State inspectors checked 68 Pompano Beach food businesses in October. 49 ended in the clear, none had an emergency order and 15 had a complaint recommended.
State inspectors visited 68 restaurants, cafes, bars and other food businesses with a Pompano Beach address between Oct. 1 and Oct. 30. At 49 of them, the latest visit ended in the clear.
No Pompano Beach business had an emergency order in October. At 15, the latest visit ended with the inspector recommending an administrative complaint. Four more had a warning with no follow-up visit recorded yet.
The figures come from the food service inspection file for District 2, which covers Broward County. The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s Division of Hotels and Restaurants publishes it. We downloaded it Oct. 31, and it lists inspections through Oct. 30. Florida does not score or grade restaurants. Each visit records a count of violations and an outcome.
October in numbers
The file holds 75 inspections at 68 establishments in October:
- 62 were first visits: 54 routine inspections, four licensing inspections of new or changed businesses and four prompted by a complaint.
- 13 were callbacks, return visits to check that problems had been fixed. Some followed up visits from September.
On first visits, the inspector recorded no high-priority violation at 17 of 62. First visits recorded a median of 4.5 violations of any kind.
Taking each establishment’s most recent result in October:
| Latest result | Establishments |
|---|---|
| Inspection completed, no further action | 39 |
| Callback, complied | 10 |
| Administrative complaint recommended | 12 |
| Callback, administrative complaint recommended | 3 |
| Warning issued, callback not yet recorded | 4 |
The state file lists the city as Pompano Beach for all 68. A Pompano Beach mailing address does not always mean the business is inside the city limits. One, Rootzbarncafe, has a 33321 ZIP code on North University Drive, well west of the city. Two others are at the Florida’s Turnpike service plaza at mile marker 65.
Clean sheets and new places
Six first visits recorded no violations at all:
- Chilln Nitrogen Ice Cream, 1170 N. Federal Highway, routine inspection Oct. 12
- Kellys Cooking, 103 NE 3rd St., licensing inspection Oct. 12
- Legends Tavern & Grille, 10 SW 6th St., licensing inspection Oct. 12
- Slice House on the Beach, 255 N. Pompano Beach Blvd., licensing inspection Oct. 12
- Chili’s Grill & Bar, 2287 N. Federal Highway, complaint inspection Oct. 23
- Rutti Jeanne’s Crustation, 1001 NE 1st Ave., routine inspection Oct. 24
A fifth new or changed business, Deb’s Phillys, 2083 N. Powerline Road, Suite 3, had its licensing inspection Oct. 27. It ended with no further action.
Callbacks also cleared problems at several places. Quintal Brazil, 1905-1915 E. Atlantic Blvd., had a warning Oct. 6 with five high-priority violations; the inspector found none the next day. Jardin, 667 S. Dixie Highway W., Suite 3, and Break Time Resto 1 LLC, 2027 N. Dixie Highway, both complied the day after a warning.
Zoe’s Beachside Grill, 1350 N. Ocean Blvd., had an administrative complaint recommended Oct. 29, with eight violations, five of them high priority. A callback Oct. 30 recorded no violations and the outcome “complied.”
Still open at the end of the month
These are the places whose latest October result was not yet closed, as the state recorded it.
| Establishment | Date | Type | Result | High-priority / total violations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domino’s Pizza #3828, 912 S. Pompano Parkway | Oct. 30 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 1 / 2 |
| Subway 47874, 2300 W. Atlantic Blvd. | Oct. 30 | Routine | Warning issued | 3 / 6 |
| Taqueria Latina, 760 Sample Road | Oct. 29 | Routine | Warning issued | 2 / 10 |
| Grub Finer Diner, 14 N. Federal Highway | Oct. 28 | Callback | Administrative complaint recommended | 1 / 2 |
| Papa Gino’s Restaurant, 2608 N. Ocean Blvd., Suite 8 | Oct. 28 | Routine | Warning issued | 2 / 7 |
| Beach House Pompano, 270 N. Pompano Beach Blvd. | Oct. 26 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 2 / 4 |
| La Bella Cafe Caribbean Soul Food, 230 S. Cypress Road, Suite L | Oct. 26 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 2 / 9 |
| Lucky Fish, 222 N. Pompano Beach Blvd. | Oct. 26 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 4 / 6 |
| Cuban Cafe, 1699 Powerline Road | Oct. 23 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 5 / 7 |
| Little Italian Pizza, 448 S. Cypress Road | Oct. 23 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 4 / 5 |
| Lester’s Diner, 1924 E. Atlantic Blvd. | Oct. 20 | Callback | Administrative complaint recommended | 1 / 4 |
| Seaglass, 820 Lakeside Circle | Oct. 19 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 1 / 2 |
| Shishka Lebanese Grill, 1901 N. Federal Highway, Suite 109 | Oct. 14 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 4 / 8 |
| Bru’s Room, 235 S. Federal Highway | Oct. 12 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 3 / 5 |
| Chef Dee’s, 3919 N. Federal Highway | Oct. 12 | Routine | Warning issued | 3 / 10 |
| Seafood 2 Your Soul, 2600 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 13 | Oct. 7 | Callback | Administrative complaint recommended | 1 / 3 |
| Deccan Spice Indian Kitchen + Bar, 1149 S. Federal Highway | Oct. 5 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 6 / 11 |
| Stingers Bar & Grill, 1201 S. Ocean Blvd. | Oct. 5 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 2 / 8 |
| The Breakfast Club & Grill, 2335 NE 5th Ave. | Oct. 5 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 3 / 14 |
Two of the callbacks followed warnings earlier in the month. Grub Finer Diner had a warning Oct. 27, with 12 violations, seven of them high priority. Lester’s Diner had one Oct. 19, with eight violations, two of them high priority.
A warning means the inspector set a deadline to fix the violations and will return. “Recommended” means the inspector recommended a complaint. Any penalty comes later through the division’s own process, and the business can contest it.
Every business named here can give its side. If one does, we will add its response.
What it means for you
An inspection is a snapshot of conditions on the day of one visit. It is not a rating of the food, and a later visit can find something different.
- Look up any restaurant’s full report, including what each violation was, on the state’s inspection search and files page.
- Report a food safety problem online through the Division of Hotels and Restaurants or by calling 850-487-1395.
Our guide to restaurant inspections in Pompano Beach explains each outcome. For places to eat, see where to eat in Pompano Beach.
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