La Granja
Last inspected: Jan 30, 2026
90
Score
The health department has logged 10 inspections at La Granja, the earliest from 2022. The most recent visit was on Jan 30, 2026. A low risk rating suggests inspectors haven't found much to be concerned about lately.
Violation counts have been trending down, averaging around six violations across recent inspections versus roughly eight violations before.
Looking across the full record, “time/temperature control for safety food” is the recurring theme, flagged four times.
La Granja's latest score of 90 sits above the Pembroke Pines average of 79. There isn't much in the file that would give a customer pause.
10
Inspections
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Major latest
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Minor latest
Inspection History
Jan 30, 2026
Routine - Food
2 minor violations.
View 2 violations
Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed ice buildup around walk in freezer door.
14-69-4
Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Observed shelves rusted inside walk in cooler.
14-17-4
90
Aug 25, 2025
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 1 major violation. 7 minor violations.
View 12 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking. Observed no time marking on foods stored at cook line being held on time as a public health control. Per operator, foods stored on time for approximately 2 hours at time of inspection. Employee put time marking on foods. **Corrected On-Site**
03F-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. 1) Observed roasted potatoes (115F - Hot Holding) at front counter area. Per operator, food stored at front counter for approximately 2 hours. Operator reheated to 178F for hot holding. 2) Observed deep fryer// plantains (83F - Hot Holding) stored at cook line. Per operator, food stored out of temperature for approximately 30 minutes. Operator reheated food to 172F for hot holding. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03B-01-6
High Priority - Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Observed Sanitizer Bucket (Chlorine 200ppm) at dish pit. Employee corrected to 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
41-15-5
High Priority - Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. Observed employee wash hands for less than 10-15 seconds at hand wash sink by dish machine, in kitchen. Educated employee on proper handwashing procedures.
12A-17-4
Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Observed no time as a public health control procedures for establishment. Emailed procedures to operator.
03F-10-5
Basic - Insect control device installed over food preparation area. Observed bug zapper stored above food prep table in kitchen. Employee unplugged bug zapper. **Corrected On-Site**
35B-02-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed ceiling fan stored in front of kitchen exit door soiled with dust.
23-03-4
Basic - Tinfoil used to line nonfood-contact shelves. Observed tinfoil used to line shelf inside flip top cooler at cook line. Operator removed. **Corrected On-Site**
14-45-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Observed wet wiping cloths not stored inside sanitizing solution, throughout kitchen.
21-12-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Observed squeeze bottle containing garlic water, unlabeled, stored on dry storage shelf in kitchen.
02D-01-5
Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Observed cutting board stored at cook line seafood flip top cooler no longer cleanable. Operator removed cutting board. **Corrected On-Site**
14-09-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. 1) Observed bucket of cooking oil stored on floor, at cook line. Operator properly stored. Corrected on Site. 2) Observed containers of cooked black beans stored on floor inside walk in freezer.
08B-38-4
35
Dec 10, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 minor violations.
View 4 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. potatoes with garlic (120F - Hot Holding); sautéed potatoes with onions (122F - Hot Holding), per employee food hot held less than one hour, employee reheated to 166F. **Corrected On-Site**
03B-01-6
Basic - Uncleanable knife block in use to store knives. One knife between prep table and wall. Employee removed. **Corrected On-Site**
14-55-4
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Clean equipment storage rack- Metallic containers stacked wet , employee removed from piles. **Corrected On-Site**
24-08-4
Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Broken tiles in cook line, front of cooking stove.
36-17-5
74
Sep 18, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 minor violation.
View 2 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. Salad bar- per manager food on time at 11:30 am, employee placed time label **Corrected On-Site**
03F-02-5
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Walk in cooler-Foam cup inside container of diced fish. Manager removed. **Corrected On-Site**
14-01-5
82
Jun 6, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 minor violations.
View 3 violations
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Observed at display cooler desserts Limeño and 4 leches exceeding 7 days **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-06-06: Employee got correct stickers with proper dates **Time Extended**
02C-01-5
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Observed rear door with significant gap on the side. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-06-06: Same **Time Extended**
35B-01-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface between uses. Observed scoop stored on top of soiled ice machine. Employee removed it. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-06-06: Same **Time Extended**
10-12-5
78
Jun 4, 2024
Routine - Food
7 critical violations. 3 major violations. 9 minor violations.
View 19 violations
High Priority - Raw animal food stored in same container as ready-to-eat food. Observed in walk in cooler raw beef not commercially packaged stored in same container as grilled beef. **Warning**
08A-08-5
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Observed at walk in cooler commercially packaged beef touching grilled pork fillets. **Warning**
08A-02-6
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed in walk in cooler cooked beans stored under raw chicken and raw swai fish - Cooked wings stored under raw beef - **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Observed at display cooler desserts Limeño and 4 leches exceeding 7 days **Warning**
02C-01-5
High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Observed at display cooler - ointments for burns stored with RTE desserts. Manager removed and stored properly **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
41-07-4
High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed cook line employee wash soiled pot lids in dishwasher area, returned to cook-line , changed gloves, without washing hands. After instructed employee discarded gloves, washed hands, and put in new pair of gloves. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12A-07-5
High Priority - Food placed in soiled container/equipment. Observed employee cover pots of cooked rice with soiled lids. Instructed employee to wash lids. Employee washed lids. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-27-4
Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Observed employee washing hands at a prep sink, after instructed employee washed hands in hand wash sink, using soap. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12A-03-4
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed near rear door sprayer without proper label. **Warning**
41-17-4
Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Observed at front counter cooler - Milk not labeled. As per operator milk was opened yesterday **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
02C-03-5
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. **Warning**
22-20-5
Basic - Clean utensils or equipment stored in dirty drawer or rack. Observe at cooking line clean pots stored underneath prepping table on soiled shelf. **Warning**
24-06-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed at display cooler opened bottled of wine stored next to RTE desserts. Manager removed and stored properly. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12B-07-4
Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Observed at display cooler cup of yogurt and fruits stored next to RTE desserts. Manager removed and stored properly. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-49-4
Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Observed rear door with significant gap on the side. **Warning**
35B-01-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Observed in walk in cooler a bucket of raw beef and a bucket of raw chicken stored directly on floor. **Warning**
08B-38-4
Basic - In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface between uses. Observed scoop stored on top of soiled ice machine. Employee removed it. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
10-12-5
Basic - In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Handle inside bin touching Ajinomoto. **Warning**
10-01-5
Basic - Stored food not covered. Observed at walk in cooler and freezer several containers of cooked food not covered. **Warning**
08B-12-5
17
Nov 16, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 4 minor violations.
