LAZY TURTLE RIVERFRONT
4445 DIXIE HWY · PALM BAY · Brevard County · FL 32905
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
29 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 7
50-17-3High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Licensed expired April of 2025. Operator paid during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-02-6High Priority – Raw eggs over pies and cooked rice. **Corrected On-Site**
01B-13-4High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Salmon and tuna bearing label to remove from package upon thawing. **Warning**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. **Repeat Violation**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. sliced cheese (56F – Cold Holding); coleslaw (52F – Cold Holding); mango salsa (45F – Cold Holding); shredded cheese (52F – Cold Holding); cabbage (52F – Cold Holding); lobster (49F – Cold Holding); black beans (49F – Cold Holding); heavy cream (49F – Cold Holding); raw hamburger (52F – Cold Holding); taco steak (52F – Cold Holding); 2 door upright cooler; cooked sausage (40F – Cold Holding); cooked pasta (39F – Cold Holding); shrimp (46F – Cold Holding); mahi (42F – Cold Holding); white fish (45F – Cold Holding); mahi (51F – Cold Holding); calamari (48F – Cold Holding); mussels (48F – Cold Holding); scallops (46 to 50F – Cold Holding) **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
29-34-4High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. For black hose outside by white fence
41-15-5High 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. Quaternary over 400 ppm **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 6
22-02-4Intermediate – Can opener blade soiled. Cutting board on the cook line soiled. Soda gun soiled
02C-03-5Intermediate – Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Milk open Saturday. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Dish room blocked with buckets in sink.
53A-01-7Intermediate – Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification. Eric has not gotten manager card.
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. On cook line, bar dish washing area, restrooms. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
01C-01-4Intermediate – No tag on/for original container of raw, in-shell oysters. Tag replaced. **Corrected On-Site**
Basic 16
36-32-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. Cook line **Repeat Violation**
14-74-7Basic – Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Grill cooler not maintaining 41F or below.
06-09-1Basic – Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Salmon and tuna
28-02-4Basic – Condensation line draining into a bucket in 2 door glass cooler. In the walk in cooler condensation draining into a pan stored over raw seafood
14-11-5Basic – Door to the walk in cooler doesn't close tightly.
35B-01-4Basic – Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back door off kitchen
36-17-5Basic – Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Cook line **Repeat Violation**
29-09-4Basic – Handle on the hot side missing at plumbing fixture. At bar by three bay sink.
23-03-4Basic – Hood filters soiled. **Repeat Violation**
05-09-4Basic – No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Cook line cooler and 2 door upright cooler.
31B-04-4Basic – No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Cook line and hand sink next to chest freezer.
16-48-4Basic – Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils.
23-01-4Basic – Vending machine exterior soiled. Exterior of the ice bin mold like substance inside bar.
29-17-4Basic – Waste line missing at soda gun holster. Inside bar next to 3 bay sink
29-11-4Basic – Water leaking from pipe under prep sink
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles of water and oil. Flour container not labled. **Repeat Violation**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 21, 2026 7:58 AM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
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1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.