WEST PALM BEACH, FL. State inspectors cited Cambridge Holdco LLC on Royal Palm Beach Boulevard for 11 high-severity violations during the week of September 26, including failure to cook food to required minimum temperatures, no employee illness reporting, and no documented parasite destruction procedures for fish served to customers.
That single inspection produced more high-severity violations than any other facility inspected in West Palm Beach that week. It also happened at a location with 27 prior inspections on record.
The Violations at Cambridge
The Cambridge location's violations covered nearly every layer of food safety management. Inspectors cited no person in charge performing duties, no employee health policy, employees not reporting illness symptoms, and improper handwashing technique. Those four violations together describe a kitchen operating without a functional safety culture.
The remaining seven high-severity citations at Cambridge included inadequate shell stock identification, parasite destruction procedures not followed for fish, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, and food not cooked to required minimum temperature. Records do not specify which proteins were undercooked or which fish lacked parasite destruction documentation, but both violations carry direct illness risk for anyone who ate there that week.
What Inspectors Found Across the City
Pinolandia Fritanga and Tortilleria on North Military Trail drew five high-severity citations, including one that stands out from the rest of the week's findings: food from an unapproved or unknown source. Inspectors also cited the restaurant for inadequate shell stock records, improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, employees not reporting illness symptoms, and improper handwashing technique.
The sewage violation at Pinolandia made it one of two facilities this week where the physical infrastructure of the kitchen itself posed a risk. Inspectors cited improper sewage or wastewater disposal and inadequate toilet facilities, both intermediate violations, alongside the five high-severity findings.
Tacos Del Cartel on Clematis Street also logged a food-from-unapproved-sources violation, the same category found at Pinolandia. Inspectors additionally cited the Clematis Street location for no employee health policy, improper handwashing technique, and no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods. That last citation means customers who ordered anything served raw or undercooked had no written notice of the risk.
BurgerFi on South Rosemary Avenue was cited for three high-severity violations: food not cooked to required minimum temperature, toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, and no allergen awareness demonstrated. The chemical storage citation placed cleaning agents or similar substances in proximity to food preparation, while the allergen violation means staff could not demonstrate they understood how to protect customers with food allergies.
Dunkin Donuts on Southern Boulevard received three high-severity citations. Two of them, employees not reporting illness symptoms and toxic substances improperly identified or stored, are the kind of violations that can be corrected on paper quickly. The third, inadequate shell stock identification records, is an unusual finding for a doughnut and coffee chain.
Courtyard by Marriott West Palm Beach Airport on Centrepark Drive East was cited for two high-severity violations: employees not reporting illness symptoms and food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized. The hotel's restaurant operation serves business travelers, many of whom have no other dining option on site.
Banyan Golf Club on Lyons Road drew two high-severity citations: no person in charge performing duties and no employee health policy. Both violations point to the same underlying gap, a facility operating without anyone actively responsible for food safety compliance during the inspection.
What These Violations Mean
The most consequential violation cluster this week involves employee illness reporting, cited at Cambridge, Pinolandia, Dunkin Donuts, and the Courtyard by Marriott. Without a functioning policy requiring workers to disclose symptoms before handling food, a single sick employee can expose every customer served that shift. Norovirus, which causes roughly 20 million infections annually in the United States, spreads through exactly this route. The absence of a written health policy, also cited at Cambridge, Tacos Del Cartel, and Banyan Golf Club, means there is no documented standard for workers to follow even if they want to report symptoms.
The food-from-unapproved-sources violations at Pinolandia and Tacos Del Cartel carry a different kind of risk. Food purchased through unapproved channels bypasses USDA and FDA inspection processes entirely. If a customer becomes ill after eating at either restaurant, investigators would have no supply chain to trace. Listeria and Salmonella contamination in uninspected product are the documented concerns with this violation category.
The parasite destruction failure at Cambridge is specific to raw or lightly cooked fish. Federal food code requires that fish intended for raw consumption be frozen to kill parasites including Anisakis, a roundworm that can embed in the stomach lining. Without documentation that the freezing protocol was followed, there is no way to confirm it happened.
Improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, cited at Cambridge, Pinolandia, and the Courtyard by Marriott, are a primary mechanism for cross-contamination. Cutting boards, prep tables, and slicers that are not properly sanitized between uses transfer bacteria from one food to the next. The risk compounds when the surfaces are shared between raw protein and ready-to-eat items.
The Longer Record
Pinolandia on North Military Trail has 56 prior inspections on record, more than any other facility cited this week. That number means state inspectors have visited the restaurant roughly once every few months over its operating life. Five high-severity violations in a single inspection at a location with that many prior visits raises a question the records alone cannot answer: which of these violations are appearing for the first time, and which have been documented before.
Cambridge Holdco LLC has 27 prior inspections on record, and this week's tally of 11 high-severity violations is the worst single-visit total among all facilities inspected in West Palm Beach that week. Tacos Del Cartel on Clematis Street has 35 prior inspections on record and still drew a food-from-unapproved-sources citation, one of the more serious sourcing violations inspectors can document.
BurgerFi on South Rosemary Avenue has 28 prior inspections on record. The allergen awareness violation there is notable because it is not a paperwork failure, it reflects whether kitchen staff can articulate how to handle allergy requests. A location with nearly three dozen prior inspections should have that training embedded in daily operations.
Dunkin Donuts on Southern Boulevard has only 14 prior inspections on record, the fewest of any facility cited this week, which suggests a relatively newer location. It has already accumulated toxic substance storage and illness reporting violations. Banyan Golf Club has 24 prior inspections on record and was still cited for having no person in charge present and no employee health policy, two foundational requirements that do not require equipment upgrades or supply chain changes to fix.
The Courtyard by Marriott has 25 prior inspections on record. Whether the food contact surface sanitization violation there has appeared in earlier inspection cycles is not reflected in this week's data.
