Checkers Old Munchen
Last inspected: Jan 28, 2026
30
Score
Checkers Old Munchen appears in inspection records 11 times, starting in 2022. Inspectors last stopped by on Jan 28, 2026. A high risk rating points to multiple serious findings at the most recent inspection.
Things have been moving the wrong way, with the rolling count rising from around two violations to closer to eight violations per visit.
“Food stored on floor” comes up most often, recorded four times in the inspection record.
Checkers Old Munchen's latest score of 30 falls below the Pompano Beach average of 78. Diners may want to weigh the inspection history when deciding to visit.
11
Inspections
4
Critical latest
3
Major latest
6
Minor latest
Inspection History
Jan 28, 2026
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 3 major violations. 6 minor violations.
View 13 violations
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Business license expired in December 2025, license was renewed during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
50-17-3
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In walk in cooler, Cooked Pork (50F - Cold Holding); per operator, food not prepped or portioned today, food prepared yesterday and held in unit overnight. Food was discarded. See Stop Sale.
01B-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In walk in cooler, Cooked Pork (50F - Cold Holding); per operator, food not prepped or portioned today, food prepared yesterday and held in unit overnight. Food was discarded. See Stop Sale.
03A-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. In steam table, Green Beans (117F - Hot Holding); Sausage Gravy (121F - Hot Holding); German Potatoes (120F - Hot Holding) Mashed Potatoes (118F - Hot Holding). Foods prepared today and placed in steam table approximately 1.50 hours ago. Advised operator to reheat foods on stove to achieve proper hot holding temperatures. Foods were placed on stove to reheat. **Corrective Action Taken**
03B-01-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Table top can opener soiled with grease and food debris. Employee cleaned and sanitized opener. **Corrected On-Site**
22-02-4
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at handwashing sinks in kitchen and in bar. Manager provided paper towels at sinks. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-02-4
Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. No soap at handwashing sink in bar. Manager provided soap at sink. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-03-4
Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Clean forks not inverted in cutlery rack on table. Employee inverted forks. **Corrected On-Site**
24-05-4
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. Ceiling tile behind ice machine with water damage.
36-32-5
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Standing freezer lid rusted.
14-11-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. Gallons of cooking oil stored on floor in kitchen. Manager removed oil from floor. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No handwashing signs at handwashing sinks in bar and in both gender bathrooms. Manager provided signs at all handwashing sinks.
31B-04-4
Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Standing water in reach in cooler in kitchen. Employee removed water. **Corrected On-Site**
29-49-6
30
Sep 30, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 2 minor violations.
View 5 violations
High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In walk in cooler, raw chicken stored on top of raw pork. Operator moved chicken to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-20-5
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. In prep area, handwashing dink blocked with plastic containers. Operator moved containers **Corrected On-Site**
31A-09-4
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. In walk in cooler, potato salad made more than 24 hours not dare marked. Operator put date mark. **Corrected On-Site**
02C-02-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. By ware washing area, container of onions stored on floor. Operator moved to shelf.
08B-38-4
Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. By flip top cooler, standing water 75°F with ice cream scoop. Operator discarded water. **Corrected On-Site**
10-07-4
64
Jun 25, 2025
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 4 minor violations.
View 5 violations
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. In kitchen on prep table, small brown cutting board soiled with mold like substance and deep cut marks. Operator discarded cutting board and says he will purchase new boards.
22-02-4
Basic - Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. Bathrooms do not have self closing doors.
32-04-4
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. At bar and in kitchen, ceiling vents soiled with dust
36-34-5
Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. Trash can in women's restroom has no lid provided
32-12-5
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On cook line, wet wiping cloth stored on table in between use. Employee moved cloth back to sanitizer bucket **Corrected On-Site**
21-12-4
74
Oct 23, 2024
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Oct 22, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 minor violation.
View 2 violations
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. In kitchen, approximately 5 flying insects landing on prep table and cutting boards. **Admin Complaint**
35A-02-6
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. In kitchen, bowl used to dispense flour **Warning**
14-01-5
82
Jul 18, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 2 minor violations.
View 5 violations
Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
Food Obtained from Approved Sources
FL-11
Approved Thawing Methods Used
FL-31
Proper Sanitizer Contact Time and Concentration
FL-33
Wiping Cloths Properly Used and Stored
FL-41
58
Dec 1, 2023
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 5 minor violations.
