Cafe del Mar
101 S Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 · Permanent Food Service · License 1621890
What drove the grade
Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged.
How the score was calculated
- Starting score100
- Violations at the Oct 19 routine inspection4 high priority (1 no follow-up needed, 3 fixed on the spot), 1 intermediate (1 repeat), 3 basic (2 repeats)-21
- Safety score79
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Inspection history
1 inspection · 1 visitRoutine inspection
- First visitOct 19, 2026 No follow-up needed
Met the state's inspection standards; the inspector didn't need to come back. Any violations cited still count toward the grade.
8 violations found:
Official report, on the Florida DBPR websiteWhat the inspector cited
High priority4
Code 08, Food protection and cross-contamination: Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged.
Raw shrimps over bags of frozen onions and fries. Employee placed raw sea food on bottom shelf.
Fixed on the spot
Code 12, Handwashing and hygienic practices: Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food.
Employee wearing gloves tested the dishwasher sanitizer chlorine, then went to cook line, changed gloves to prepare customer order, without washing hands first, after manager educated employee on proper hand wash procedures, employee discarded gloves, washed hands and put in new pair of gloves.
Fixed on the spot
Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands.
Employee came into cook line, touched clean plate, without washing hands first, after manager instructed employee on proper hand wash procedures, employee washed hands.
Fixed on the spot
Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.
Intermediate1
Code 01, Approved source; food safe and unadulterated: Clam/mussel/oyster tags not marked with last date served.
Repeat violation
Basic3
Code 14, Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained: Equipment in poor repair.
Pizza station-broken flip top.
Repeat violation
Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Plumbing system in disrepair.
Front counter- hot water faucet not working in hand wash sink.
Repeat violation
Standing water in floor drain/floor drain draining very slowly.
Mop sink drainer.
Reading this report
Priority levels
- High priority The problems most likely to make someone sick directly.
- Intermediate Could lead to a high-priority problem if not fixed.
- Basic Best practices and general upkeep.
Terms in the inspectors’ reports
- Ready-to-eat food
- Food eaten without further cooking, such as salads, sandwiches, deli meats and cooked dishes.
- Vacuum breaker, backflow
- Plumbing parts that keep dirty water, such as from a mop sink hose, from flowing back into the clean water supply.