CORAL SPRINGS, FL. A state inspector walked into Pasquale's Pizza and Subs on Royal Palm Boulevard on August 18 and found food not cooked to the required minimum temperature, employees not reporting illness symptoms, and no one in charge performing their duties. The restaurant collected seven high-severity violations that visit. It was not closed.
The facility at 10337 Royal Palm Blvd has now logged seven high-severity violations in back-to-back inspections, matching a count last seen in November 2022. State records show 157 total violations across 23 inspections on file.
What Inspectors Found
The undercooking violation is the most direct threat to anyone who ate there. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and a kitchen without a person in charge actively monitoring cooking temperatures is a kitchen where that threshold can go unchecked.
Employees were also cited for not reporting illness symptoms. That violation sat alongside a citation for improper handwashing technique, meaning that even when workers made an attempt to wash their hands, the method left pathogens behind.
The inspector also documented that the restaurant was using time, rather than temperature, as a public health control without doing so properly. Under that method, food is allowed to remain in the temperature danger zone for a set window before it must be discarded. Without proper documentation and adherence to that window, there is no way to know how long food spent at unsafe temperatures.
Two additional violations rounded out the seven: no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked foods, and no allergen awareness demonstrated by staff. Both are required disclosures that protect customers who cannot protect themselves without them.
What These Violations Mean
The undercooking and illness-reporting violations together describe a specific scenario that state and federal health officials consider among the most dangerous in a food service setting. A sick employee who does not report symptoms, working in a kitchen where cooking temperatures are not being verified, is the combination most likely to produce a multi-victim outbreak. Norovirus and Salmonella, the pathogens most associated with these two violation types, are highly transmissible and can incapacitate customers within hours or days of exposure.
The handwashing technique violation compounds that risk. Improper technique, even when an employee goes through the motion of washing, leaves enough pathogen load on hands to contaminate food, surfaces, and equipment. When this violation appears alongside an illness-reporting failure, the two reinforce each other.
The allergen violation carries a different kind of urgency. Food allergies affect 32 million Americans, and an allergic reaction to an undisclosed ingredient can require emergency medical care. When staff cannot demonstrate allergen awareness, a customer with a tree nut or shellfish allergy has no reliable way to assess whether a menu item is safe. The restaurant's failure to post a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods creates the same gap for immunocompromised diners, pregnant women, and the elderly.
The absence of a person in charge performing duties ties all of these together. CDC data shows that establishments without active managerial control have three times more critical violations than those with engaged management on the floor. At Pasquale's on August 18, the inspection record suggests no one was running the room.
The Longer Record
Pasquale's Pizza and Subs: Inspection Pattern, 2022-2026
The August 2026 inspection was not an outlier. State records show Pasquale's has produced high-severity violations in every inspection on file going back to at least November 2022. The lowest count in the eight most recent inspections was two high-severity violations, logged in September 2024. The restaurant has never been emergency-closed.
The July 2025 inspection produced six high-severity violations, one fewer than this month's count. The December 2025 inspection produced five. The trajectory from late 2024 into 2026 is not one of improvement.
Across 23 inspections, the facility has accumulated 157 total violations on record. That averages to roughly 6.8 violations per visit. The pattern of illness reporting, temperature control, and management failures appearing repeatedly in the same location, across multiple inspection cycles, is what distinguishes a bad day from an established operating condition.
Pasquale's Pizza and Subs on Royal Palm Boulevard remained open after the August 18 inspection.