View 9 violations
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Operator renewed license during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
50-17-3
High Priority - Shell eggs not stored at an ambient air temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit or less. On cook line, shell eggs 50° 9:10am Cook stated eggs held out since 7:30am, no written procedures for Time as a public health control. Cook put eggs back into cooler to chill. 9:35 43°F
03A-03-5
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. At prep area by three compartment sink, sheet tray with food being prepped blocking hand wash sink. Employee moved tray to cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
31A-09-4
Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Emailed operator form to fill out for shell eggs. **Corrective Action Taken**
03F-10-5
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. At prep area, bowl used to dispense flour. Operator removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
14-01-5
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. On cook line, open drinking container on cutting board. Cook put cup below on shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. In prep area, fryer oil stored on floor. Operator moved to shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4
Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. On prep table and by soda station, standing water 50°F. Operator removed water from both stations. **Corrected On-Site**
10-07-4
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. At ice machine, inside lid soiled with mold like substance. **Repeat Violation**
22-20-5
47
Sep 16, 2023
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Sep 15, 2023
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 2 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 11 violations
High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dishwasher (Chlorine 0ppm). Chlorine dispensing bucket empty, Operator replaced, primed machine, retested at chlorine 50ppm. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
22-41-4
High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. At cook line; employee touched ready to eat cut tomato with bare hand. Tomato was not going to be heat treated. Discussed with employee, employee discarded tomato, washed hands and put on gloves. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
09-01-4
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 12/1/2022. Operator renewed license during inspection. Expires 12/1/2023. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
50-17-3
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. At walk-in cooler; raw pooled egg whites stored over corned beef hash. Operator moved egg whites to lower shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At Flip top cooler; Muenster (50°F - Cold Holding); turkey (50°F - Cold Holding). Operator stated items not prepared or portioned today, being held in cooler two days. At Kitchen walk-in; cooked pork wings (49°F - Cold Holding); cooked cabbage rolls (49°F - Cold Holding); raw pork (48°F - Cold Holding). Operator stated items not prepared or portioned today, being held in walk-in cooler overnight. See Stop Sale. **Warning**
01B-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At Flip top cooler; Muenster (50°F - Cold Holding); turkey (50°F - Cold Holding). Operator stated items not prepared or portioned today, being held in cooler two days. At Kitchen walk-in; cooked pork wings (49°F - Cold Holding); cooked cabbage rolls (49°F - Cold Holding); raw pork (48°F - Cold Holding). Operator stated items not prepared or portioned today, being held in walk-in cooler overnight. See Stop Sale. At Dining room table(s); butter packets (72°F - Cold Holding); ultra pasteurized half and half(s) (70°F - Cold Holding). Operator stated items not prepared or portioned today being held on tables 2 hours, removed from tables and placed in beer walk-in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade soiled food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Operator washed rinsed and sanitized. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Menu offers Nova Salmon; served raw, not identified as being raw. **Warning**
02B-01-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. At walk-in cooler; case of sausage stored on floor. Operator removed from floor. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-38-4
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. At kitchen ice machine; accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. **Warning**
22-20-5
Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. **Warning**
32-12-5
29
Oct 7, 2022
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 7 violations
Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, or Tobacco Use
FL-06
Potentially Hazardous Food Held at Proper Temperature
FL-16
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Proper Hot and Cold Holding Temperatures
FL-21
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Sewage and Wastewater Properly Disposed
FL-27
Approved Thawing Methods Used
FL-31
55
Sep 30, 2022
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 minor violations.
View 3 violations
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Wiping Cloths Properly Used and Stored
FL-41
78
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Checkers Old Munchen last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Checkers Old Munchen on file is from Jan 28, 2026. The public record contains 11 inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Checkers Old Munchen?
Across the inspection record, “food stored on floor” has been cited four times, more than any other issue at Checkers Old Munchen.
How does Checkers Old Munchen compare to other restaurants in Pompano Beach?
Checkers Old Munchen most recently scored 30 out of 100, which is lower than the Pompano Beach average of 78.
Has Checkers Old Munchen's inspection record improved over time?
No. Recent inspections at Checkers Old Munchen have averaged around eight violations per visit, up from roughly two earlier in the record.
What does a high risk rating mean?
A high risk rating at Checkers Old Munchen means the most recent inspection flagged either critical violations or a substantial number of smaller ones. Diners may want to read the violation details before deciding to visit.
How often is Checkers Old Munchen inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Checkers Old Munchen is inspected around three times per year on average.
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