Dirty Dining: Timanmi’s Kitchen In Boynton Beach Temporarily Shut Down

Live And Dead Roaches. 13 Violations. Failed Follow-up Inspection.

Boynton Beach, FL – Boca Post (BocaPost.com) — Timanmi’s Kitchen in Boynton Beach was temporarily closed by the health department earlier this month with 7 high priority health violations.

On January 10th, 2022, Timanmi’s Kitchen was the subject of a health inspection that the restaurant failed with 12 violations including the discovery of dead as well as live roaches in various locations of the premises. The restaurant also had many food safety violations regarding cooking and storage temperatures. A list of the violations can be seen below:

• Basic – Dead roaches on premises. 1 dead roach on seal of chest freezer across back door. 20+ dead roaches under air conditioning next to upright freezer in back room. 20+ dead roaches under refrigeration at cook line **Warning**
• 4 Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris under all cold holding units in kitchen and back room. **Warning**
• Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris and dirt, lid of bean container in kitchen, top of grease trap . **Warning**
  08B-38-4 Basic – Plantains and cooked cabbage stored on floor at cook line. **Warning**
• High Priority – Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. Pork stew 10:30 (90°F-98°F – Cooling); pork stew 11:05 (80°F-91°F – Cooling) deep container stacked on top of each other. Stew was cooked 5 hours ago. **Warning**
• High Priority – 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 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. Pork stew 10:30 (90°F-98°F – Cooling); pork stew 11:05 (80°F-91°F – Cooling) deep container stacked on top of each other. Stew was cooked 5 hours ago. **Warning**
• High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. Raw beef over vegetables in upright freezer in back room. **Warning**
• High Priority – Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 3 live roaches on the floor under triple sink / kitchen, next to two buckets of unpeeled plaintains. 3 live roaches under hand washing sink next to triple sink. 2 live roaches on clean lids on shelf next to hand sink in kitchen. **Warning**
• High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Fish 99°F on prep table in kitchen cooked more than 4.5 Hours ago. Hot dogs 45°F, in refrigerator over night. Ambient temperature in cooler 45°F. **Warning**
• High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Plantains cooked 70°F, on a shelf at cook line for less than one hour. Cook placed plaintains in refrigerator. Hot dogs 45°F, in refrigerator over night. Ambient temperature in cooler 45°F. See stop sale **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
• High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Collard greens (70°F – Hot Holding); boiled eggs (78°F – Hot Holding); stew (80°F – Hot Holding) cook stated for less than one hour. Steam table not turned on. Cook turned steam table on . Fish 99°F on prep table in kitchen cooked more than 4.5 Hours ago. See stop sale **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
• Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. In kitchen. Operator provided. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

These issues led to the recommendation of the establishment temporarily close immediately.

A follow up visit was completed the next day on 1/11/22 and again Timanmi’s Kitchen failed due to live roaches being found in multiple locations within the restauraunt.

Finally, a second follow up was completed on 1/12/22 when Timanmi’s Kitchen received no warnings and reports no further violations.