Merritt Island, Brevard County

ARDELLA'S SANDWICHES AND SUCH LLC

780 E MERRITT ISLAND CWSY STE C102, Merritt Island, FL 32952

FoodSeating
Latest violations
11
4 High Priority
Dec 17, 2025
City
Merritt Island
County
Brevard
Status
Current / Active
Inspections
8

Violation history

Florida violations grouped by priority level over time.

Inspection history

Florida inspections are violation-priority based, with high priority, intermediate, and basic counts shown separately.

Dec 17, 2025

Complaint Full

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 4Intermediate: 3Basic: 4Total: 11

12A-16-4

Detail 24260430

High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Cook entered through rear door and did not wash hands before putting on gloves

08A-05-6

Detail 24260434

High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shelled eggs stored over bagels. Operator moved Corrected On-Site

03A-02-5

Detail 24260427

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In flip top of reach-in cooler on cook line pork (59F - Cold Holding). Stored above fill line of unit.

03B-01-6

Detail 24260424

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. In steamwell chowder (122F - Hot Holding). Operator reheated on cook line with equipment Corrective Action Taken

22-02-4

Detail 24260428

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soda machine dispenser tips are soiled in lobby

31A-11-4

Detail 24260433

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand wash sink behind front counter is being used as dump sink for teas

41-17-4

Detail 24260431

Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle not labeled identifying liquid contents

13-03-4

Detail 24260425

Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Food handler behind front counter Corrected On-Site

08B-38-4

Detail 24260426

Basic - Food stored on floor. Soda bin box on the floor behind front counter

25-06-4

Detail 24260429

Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Aluminum pans in rear dry storage area are stored with food contact surface facing upwards. Coffee filters on shelf behind front counter are not stored in a protected manner

02D-01-5

Detail 24260432

Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. White granular substance removed from original packaging not identified on rear dry storage shelf

Jul 17, 2025

Complaint Full

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Intermediate: 1Total: 1

22-02-4

Detail 23881307

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Table mounted Can opener blade is soiled

Feb 7, 2025

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Intermediate: 1Total: 1

02C-03-5

Detail 23537629

Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Buttermilk and cheesecakes not dated. Operator marked Corrected On-Site

Sep 17, 2024

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Basic: 1Total: 1

02D-01-5

Detail 23151628

Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. White granular substance removed from original packaging is not labeled identifying by common name. Operator labeled Corrected On-Site

Mar 1, 2024

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 1Basic: 2Total: 3

03A-02-5

Detail 22687302

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In flip top of reach in cooler on cook line sliced cheese (50F - Cold Holding); cold cuts (53F - Cold Holding). Stored over fill line of unit Repeat Violation

13-03-4

Detail 22687304

Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Prep cook put on hat Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation

25-06-4

Detail 22687303

Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Single service containers in dry storage shelves stored with food contact surface facing upwards. Operator inverted Corrected On-Site

Oct 16, 2023

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 1Intermediate: 1Basic: 3Total: 5

03A-02-5

Detail 22366486

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In display case on front counter. cheesecake (45F - Cold Holding) In flip top of reach in cooler on cook line sliced cheese (47F - Cold Holding). Cheese is being stored over fill line of unit

53B-13-5

Detail 22366485

Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Only one certificate available

13-03-4

Detail 22366489

Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee building salads behind the front counter. Corrected On-Site

08B-47-4

Detail 22366488

Basic - Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. Plastic soda bottles and plastic cooking oil containers Corrected On-Site

10-20-4

Detail 22366487

Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs hanging on front of equipment. operator moved Corrected On-Site

Jun 28, 2023

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

No violations recorded for this inspection.

Jan 30, 2023

Food-Licensing Inspection

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 1Total: 1

29-42-4

Detail 21736557

High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.