JOE'S CRAB SHACK
1200 MAIN ST · DAYTONA BEACH · Volusia County · FL 32118
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
16 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
22-41-4High Priority – Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. – upstairs kitchen, 0ppm **Warning**
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. – gloves changed without washing hands **Warning**
12A-12-4High Priority – Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. – in upstairs kitchen: cook handling raw meats, changed gloves without washing hands to handle ready to eat foods **Warning**
09-01-4High Priority – Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands – food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. -bartender handling bar fruit with bare hands when placing into beverages, advised to use plastic tongs **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. – mozzarella cheese stick, 44F, stored directly above cooling rice in walk in cooler – main kitchen low boy: salmon 44F; fish 45F; fish 47; raw beef 46F; raw steak 46F; raw hamburger 46F -ice cream mix inside bar 50F, less than 1 hour per manager – upstairs kitchen low boy: mozzarella cheese 47F; raw shrimp 44F; shrimp 44F;. -manager added ice to drawers below griol **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
Intermediate 2
31A-11-4Intermediate – Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. -sani bucket inside bar hand sink **Warning**
27-16-4Intermediate – Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. -79F, 81f hot water in bar hand wash sinks downstairs **Warning**
Basic 9
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. -interior bar downstairs ice machine **Warning**
36-34-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. -prep room in back of establishment **Warning**
36-17-5Basic – Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. – cracked tiles throughout kitchen **Warning**
36-24-5Basic – Hole in or other damage to wall/door **Warning**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. -floor fan in back hallway -soiled hand sink basin in back prep rook – ansul lines **Warning**
12B-13-4Basic – Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-33-4Basic – Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. – seafood boil cooler **Warning**
36-30-4Basic – Wall not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, warewashing areas or bathroom. – wall in prep walk cooler rusted **Warning**
29-03-4Basic – Water draining onto floor surface. – from dish machine in main kitchen **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 12, 2026 4:28 AM.
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.