May's Kitchen
Last inspected: Feb 18, 2026
52
Score
May's Kitchen, located at 19 N Federal Hwy in Pompano Beach, Florida, underwent a high-risk inspection on February 18, 2026, with a score of 52. This inspection identified two critical and seven minor violations, including issues with food dispensing containers and employee hair restraints, some of which were repeat offenses. While historical data indicates a pattern of mostly low-risk inspections, the most recent one noted several areas requiring attention.
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Inspections
2
Critical latest
0
Major latest
7
Minor latest
Inspection History
Feb 18, 2026
Complaint Full
2 critical violations. 7 minor violations.
52
Jan 7, 2026
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 1 major violation. 6 minor violations.
50
Aug 18, 2025
Routine - Food
3 minor violations.
86
Nov 25, 2024
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
82
Aug 22, 2024
Routine - Food
4 minor violations.
82
Feb 2, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 minor violations.
78
Nov 13, 2023
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Nov 1, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
70
Jun 22, 2023
Routine - Food
4 minor violations.
82
Nov 3, 2022
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 4 minor violations.
52
Violations — Feb 18, 2026 Inspection
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic soup containers without handles stored in warmers of fried rice and white rice in kitchen. Manager removed containers from food. **Corrected On-Site**
14-01-5
Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. **Repeat Violation**
50-09-4
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed employee preparing food in kitchen, without hair restraint. Educated employee on wearing proper hair restraint whilst preparing food. Employee put on hair restraint. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
13-03-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Bucket of raw shrimp stored on floor under 3 compartment sink in kitchen. Manager removed shrimp from floor. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed bottom of steam table soiled with grease and food debris. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Observed plastic spoons and forks not inverted in rack stored on prep table. Manager inverted utensils. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
25-06-4
Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Observed raw shrimp thawing in bucket of standing water under triple sink , shrimp stored at 35 F. Observed package of crab meat thawing in pan of standing water in 3 compartment sink in kitchen. Crab meat stored at 34 F. Educated manager on proper thawing methods and food was placed under cold running water in 3 compartment sink. **Corrected On-Site**
06-01-5
High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee arrived at establishment, and entered kitchen and started preparing food, without first washing hands. Educated employee on proper handwashing procedures. Employee washed hands. **Corrected On-Site**
12A-16-4
High Priority - Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Observed wiping cloth stored in bucket of chlorine sanitizer in kitchen, at 200 ppm. Educated manager on proper concentration for chlorine sanitizer. Manager discarded chlorine sanitizer from bucket and prepared new solution at 100 ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
41-15-5
Priority (Critical)
Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)
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