View 6 violations
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Two unpasteurized raw shell eggs on same container of cut tomatoes-salad flip top in cook line. Manager discarded cut tomatoes. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Front counter-lower cooler- container of milk, open yesterday morning, manager dated. **Corrected On-Site**
02C-03-5
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic container inside mix vegetables, manager removed container **Corrected On-Site**
14-01-5
Basic - Cloth used as a food-contact surface. Salad station-Flip topWiping cloth covering cut tomatoes container, manager removed. **Corrected On-Site**
21-05-5
Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Prep station in cook line. **Repeat Violation**
14-09-4
Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife between prep table and wall, employee removed. **Corrected On-Site**
10-17-4
64
Jul 19, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 7 minor violations.
View 9 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. mix vegetables (90F - Hot Holding); corn (85F - Hot Holding), per manager food hot holding less than one hour, employee reheated on the stove to 170F **Corrected On-Site**
03B-01-6
Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Poster emailed **Corrective Action Taken**
11-27-4
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Next to dishwasher area, employee cleaned and sanitized **Corrected On-Site**
22-20-5
Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cook line, employee placed new cutting board **Corrected On-Site**
14-09-4
Basic - Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Employee cutting onions and drinking from bottle of water, after manager instructed, employee discarded water. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-12-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. Two containers of cooking oil, employee placed on shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4
Basic - In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Scoop handle inside container of flour, employee removed **Corrected On-Site**
10-01-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Two dry goods- storage racks with buildup of soil and rust, in front of WIC.
23-03-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Several cloths on prep tables, in cook line, Employee removed and placed on sanitizer solution **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
21-12-4
55
Nov 8, 2022
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 1 major violation. 11 minor violations.
View 18 violations
High Priority - Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee working on cook line touched his dirty apron, then grab a clean utensils to serve a bowl of soup, using same gloves. After instructed employee discarded gloves, washed hands and put in new pair of gloves. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12A-28-4
High Priority - Food placed in soiled container/equipment. WIC- Observed skin boiled potatoes stored on two dirty containers, Employee removed potatoes and placed on clean containers. Potatoes skin are removed to make potatoes salad. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
08B-27-4
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Container of raw salmon, over RTE tamales. Operator placed tamales over raw salmon **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked chicken (38-55F - Cold Holding), per employee food held less than 4 hours, observed chicken stored above the rim line. Operator removed food out of temperature and placed on WIC for a quick chill. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. sautéed onions (108F - Hot Holding), per operator food held less than two hours, operator reheated to 190F **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
03B-01-6
High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee came to cook line, placed gloves to start working on grill station without washing hands. After manager instructed, employee discarded gloves, washed hands and put in new pair of gloves. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12A-07-5
Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Printed form provided to operator Establishment has time mark for front counter salad display and grill station. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03F-10-5
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Rear kitchen ice machine, Employee cleaned and sanitized **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-20-5
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee bags on same shelf of plastic bottles to dispense sauces. Operator removed **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
40-06-5
Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back entrance- bottom right door has a gap. **Warning**
35B-01-4
Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. Right side , lower frame , inside back entrance door. **Warning**
36-24-5
Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Ice machine in rear kitchen, employee removed to be clean and sanitized **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
10-08-5
Basic - In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Two containers of seasoning, one container of flour. Employee removed to be clean. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
10-01-5
Basic - Stored food not covered. Two containers of beans, inside WIF, Employee covered **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-12-5
Basic - Vending machine exterior soiled. Gaskets dessert cooler **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-01-4
Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. **Warning**
14-17-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Salad station- top prep table in cook line.. Employee removed to be wash **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
21-12-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Cook line prep table, bottles of wine, cooking oil and water, Employee labeled **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
02D-01-5
21
Sep 22, 2022
Routine - Food
1 minor violation.
View 1 violation
Lighting Adequate; Required Shields in Place
FL-36
95
Frequently Asked Questions
When was La Granja last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at La Granja on file is from Jan 30, 2026. The public record contains 10 inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at La Granja?
Across the inspection record, “time/temperature control for safety food” has been cited four times, more than any other issue at La Granja.
How does La Granja compare to other restaurants in Pembroke Pines?
La Granja most recently scored 90 out of 100, which is higher than the Pembroke Pines average of 79.
Has La Granja's inspection record improved over time?
Yes. Recent inspections at La Granja have averaged around six violations per visit, down from roughly eight earlier in the record.
What does a low risk rating mean?
A low risk rating at La Granja means inspectors found minimal or no significant issues at the most recent visit. Most facilities at this tier have a clean recent inspection report.
How often is La Granja inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, La Granja is inspected around three times per year on average.
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