State inspectors checked 44 Plantation food businesses in October; 34 ended in the clear. A Denny's had an emergency order and passed the next day. Full list.
State inspectors visited 44 restaurants, cafes, hotels and other food businesses with a Plantation address between Oct. 1 and Oct. 30. At 34 of them, the latest visit of the month ended in the clear.
One restaurant, the Denny’s on West Sunrise Boulevard, had an emergency order recommended. It passed its callback inspection the next day. Ten places ended the month with a warning, an extension or a recommended administrative complaint still open.
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. 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 51 inspections at 44 Plantation establishments in October:
- 41 were first visits: 34 routine inspections, five prompted by a complaint and two licensing inspections of new or changed businesses.
- 10 were callbacks, return visits to check that problems had been fixed.
On first visits, the inspector recorded no high-priority violation at 19 of 41. First visits recorded a median of three violations of any kind.
Taking each establishment’s most recent result in October:
| Latest result | Establishments |
|---|---|
| Inspection completed, no further action | 28 |
| Callback, complied | 5 |
| Emergency order recommended, then complied on callback | 1 |
| Administrative complaint recommended | 5 |
| Callback, extension given | 3 |
| Warning issued, callback not yet recorded | 2 |
The state file lists the city as Plantation for all 44. The state uses the mailing city, and a Plantation mailing address does not always mean a business is inside the city limits.
The emergency order
An inspector visited the Denny’s at 12100 W. Sunrise Blvd. on a routine inspection Wednesday, Oct. 14. The state recorded five violations, four of them high priority, and the outcome “emergency order recommended.”
The inspector returned Thursday, Oct. 15, and recorded “emergency order callback complied,” with no violations at all. An emergency order can close a business until an inspector returns and finds the problems fixed. The file does not say whether the restaurant closed in between.
It is the fifth Plantation emergency order since July 1. Our restaurant inspections guide lists the other four, and every one complied on a follow-up visit.
Clean visits and fixes
Three first visits in October recorded no violations at all:
- Uncle Lee, 7700 Peters Road, at its licensing inspection Oct. 1
- The Dutch Pot Jamaican Restaurant, 111 N. State Road 7, on a routine inspection Oct. 27
- Need a Break, 4053 Peters Road, on a routine inspection Oct. 27
Five callbacks also found nothing to record: the Denny’s on Oct. 15, RA Sushi, 319 N. University Drive, on Oct. 15, Holiday Inn Express Plantation, 1701 N. University Drive, on Oct. 21, Panda Express at Broward Mall on Oct. 21, and Potbelly Sandwich Works, 1716 N. University Drive, on Oct. 2.
RA Sushi and Panda Express each had an administrative complaint recommended on a routine visit the day before the callback. Holiday Inn Express had a warning Oct. 19, with three high-priority violations. Boali, 8353 W. Sunrise Blvd., had a warning in August and passed its callback Oct. 12.
Potbelly’s licensing visit came before the shop’s opening at Plantation Pointe, which we reported Oct. 27.
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.
| Establishment | Date | Type | Result | High-priority / total violations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marthabrae Jamaican Restaurant, 3951 W. Broward Blvd., Suite A170 | Oct. 30 | Complaint | Administrative complaint recommended | 2 / 6 |
| Khan Babba, 1755 N. University Drive | Oct. 29 | Callback | Extension given | 0 / 2 |
| Sticky Rice, 330 S. University Drive | Oct. 28 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 3 / 6 |
| KZ Lounge, 1826 N. University Drive | Oct. 28 | Licensing callback | Extension given | 0 / 3 |
| Las Vegas II, 7015 W. Broward Blvd. | Oct. 22 | Complaint | Administrative complaint recommended | 1 / 7 |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill, 1760 N. University Drive | Oct. 15 | Routine | Administrative complaint recommended | 1 / 2 |
| Dandana Hookah Cafe, 1763 N. University Drive | Oct. 15 | Routine | Warning issued | 1 / 10 |
| Papa John’s Pizza, 7811 W. Sunrise Blvd. | Oct. 13 | Complaint | Warning issued | 0 / 4 |
| Jersey Mike’s Subs, 6959 W. Broward Blvd. | Oct. 12 | Callback | Administrative complaint recommended | 0 / 1 |
| Phuse Cream, 9 N. State Road 7 | Oct. 9 | Callback | Extension given | 0 / 1 |
Some of these follow earlier visits:
- Khan Babba had a warning on a routine visit Oct. 27, with 20 violations, eight of them high priority. That was the highest high-priority count in Plantation in October. The callback two days later recorded two violations, none high priority.
- Phuse Cream had a warning Oct. 8, with six violations, none high priority.
- KZ Lounge and Jersey Mike’s Subs were callbacks on warnings issued in August.
- Las Vegas II also had an administrative complaint recommended on a routine visit Sept. 17.
- Marthabrae has a second location, at 1923 N. Pine Island Road. Its routine visit there Oct. 15 ended with no further action.
A warning means the inspector set a deadline to fix the violations and will return. An extension gives more time. “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@plantationnow.com.
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 five did in Plantation in October.
Our guide to restaurant inspections in Plantation explains each outcome. For places to eat, see where to eat in Plantation, and for openings, new businesses in Plantation.
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