Wellington restaurant inspections: 17 of 22 in the clear

State inspectors made 25 visits to 22 restaurants, cafes, clubs and food trucks with a Wellington address between Oct. 1 and Oct. 30. At 17 of them, the latest visit of the month ended in the clear.

No Wellington business had an emergency order in October. Ten places that had problems on an earlier visit passed their callback inspection. Five ended the month with a warning or a recommended administrative complaint still open.

The figures come from the food service inspection file for District 2, which covers Palm Beach County. The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s Division of Hotels and Restaurants publishes it. Our copy was downloaded Oct. 31 and 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 25 inspections at 22 licensed Wellington establishments in October:

• 15 were first visits: 13 routine inspections, one prompted by a complaint and one licensing inspection of a new food truck.
• 10 were callbacks, return visits to check that problems had been fixed.

Of the 15 first visits, seven ended with no further action, one with a warning and seven with an administrative complaint recommended. Across Palm Beach County, 438 of 673 first visits in October ended with no further action, the same file shows.

Taking each establishment’s most recent result in October:

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The state file lists the city as Wellington for all 22. The state uses the mailing city, and a Wellington mailing address does not always mean a business is inside the village limits.

Fixes ahead of the season

Several places that had warnings or complaints this summer passed clean callbacks in October. The state recorded no violations at all on these visits:

• The three Guckenheimer-run kitchens at the National Polo Center, 3667 120th Ave. S.: The Pavilion, Mallet Grille and 7th Chukker, on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Each had a warning on Aug. 21. Mallet Grille’s August visit recorded 13 violations, eight of them high priority, and an extension was given Aug. 31.
• Kura Revolving Sushi Bar, 1349 S. State Road 7, on Oct. 12. Its routine visit Aug. 11 had ended in a warning, with 15 violations, 11 of them high priority.
• Casa Tequila, 12795 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 11A, on Oct. 5. In August it had an administrative complaint recommended on a routine visit and again on a callback the next day.
• The Fresh Pita Club, 13873 Wellington Trace, on Oct. 6, after an administrative complaint was recommended Aug. 6.

Whit’s Frozen Custard, 13860 Wellington Trace, Suite 43, also complied on its callback Oct. 20, with one violation recorded. It had a warning Aug. 20.

Three places had an administrative complaint recommended in October and passed a callback within days:

• Jo Jo’s Raw Bar & Grill, 13889 Wellington Trace, Suite A20, after a complaint inspection Monday, Oct. 5. The callback Oct. 6 recorded no violations. It is the restaurant’s second complaint inspection since July 1. The first, July 27, also ended in a recommended complaint and a clean callback the next day.
• Talkin Tacos, 10140 Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 170, inspected Oct. 20. Its callback Oct. 28 recorded no violations.
• 3 Natives, 11924 Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 8, inspected Oct. 26. Its callback Oct. 27 recorded two violations, one high priority, and the outcome “complied.”

Two food trucks had first visits with no violations: Tu Fat Soulfood, at its licensing inspection Tuesday, Oct. 13, and Rolling Chefs, on a routine inspection Oct. 26.

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. The file does not yet show a later visit for any of them.

Wellington National Golf Club holds two state food licenses. The inspection of its other license, also Oct. 28, ended with no further action and two violations, none high priority.

A warning means the inspector set a deadline to fix the violations and will return. “Administrative complaint recommended” means the inspector sent the case to the division’s legal staff. Any fine comes later through the division’s own process, and the business can contest it. That can still happen at a place that later passed a callback.

Every business named here can give its side. If one does, we will add its response. Write to hello@wellingtonlive.com.

The other first visits

Four more routine inspections ended with no further action: Olive U Mediterranean Grill, 2535 N. State Road 7, on Oct. 26, and Park Ave BBQ & Grill, 13897 Wellington Trace, Lindburgers, 13860 Wellington Trace, and the Wellington National Golf Club license above, all Oct. 28.

Daniella’s at Village Walk, 2540 Villagewalk Circle, Suite 3, also ended with no further action on Oct. 20. The state recorded 12 violations there, seven of them high priority. The file does not say why no follow-up was set. The full report, on the state’s license search, lists each violation in the inspector’s words.

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, with the state’s license and inspection search.
• Report a food safety problem online through the Division of Hotels and Restaurants or by calling 850-487-1395. A complaint can lead to an unannounced inspection, as one did in Wellington in October.

Our guide to restaurant inspections in Wellington explains each outcome and compares the village with the county since July 1. For places to eat, see where to eat in Wellington, and for openings, new businesses in Wellington.