BANANA RIVER CAFE

High Priority - - From initial inspection : Observed: Server handled soiled dishes or utensils and then picked up plated food, served food, or prepared a beverage without washing hands. Priority: High Priority - From follow-up inspection 2026-04-16: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Observed: Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. Next to missing tile next to bathroom Priority: Basic - From follow-up inspection 2026-04-16: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Observed: Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Wall between front counter area next to upright refrigerator and closet. Priority: Basic - From follow-up inspection 2026-04-16: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Observed: Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. License posted expired april 1, 2025, verified ownership. Establishment open and operating. License is current. Priority: Basic - From follow-up inspection 2026-04-16: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Observed: Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Tiles front counter Priority: Basic - From follow-up inspection 2026-04-16: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Observed: Ice buildup in reach-in freezer. White deep freezer front counter, excessive ice build up. Lid does not close due to ice build up. Priority: Basic - From follow-up inspection 2026-04-16: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Observed: Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Oven in server area has excessive grease build up in interior Priority: Basic - From follow-up inspection 2026-04-16: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Observed: Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Walls throughout kitchen and front counter Repeat Violation Priority: Basic - From follow-up inspection 2026-04-16: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Observed: Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Front counter hand sink leaking from faucet. Priority: Basic - From follow-up inspection 2026-04-16: Time Extended

High Priority - 4 Live, small flying insects found in mop sink area

Basic - Accumulation of debris inside warewashing machine. Operator started cleaning Corrective Action Taken

Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. Operator cleaned exterior Corrected On-Site

Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. License displayed expired 2025, establishment is open and operating, license is current, operator verified Repeat Violation

Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Drink on prep table next to stove. Manager removed. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. One upright freezer not working. Operator is waiting for someone pick it up.

Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken.

Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.

Basic - Light not functioning. One under hood

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets on all refrigerators have food debris build up. Stove has heavy grease build up Repeat Violation

Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Kitchen walls have grease build up Repeat Violation

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. 6 burner stove top has heavy grease and food debris build up. Repeat Violation

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Evidence of ice dumped in hws in kitchen next to triple sink.

Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Gaskets on white refrigerator are soiled with food debris.

Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance.

Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. On divider wall from front counter to kitchen area,

Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. License posted expired April 1, 2025. License is current active. Establishment is open and operating.

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters have heavy grease build up. Under griddles have grease and food debris build up. The side of stove has heavy grease build up. Repeat Violation

Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Behind toaster, wall is soiled

High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Chicken over corned beef Corrected On-Site

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. 6 burner stove has heavy food and grease build up.

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Strainer in hws in kitchen

Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. One expired 1-23-25

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket on ice machine is in disrepair

Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Doors by the bathrooms.

Basic - Interior of ice machine/bin with rust that has pitted the surface

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters have grease and dust build up

Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall in kitchen soiled. Underneath hws in corner by stove is soiled

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Flip top cooler lid is not secured. - From follow-up inspection 2024-10-04: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Repeat Violation - From follow-up inspection 2024-10-04: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters have heavy grease build up. Gaskets on reach in freezer has heavy black mold like substance around door Repeat Violation - From follow-up inspection 2024-10-04: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Walls in kitchen are soiled with grease and old food debris Repeat Violation - From follow-up inspection 2024-10-04: Time Extended

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Employee dumped ice in Handwash sink next to triple sink. Educated employee.

Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Handwash sink next to cookline does not have paper towels.

Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. Cookline Handwash sink.

Basic - Ceiling tile missing. Ceiling tile missing by bathrooms.

Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling tiles have grease build up.

Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Jackets stored on prep table with mixer, potatoes, sugar and oil.

Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Stainless pans wet nesting, plastic cups on front counter wet nesting. Repeat Violation

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. White chest freezer has heavy ice build up, causing lid not to close. Repeat Violation

Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Interior of microwave heavily soiled.

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters heavily soiled. Stool with towel covering it, liquid margarine covering towel. Interior of microwave heavily soiled Walls in kitchen heavily soiled

Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Walls throughout kitchen are soiled.

High Priority - Employee washed hands with no soap. Operator corrected employee Corrected On-Site

High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 1 live fly next unannounced inspection per Christal Woods

High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Corrected On-Site

High Priority - Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. Corrected On-Site

High Priority - Spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink. Hose laying in mop sink Corrected On-Site

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. Ham opened this morning not date marked. Corrected On-Site

Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Printed procedures for operator Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation

Intermediate - Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Eggs Bennie served sunnie side up not marked with asterisk. Corrected On-Site

Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Printed one for operator and filled out. Corrected On-Site

Intermediate - Squeeze bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Bottle with dish soap at hand wash sink not labeled Corrected On-Site

Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Cups on front line are wet nesting Corrected On-Site

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Chest freezer doesn't close all the way, causing ice build up Repeat Violation

Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Several tiles throughout kitchen are broken Repeat Violation

Basic - Interior of ice machine/bin with rust that has pitted the surface

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Door by bathrooms Repeat Violation - From follow-up inspection 2023-02-07: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Throughout kitchen Repeat Violation - From follow-up inspection 2023-02-07: Time Extended

High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. License expired on April 1st 2022. Please visit dbpr website to renew license.

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. sausage gravy (103-110F - Hot Holding); grits (105-109F - Hot Holding) Operator placed items on at 8:00 the steam table wasn't plugged in, rapid reheat of items and plugged in steam table. Retemped sausage gravy (169F - Hot Holding); black beans (168F - Hot Holding); grits (171F - Hot Holding) Corrected On-Site

Intermediate - Cutting board on cookline stained

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Using as dump sink kitchen educated on proper use of hand wash sinks

Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Using soufflé cup to scoop oats Corrected On-Site

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Cookline unit torn gaskets White chest freezer gasket coming off lid Gasket coming off of ice machine lid Repeat Violation

Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back door by bathrooms Repeat Violation

Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Throughout kitchen tiles cracked Repeat Violation

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters accumulated grease Gaskets reach in freezer on front line Repeat Violation

Basic - Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Stored on floor, suggest double bucketing it Corrected On-Site

Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on cookline stained Interior of ice bin rusting Warning - From follow-up inspection 2022-03-17: Time Extended

Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Unlabeled bleach bottle in dish pit Warning - From follow-up inspection 2022-03-17: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On metal bowls in dish pit Warning - From follow-up inspection 2022-03-17: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gaskets on cookline unit torn Repeat Violation Warning - From follow-up inspection 2022-03-17: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Gap at back door by bathrooms Repeat Violation Warning - From follow-up inspection 2022-03-17: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Throughout kitchen cracked tiles Warning - From follow-up inspection 2022-03-17: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled Gaskets on cookline unit soiled Repeat Violation Warning - From follow-up inspection 2022-03-17: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Standing water in floor drain/floor drain draining very slowly. Standing water on floor under ice machine Warning - From follow-up inspection 2022-03-17: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. - From follow-up inspection 2021-12-14: Time Extended - From follow-up inspection 2022-01-13: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. - From follow-up inspection 2021-12-14: Time Extended - From follow-up inspection 2022-01-13: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket torn ice machine - From follow-up inspection 2021-12-14: Time Extended - From follow-up inspection 2022-01-13: Time Extended

Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Floors not maintained smooth and durable. Tiles in kitchen cracked missing Repeat Violation - From follow-up inspection 2021-12-14: Time Extended - From follow-up inspection 2022-01-13: Time Extended