RICAS PUPUSAS LATIN FOOD
1305 S FEDERAL HWY, Boynton Beach FL 33435 · 561-603-9574
Last inspected Apr 6, 2026 · 7 visits since December 2023
5 inspections, swinging between A and C. Consistency is the problem here, not any single visit.
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. Cook pulling chicken with bare hands. Cook went to wash her hands and put gloves on.
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 4 recorded, 3 high priority.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 12/1/25.
Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Observed Raw beef not in commercial packaging over cheese, raw chicken over French fries both products not in commercial packaging at chest freezer. Operator stored products properly.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. raw beef (54F - Cold Holding) Per operator, transported in car out of refrigeration from El Bodegon grocery store. Per operator, not prepared or portioned today. Per operator, out of temperature for approximately 1 hour. Operator placed product in chest freezer to quick chill.
Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Sauté pans not inverted at storage rack.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In the reach in cooler, raw chicken was stored over raw beef. The items were switched
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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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. Cook pulling chicken with bare hands. Cook went to wash her hands and put gloves on.
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 3 violations recorded, 2 high priority.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. 12.1.24. Operator renewed license during inspection.
Raw chicken and beef stored over cheese in reach in cooler. Operator removed beef and chicken.
Employee personal cellphone stored in or above a food preparation area, on cutting board in prep area. Operator removed.
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. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 12/01/23.
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Chest freezer - raw chicken over French fries - operator inverted.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. display case - scrambled eggs (96F - Hot Holding); cooked hot dog (101F - Hot Holding) operator states held under 2 hours - moved to oven.
Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee washed hands in 3 compartment sink - instructed employee on proper hand washing procedures.
Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Employee eating on the make table cutting board - employee removed the food and sanitized area.
Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. At 3 compartment sink.
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.