PLAYA BOWLS
100 COMMERCIAL BLVD UNIT B, Lauderdale-By-The-Se FL 33308 · 9084561587
Last inspected Jul 15, 2025 · 3 visits since November 2023
3 inspections within 13 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
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Inspection history
3 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. -Front counter employee used cellphone with bare hands then put on gloves to make a customers food order without washing hand and putting on gloves. Reviewed hand washing with person in charge.
Required employee training provided by an unapproved provider. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. License expired 2024 displayed by front counter.
Employee purses stored on storage shelf for food items. Operator removed and stored properly.
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Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed, by front counter register.
Ice buildup in reach-in freezer at front line. And standing 1 door reach in freezer.
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 1 violations recorded, 1 high priority.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Front counter. Operator replaced.
No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. 2 employees without food handler/CFM training. Employees filled Food Employee Reporting Agreement out during inspection.
Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
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.