Havana's Cuban Cuisine
Last inspected: Mar 16, 2026
41
Score
Havana's Cuban Cuisine is a restaurant located at 8600 Griffin Rd, Cooper City, FL.
Health inspection records are available below. Check the inspection history and violations section for details on past inspections conducted by the local health department.
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Inspections
3
Critical latest
2
Major latest
5
Minor latest
Inspection History
Mar 16, 2026
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 2 major violations. 5 minor violations.
41
Mar 16, 2026
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 2 major violations. 5 minor violations.
41
Oct 14, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 5 major violations. 7 minor violations.
27
Oct 14, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 5 major violations. 7 minor violations.
27
Apr 7, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 7 minor violations.
45
Apr 7, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 7 minor violations.
45
Dec 13, 2024
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 5 major violations. 11 minor violations.
22
Jun 7, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 7 minor violations.
55
Mar 15, 2024
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 3 minor violations.
78
May 2, 2023
Complaint Full
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 5 minor violations.
61
Oct 25, 2022
Routine - Food
2 minor violations.
78
Violations — Mar 16, 2026 Inspection
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling tiles in kitchen heavily soiled with debris
36-34-5
Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floors throughout kitchen heavily soiled with debris. Employees began cleaning floors
36-73-4
Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Observed knife stored in between flip top coolers. Operator moved knives
10-17-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior of flip top,coolers soiled with debris. Operator began cleaning
23-03-4
Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall behind cookline heavily soiled with debris
36-27-5
High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee at cookline handled raw steak then proceeded to handle clean plates without first washing hands and changing gloves.
12A-07-5
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Raw open chicken. Over unwashed corn in walk in freezer. Operator properly stored food
08A-04-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Front kitchen flip top cooler sour cream (51F - Cold Holding). Per operator food transferred from walk in cooler less than four hours ago. Food not prepared or portioned today. Operator placed food in freezer to quick chill
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. 1. Walk in cooler at 2:00pm créme brûlée 52F ambient cooling for 1 hour to 52F at2:230pm. At this rate proper cooling to 41F in four hours will not occur. Operator put food in ice bath to quick chill. 2. Front kitchen flip top at 2:10pm portioned pico de gallo 52F ambient cooling for 2 hours to 50F at 2:30pm. At this rate proper cooling to 41F in 4 hours will not occur. Operator placed food in freezer to quick chill **Corrective Action Taken**
03D-15-4
Intermediate - 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/ **Repeat Violation**
53A-05-6
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