Review on the Irish Brigade downtown Lake Worth Beach

"IRISH BRIGADE LAKE WORTH BEACH: You May Want To Skip This Place

We Had A Very Bad Experience. It Turns Out A Health Inspector Did, Too…

LAKE WORTH BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — If you’re looking to smell marijuana and cigarette smoke while dealing with apparently untrained wait and cook staff, you absolutely should eat at The Irish Brigade (621 Lake Avenue, Lake Worth Beach).

If, however, you prefer food that is safe to eat, a civil eating experience, and a wait and cookstaff that at least borders on professionalism, we suggest that you go somewhere else.

A health inspector reporting to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation just cited The Irish Brigade for multiple violations. We list those, below. But we had an experience at The Irish Brigade on Saturday that seemingly verifies what the health inspector found."

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It pains me to post this but it was in print news.

Restaurants that failed Health Inspections

These 36 Palm Beach County restaurants failed health inspection; 2 temporarily closed

One on the list is Farmer Girl! What a shocker.

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McDonalds

I used to go to McDonalds on Dixie Highway when my Mom took my brother and me as young children. It was a special treat. They had the absolute best french fries in the world and we loved their burgers.

When I was in my mid to late 20's, I stopped by there on my way home from work to buy my grandfather a bag of their fries...he loved them as much as I.

So it is with shock and dismay that they were recently closed on August 9 by the DBPR for live and dead roaches, live insects, etc. Eight violations were found. McDonalds reopened that day.

Dirty Dining in Lake Worth (Beach)

State inspectors temporarily shut down a Lake Worth Beach restaurant earlier this month.

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Two downtown Restaurants closed for evidence of RATS

Read about our two downtown Lake Worth restaurants that were closed for RATS

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NAPC gives its Thanksgiving dinner business to CJ's

The NAPC is having its annual Thanksgiving dinner and Food Drive at CJ's Restaurant located at 606 Lake Avenue on November 14th beginning at 5pm.  The cost for dinner is $20 for advanced tickets and $25 at the door. We understand that the restaurant is under new management with Karine Albano, formerly of SouthShores and I have been told that conditions have improved. The right employee can make all the difference.

Don't you just hate that " barker" sitting out there encouraging you to eat every time you walk by?  CJ's Island Bar & Grill has had some sanitation issues and was closed June 25. According to the Sentinel, a state health inspector observed violations that included:

• Thirteen live roaches were on the premises; commercially processed, ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (for time and temperature) deli meats were opened, held more than 24 hours and not properly date-marked;

• Raw beef was stored over ready-to-eat French fries;

• There was an accumulation of a black substance inside the ice machine;

• The food manager’s certification had expired and there was no proof of required, state-approved training for employees hired more than 60 days ago.

The business was allowed to reopen June 29. A woman who said she was a manager declined to comment. Source:  Sun Sentinel

Health code violations at south Florida restaurants

Shangri-la Gourmet Chinese Food, at 920 N. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth, was shuttered temporarily on Feb. 16 for 39 health code violations, including six high-priority issues. The most critical violations included about 17 live roaches found in the restaurant and rusty cans still in storage. Inspectors also said the eatery was unable to provide documentation for the source of its fish and ordered workers to stop selling it. The eatery reopened the next day after a satisfactory follow-up inspection.

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Roaches and Pizza

Capri Pizza on North A Street was shut down because of roaches in the kitchen.

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