ALEM HARBOR CAFE

1396 SE 17 ST STE 201, FORT LAUDERDALE, Broward County. DBPR licence 1610983. 8 inspection visits from 2023-10-17 to 2024-12-13.

No inspection since 2024-12-13. The restaurant may have closed, moved or changed licence; DBPR's files do not say which.

Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fineLast visit, 2024-12-13: follow-up visit, 3 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 0 basic violations

3 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Broward County average that year (0 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Broward County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2024-12-13	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	3	2	0		4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-11-12	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	4	3	4	1.22	10 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-07-31	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	1	0	4		5 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-07-30	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	4	0	7		10 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-05-21	Follow-up visit	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	1	0	0		1 area 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-05-20	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	5	3	3	1.26	10 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-02-27	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	3	2	2	1.26	5 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x3) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-10-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1	1.26	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly

A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.