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef over open sauces and pickled ready to eat onions. Chef removed beef
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Four draw cooler on cook line at Crab cakes; (48F - Cold Holding); beef empanadas (48F - Cold Holding) chef removed all items to walk in cooler said that they were put there this morning (less than four hours).
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Handwashing sink at outside bar has no paper towels
Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Hot water at 78°F. Employee fixed water to over85°f
Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Three ice machinestogeather with mold like substance by the ice chute openings.
No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Handwashing sinks at both bars have no handwashing signs
Mar 10, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority3 Intermediate3 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. Dishwasher at 0 ppm Chef changed buckets and primed unit to 100 ppm
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Egg whites remnants found in handwashing sink on cook line. Chef cleaned handwashing sink
No soap provided at handwash sink. Soap dispenser at front bar not dispensing soap
Raw or undercooked oysters offered and establishment has no consumer advisory sign provided on wall, menu, placard, table tent or by any other written means. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service. No consumer advisory for oysters. Emailed advisory manager printed and posted advisory
Food stored on floor. Bags of onions on the floor in prep area. In walk in freezer by fish walk in cooler box of fish on the floor. Chef picked up box
No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No handwashing sign at front bar.
Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed fruits and vegetables over open containers of pickles. Chef moved pickles
Feb 14, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate2 Basic
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In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Main kitchen cook line- observed tongs on oven door handle. Employee removed tongs.
Soiled dry wiping cloth in use. Main kitchen cook line cutting board- observed soiled wiping cloth on cutting board. Operator removed wiping cloth.
Oct 3, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority0 Intermediate2 Basic
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Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Main kitchen cook line- observed employee touched ready to eat steak with bare hands to send out for immediate service without washing hands or putting on gloves. Operator had employee was hands and change gloves.
Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Outside bar- observed ice scoop handle being stored inside ice. Employee removed ice scoop.
Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. Main kitchen salad station- observed soiled wiping cloth on cutting board.
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