GIVENESS CARRIBEAN RESTAURANT

1533 S CONGRESS AVE, DELRAY BEACH, Palm Beach County. DBPR licence 6021738. 11 inspection visits from 2023-12-12 to 2026-09-23.

Referred for possible fineLast visit, 2026-09-23: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 3 intermediate, 3 basic violations

4 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Palm Beach 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, Palm Beach 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
2026-09-23	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	2	3	3	2.37	6 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2026-02-12	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	0	1	0		1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-12-04	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	4	0	2.01	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2025-09-22	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	0	0	0
2025-07-23	Follow-up visit	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	0	0	0
2025-07-22	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	3	4	1	2.01	6 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2025-01-14	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	2	3	1	1.88	5 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2024-09-20	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	0		1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-07-16	Complaint inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	4	3	3		7 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature (x3) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2024-03-13	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	3	1	5	1.51	8 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-12-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	0	1	1.51	4 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 50 Current license properly displayed

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.