BOCA RATON, FL. A Greek restaurant on Clint Moore Road was cited for eight high-severity violations during a single state inspection last month, including a failure to maintain shellfish traceability records, no consumer advisory warning customers about raw or undercooked food, and no evidence that employees were reporting illness symptoms before handling food. The restaurant was not closed.
State inspectors visited It's All Greek at 9704 Clint Moore Rd, Suite A-102 on August 19, 2026. Every one of the eight violations documented that day was classified as high severity. Not one was intermediate or basic.
What Inspectors Found
The shellfish violation is among the most serious the state documents. It's All Greek is a Greek restaurant, a cuisine where raw or lightly cooked shellfish, including oysters, clams, and mussels, frequently appears on the menu. Without proper shell stock identification tags and purchase records, there is no way to trace shellfish back to a harvest location or supplier if customers become sick.
Alongside that, inspectors found no consumer advisory on the menu warning customers that raw or undercooked foods carry a higher risk of illness. That warning is not a formality. It is the only mechanism that gives a customer with a compromised immune system, or a pregnant woman, or an elderly diner, the information they need to make a safer choice.
The inspector also documented that employees were not reporting illness symptoms before working with food, that handwashing facilities were inadequate, and that food contact surfaces had not been properly cleaned or sanitized. All three violations were classified high severity on the same visit.
A person in charge was either not present or not performing their duties at the time of inspection.
What These Violations Mean
The illness-reporting violation is the one that most directly puts customers at risk of a multi-person outbreak. When a food worker who is sick with norovirus, salmonella, or hepatitis A continues handling food without reporting symptoms, the transmission route to customers is direct and immediate. Florida and federal food codes require that employees report symptoms including vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice, and sore throat with fever before working. The absence of that system at It's All Greek on August 19 means there was no documented mechanism in place to stop a sick employee from preparing food.
The handwashing and food contact surface violations compound that risk. Without functioning handwashing facilities, proper hand hygiene is not possible regardless of employee intent. Improperly cleaned cutting boards, prep surfaces, and utensils are a primary route for bacterial transfer between raw proteins and ready-to-eat food. Both violations were high severity, and both appeared on the same inspection as the illness-reporting failure.
The time-as-public-health-control violation adds a temperature dimension. When a restaurant uses time rather than temperature to keep food safe, the food is allowed to remain in the bacterial growth range, between 41 and 135 degrees, for a controlled window before it must be discarded. If that system is not properly documented and followed, food that should have been thrown out may instead be served.
The shellfish records failure carries a specific consequence in the event of an illness cluster. Without harvest location data and supplier records, public health investigators cannot identify the source of contamination or issue targeted warnings. That gap affects not just customers of It's All Greek but any investigation that might follow.
The Longer Record
The August 19 inspection was not an anomaly. State records show It's All Greek has been inspected 33 times and has accumulated 168 total violations across that history.
The pattern of high-severity citations is consistent and recent. Inspectors returned on August 20, the day after the eight-violation visit, and found four more high-severity violations. A follow-up on August 27 found one additional high-severity violation. In March 2026, five high-severity violations were documented. In October 2025, two separate inspections found six high-severity violations and then two more.
The restaurant has been emergency-closed once before. On July 18, 2024, state inspectors shut it down for roach activity. It was allowed to reopen the following day after corrections were made.
The January 2026 inspection was the only visit in the recent record with zero high-severity violations.
Open for Business
Despite eight high-severity violations documented in a single visit, including failures in illness reporting, shellfish traceability, handwashing infrastructure, food contact sanitation, and consumer disclosure for raw foods, the state did not order It's All Greek closed on August 19, 2026.
The restaurant remained open.
