Health Inspection Problems Come Just After $1.8M Lawsuit Filed…
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — It’s been a bad week for Way Beyond Bagles — a popular deli in West Boca Raton and at one point unincorporated Delray Beach. We reported days ago that the owners behind Way Beyond were facing a $1.8M lawsuit from the landlord of the restaurant’s now closed location on Jog Road near Morikami Park. Now, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation says Way Beyond’s location at 9858 Clint Moore Road had seven health code violations during an inspection on May 22.
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High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed at grill Grill: sausages (97F); ;; cooked noodles (89F). Food held in unit less than four hours. Observed sausages and noodles stored in metal pan and on top of grill. Operator placed noodles into pot and reheat on stove to 165F or higher, and sausages back onto grill. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Observed in walk in cooler #1 egg salad (45-48F); tuna salad (55F). Per operator foods was prepared yesterday at 1pm. Observed foods cooling covered. Observed Collin in large containers. Foods was cooling overnight. See stop sale. **Warning**
High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed cooked potatoes (71F) in kitchen at front counter under no temperature control , pooled eggs 60F in kitchen at front counter. Foods not prepared or portioned today. Food held out of unit less than four hours. Operator moved foods below flip top cooler to quick chill. Observed in walk in cooler #1 ; cream cheese (49F); veggie cream cheese (45F). Per operator foods not prepared or portioned today. Food held in unit less than 4 hours. Operator placed foods into ice bath to quick chill. Observed at flip top cooler #2 at deli line butter 58F. Per operator food not prepared or portioned today. Food held in unit less than four hours. Operator placed butter on ice bath. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
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High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed in walk in cooler #1 egg salad (45-48F); tuna salad (55F). Per operator foods was prepared yesterday at 1pm. Observed foods cooling covered. Observed Collin in large containers. Foods was cooling overnight. See stop sale. **Warning**
High Priority – Shell eggs not stored at an ambient air temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit or less. Observed at counter raw shell eggs (72F). Per operator food held out of unit less than 4 hours. Operator moved eggs to flip top cooler to quick chill. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled at ware washing area. Operator labeled bleach. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Basic – Interior of microwave has accumulation of grease and food debris at cook line. **Warning**
Way Beyond Bagels was reinspected the following day and no violations were logged. This is not the first time Way Beyond Bagles on Clint Moore Road had health inspection issues. The restaurant was ordered closed in February of 2024 for two days due to several violations.
why do you put these articles out?? who are they helping?! NOBODY! It is hard enough to operate a small business, why do you try to hurt small businesses. This is not journalism, this is BS gossip. They had a health inspection and they had some issues and they fixed the issues. Its normal, its not news.
Wow. Just wow. “It’s tough to run a business so public health and safety be damned.” Wow.
They had same issues at the Jog Road location, so why should it be different at this location?
Everybody should be notified of these health violations. It’s obvious these violations are an everyday thing, it’s just this time they got caught. I always stop frequenting any place that allows health violations to go on. If the owner doesn’t care about the customers why continue to give him money?
I agree with you. I can’t find a reason why the kitchen isn’t kept clean. They have plenty of time to get together and clean. Keep your business clean or get out.
What a dumb reply! If food is not up to health code we should not warn customers! Just let the public get sick? I guess with that thinking or lack of The FDA should Not issue contaminated food recalls!
Complaining??? What if it was you that god forbid got I’ll. You definitely would see the light.It’s for the safety of the public.
Some commentors don’t like you pointing out when restaurants break health code violations but I say Good for You~ So many businesses are ultra lazy or hire inferior workers who don’t seem to use basic common sense and then patrons get ill for no reason.
Worker are hired to follow out the instructions of managers or owners.
It is always the fault of managers if something is wrong!
The inspector should go back and do a surprise inspection ….. I’m sure this operator went back to the old ways of storing their food
Come on, owner of Way Beyond Bagel—you’re still serving customers in an unsanitary place with spoiled food, and somehow the journalist is to blame? Give me a break. Making money at the expense of people’s health? That’s just outrageous.
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