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Florida's restaurant owners are not required to post restaurant inspection results where guests can see them. So every week, we provide that information for you.
For a complete list of local restaurant inspections, including violations not requiring warnings or administrative action, visit our Brevard County restaurant inspections site.
Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Brevard County, Florida, for the week of June 10-16, 2024. Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.
Disclaimer: The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation describes an inspection report as a 'snapshot' of conditions present at the time of the inspection. On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment.
For full restaurant inspection details, visit our Brevard County restaurant inspection site.
Which Brevard County restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?
These restaurants met all standards during their June 10-16 inspections and no violations were found.
Note: The ** denotes restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week
- Dat-B-Good Foods / BBQ LLC, Mobile food dispensing vehicle
- Dunkin' Donuts, 1 Air Terminal Parkway Suite 110, Melbourne
- El Buzo Peruvian Cuisine, 5675 N. Atlantic Ave., Suite 110, Cocoa Beach**
- El Fogon Venezuelan Grill, Mobile food dispensing vehicle
- Lucky's Craft Food and Drink, 1 Air Terminal Parkway, Melbourne
- Nylah's Italian Ice and More, Mobile food dispensing vehicle
- Shuttles LLC, 4835 W. Eau Gallie Blvd., Melbourne
Which Brevard County restaurants had high priority violations?
Beef O Brady's
2301 State Road 524, Cocoa
Complaint Inspection on June 11
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Nine total violations, with four high-priority violations
- High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Medication stored over single service items and foods **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - In-use utensil stored in unclean water at or above 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Spatulas stored in dirty water **Corrected On-Site**
- 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 the flip top and lower holding areas of reach-in cooler across from fryers cut tomatoes (50F - Cold Holding); shredded cheese (53F - Cold Holding); cut lettuce (48F - Cold Holding); deli ham (51F - Cold Holding) all food items has been in overnight.
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In lower holding areas of reach in cooler across from fryers cut tomatoes (50F - Cold Holding); shredded cheese (53F - Cold Holding); cut lettuce (48F - Cold Holding); deli ham (51F - Cold Holding) all food items has been in overnight. SEE STOP SALE In flip top of same unit In the flip top sliced cheese (46F - Cold Holding); sliced provolone (45F - Cold Holding); raw beef (45F - Cold Holding). Operator was able fix unit; all food items are below 41°F **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
Kay's Real Pit Bar-Bq
1552 W. King St., Cocoa
Complaint Inspection on June 11
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
18 total violations, with two high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Cook cracked a raw shelled egg and then touched the handle of fryer basket without changing gloves and washing hands
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef on a tray stored over containers of bread. Operator moved **Corrected On-Site**
Moon Hut
7802 N. Atlantic Ave., Cape Canaveral
Routine Inspection on June 14
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
12 total violations, with five high-priority violations
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed six live flying insects in dining area. Operator killed all but three. Next unannounced as per supervisor Woods.
- High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw beef over raw fish in low boil unit below grill **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Fully thawed raw salmon in sealed vacuum packaging bearing thawing requirements label
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In the flip top of reach in cooler nearest to walk-in cooler butter milk (50F - Cold Holding In the red Coca-Cola reach-in cooler on service line butter packets (47F - Cold Holding) **Repeat Violation**
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Bleach stored over single service towels. Operator moved towels **Corrected On-Site**
What agency inspects restaurants in Florida?
What Do Restaurant Inspectors Look For?
Each inspection report is a "snapshot" of conditions present at the restaurant at the time of the inspection.
Ginny Beagan, Wochit
Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.
How do I report a dirty restaurant in Florida?
If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online.
Get the whole story at our restaurant inspection database.
What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?
Basic violations are those considered against best practices.
A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.
An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: "Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over."
An emergency order — when a restaurant is closed by the inspector — is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.
A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.
