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Licensee
Name:
ARUBA BEACH CAFE
License Number:
SEA1614440
Rank:
Seating
License Expiration Date:
12/01/2026
Primary Status:
Current
Secondary Status:
Active
Location Address:
1 COMMERCIAL BLVD LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SE, FL 33308
Inspection Information
Inspection Type
Inspection Date
Result
High Priority Violations
Intermediate Violations
Basic Violations
Complaint Full
09/10/2026
Follow-up Inspection Required Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public. More information about inspections.
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Violations:
A summary of the violations found during the inspection are listed below.
The department cites violations of Florida's sanitation and safety laws,
which are based on the standards of U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Code.
High Priority violations are those which could contribute directly to a foodborne
illness or injury and include items such as cooking, reheating, cooling and hand-washing.
Intermediate violations are those which, if not addressed, could lead to risk factors
that contribute to foodborne illness or injury. These violations include personnel training,
documentation or record keeping and labeling. Basic violations are those which are considered
best practices to implement. While most establishments correct all violations in a timely
manner (often during the inspection), the division's procedures are designed to compel
compliance with all violations through follow-up visits, administration action or closure
when necessary.
Basic - Cook drinking coffee from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Cook removed drink. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on cutting board. Second employee drink on salad flip top cutting board. Employees discarded drinks. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Observed calamari defrosting in rear sink in standing water. Operator turned on cold water for proper thawing. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Main Walk-In- conch chowder (52F-60F- cooling). Per operator item prepared last night and held in this unit overnight. See Stop Sale. **Warning**
High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee entered kitchen and put gloves on without washing hands and began preparing ready to eat soup. Reviewed Handwashing. Employee properly washed hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
High Priority - Main Bar- 10 Live, small flying insects found on mustard and ketchup containers. Operator exterminated insects, cleaned and sanitized area and discarded products. **Admin Complaint**
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged.
1.Left kitchen freezer- open commercially packaged raw chicken over ready to eat vegetables. Operator stored properly.
2 Right kitchen freezer- open commercially packaged raw shrimp over ready to eat plantains. Operator stored properly. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed raw mussels over ready to eat carrots in walk in cooler. Operator stored properly **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Main Walk-In- conch chowder (52F-60F- cooling). Per operator item prepared last night and held in this unit overnight. See Stop Sale. **Warning**
High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Main bar Sanitizer Bucket (Chlorine over 200ppm). Operator make new bucket-quaternary 200ppm. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided in the Front Entrance Bar Area. Operator placed paper towels at the bar. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Expo butter- provided Operator Time as a Public Health Control form. Operator completed form and posted. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
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