EL ATLAKAT

Name: EL ATLAKAT
Address: 8984 TAFT ST, PEMBROKE PINES, FL, 33024, US
Rating: 87.4

8984 TAFT ST, PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33024

License #1618436

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87.4 Grade B / 100

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EL ATLAKAT in PEMBROKE PINES currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 87.4 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has 2 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on January 5, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 18 total violations — 5 critical, 3 major, 10 minor.

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Administrative complaint recommended
[14-01-5] Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic quart container in kitchen bulk rice container. Manager removed.
[40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. 1) Employee cell phone on shelf with to go containers at right end of make line above fliptop unit. 2) In dry storage by front counter, employee purses on top of cases of beer. Employee moved bags to under front counter away from food items.
[53A-05-6] No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation/handling. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Neither Certified Food Manager working. CFM Luis Fernando Chavez Person in charge Jose Chavez
[50-09-4] Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
[05-09-4] No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. In left glassfront cooler at front counter.
[03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On prep table at end of cook line by fryers, commercial cooked plantain (26-49F - Cold Holding). Per employee out of freezer approximately 1 hour. Employee moved bags to reach in cooler to rechill. Recommended to add to Time Control form for future.
[08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. 1) Outside of walk in cooler, bucket of cooked chicharrons and dried plantain chips on floor. 2) In walk in cooler and freezer, multiple buckets of prepared vegetables and prepared foods on floor.
[12A-29-4] Employee touched soiled surface 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 handling clean dishware from machine immediately after rinsing and loading the dirty dishware. Reviewed with manager to explain to employee correct procedures for washing hands.
[06-06-5] Frozen time/temperature control for safety food being slacked at room temperature is no longer frozen solid. On prep table at end of cook line, commercial cooked plantain (26-49F - Cold Holding). Per employee out of freezer approximately 1 hour. Employee moved bags to rechill to continue thawing and rechill.

Administrative complaint recommended
[02C-02-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Containers of house made tamales in walk in cooler missing date marked. Per manager prepared on 8-13.
[40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. At prep area closest to walk in cooler, employee purses on shelf next to spices and above in use cutting board. Employee removed bags.
[05-09-4] No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. No thermometer in front counter left glassfront reach in cooler.
[08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. 1) Buckets of cut vegetables in walk in cooler on floor. 2) Buckets of yuca on floor in walk in freezer.
[41-27-4] Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Sanitizer bucket front counter reading 200ppm chlorine. Manager remade to proper 100ppm.
[14-01-5] Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic cup in bulk container of rice in kitchen. Manager removed.
[03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In cookline right fliptop upper section, bean and cheese mix (50F - Cold Holding). Per employee not prepared or portioned today and in unit from 8:00am. Manager moved mix to walk in freezer to rapid rechill.
[12A-29-4] Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Dishwasher handled clean dishes from dish machine immediately after scrubbing, rinsing, and loading dirty dishes without washing hands first.
[31A-09-4] Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand sink at cook line blocked by colander of cooked beans. Employee removed.

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