{"id":414053,"date":"2026-09-29T20:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414053\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T20:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:40:10","slug":"hot-water-food-safety-issues-at-miami-nicaraguan-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414053\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot water, food safety issues at Miami Nicaraguan restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The basics of proper washing dishes and utensils \u2014 hot water and sanitizer \u2014 were lacking at a West Miami-Dade restaurant that racked up the most state inspection violations in September.<\/p>\n

Despite its 44 violations on Wednesday, Fritanga Ca\u00f1ita remained open, tagged only with \u201cFollow-Up Inspection Required\u201d as a result. That repeated as the result of Thursday\u2019s re-inspection despite the remaining hot water problems.<\/p>\n

According to the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation, \u201cFollow-Up Inspection Required\u201d means \u201cThe inspector determined that violations require further action to ensure the public\u2019s health and safety<\/a>, but are not severe enough to warrant immediate closure.\u201d<\/p>\n

A failed inspection results in \u201cFacility Temporarily Closed,\u201d meaning \u201cThe inspector recommended closing the facility immediately after finding conditions that may endanger the health and safety of the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Paint brush used as sauce brush among worst restaurant issues<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some of the pile of violations the inspector didn\u2019t find severe enough to make Fritanga a threat to the general public:<\/p>\n

\u201cNo sanitizer of any kind was available.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEmployee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food.\u201d<\/p>\n

There were no paper towels or mechanical blow dryer at the cookline handwash sink.<\/p>\n

\u201cStaff washed hands with cold water at the front counter area.\u201d That\u2019s because each of the handwash sinks reached only 80 degrees in temperature. Minimum temperature for proper handwashing is 85 degrees.<\/p>\n

The front counter handwash sink went zero for two, with the cold water handle not working.<\/p>\n

The water at the three-compartment sink had the same temperature limits as the handwash sink. If water\u2019s not hot enough to properly wash your hands, it\u2019s not even close for washing, rinsing and sanitizing dishes.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo hot running water at the mop sink.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frying oil containers sat on the cookline and dry storage area floor.<\/p>\n

The wall behind the cookline was \u201csoiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and\/or dust.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWet wiping cloths weren\u2019t stored in sanitizing solution between uses … throughout the establishment.\u201d As an example, a \u201csoiled\u201d wiping cloth was being used in the grill area.<\/p>\n

\u201cEstablishment 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Food victimized by \u201ctemperature abuse\u201d that needed to be at 41 degrees or under to keep them being bacteria breeding grounds were gallo pinto (90 degrees); 59-degree cheese; 62-degree cooked chicken, 56-degree chicken tacos and 56-degree ham. Morsilla that should have been at or over 135 degrees in hot holding storage was only at 102 degrees.<\/p>\n


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Since 1989, David J. Neal\u2019s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The basics of proper washing dishes and utensils \u2014 hot water and sanitizer \u2014 were lacking at a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-414053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}