CULINARY AFFAIRS

Name: CULINARY AFFAIRS
Address: 2400 GRIFFIN RD, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, 33312, US
Rating: 85.8

2400 GRIFFIN RD, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33312

License #1620723

85.8 Grade B / 100

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CULINARY AFFAIRS in FORT LAUDERDALE currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 85.8 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has been inspected 5 times from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on March 27, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 28 total violations — 11 critical, 3 major, 14 minor.

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The latest inspection on March 27, 2026 shows 4 observation rows: 3 critical, 0 major, and 1 minor.

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Disposition: Inspection Completed - No Further Action
[12A-13-4] Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Dishwasher failed to wash hands before removing clean pans from sanitizer immediately after washing and rinsing them. Reviewed with manager and employee proper procedures and employee starting washing hands.
[08B-47-4] Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. One set of wire shelving in walk in cooler has lowest shelf at floor level.
[22-42-4] Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Triple sink sanitizer reading less than 50ppm chlorine. Manager remade to proper 100ppm chlorine.
[08A-05-6] Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. 1) In walk in cooler, flats of raw shell eggs above boxes of juices. Manager moved eggs to separate shelf to properly separate. 2) On speed rack in walk in cooler, trays of raw fish above trays of cooked chicken. Manager moved fish to bottom of rack.

Disposition: Warning Issued
[14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. Walk in cooler leaking condensation water. Gaskets are torn.
[38-02-4] Twenty (20) foot-candles of light at least 30 inches from floor not provided in ware washing area.
[08B-54-4] Uncovered piccadillo sauce stored in walk in cooler, light fixture dripping water into sauce. See stop sale.
[02C-03-5] Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Milk in reach in cooler across grill, opened yesterday morning, 25 hours ago not date marked. Operator date marked .
[03D-02-5] Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Lentil soup 50F-57F, in walk in cooler, cooked yesterday in a deep covered container. Operator in the process of reheating part of the same lentil soup. See stop sale
[01B-36-5] Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within two hours and from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. See stop sale. Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Lentil soup 50F-57F, in walk in cooler, cooked yesterday in a deep covered container. Operator in the process of reheating part of the same lentil soup.
[12B-13-4] Opened employee open water bottle in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers across grill. Operator removed.
[01B-13-4] Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Sauce piccadillo, condescension water dripping into sauce from ceiling of walk in cooler.
[02D-01-5] Working containers of panko and cumin removed from original container not identified by common name, in front of walk in cooler #2. Operator labeled.
[01B-01-4] Dented/rusted cans present. 3 cans of vegetarian beans dented in dry storage area next to walk in cooler. See stop sale.
[03D-15-4] Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Lentil soup 50F-57F, in walk in cooler, cooked yesterday in a deep covered container.

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