COQUINA BEACH CAFE
2850 GULF DRIVE S · BRADENTON · Manatee County · FL 34217
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
6 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee wearing gloves handling raw fish. Employee placed fish into fryer. After placing fish into fryer employee removed gloves and began to put on a new pair of gloves. Advised employee hands need to be washed in between tasks and before putting on new gloves. Employee washed hands and put on new gloves. **Corrected On-Site**
14-86-1High Priority – Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. Observed paper towel at the bottom of container holding cut leafy greens in roll top cooler at prep station. Operator removed paper towel. **Corrected On-Site**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed all of the following items stored in right hand side of the lower reach in cooler across from cook line. Chicken (50F – Cold Holding); Ham (47F – Cold Holding); Hot Dogs (52F – Cold Holding); Pollack (48F – Cold Holding); Raw shell eggs-ambient temperature(63F); French toast batter (56F – Cold Holding). Operator stated items had been stored in reach in cooler overnight. Operator discarded the items from reach in cooler. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed all of the following items stored in right hand side of the lower reach in cooler across from cook line. Chicken (50F – Cold Holding); Ham (47F – Cold Holding); Hot Dogs (52F – Cold Holding); Pollack (48F – Cold Holding); Raw shell eggs-ambient temperature(63F); French toast batter (56F – Cold Holding). Operator stated items had been stored in reach in cooler overnight. Operator discarded the items from reach in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03F-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale. Observed fish batter listed on Time as a public health control not time marked on cook line. Operator stated fish batter was at room temp for approximately 2 hours. Operator time marked batter. **Corrected On-Site**
Basic 1
35B-08-4Basic – Fly sticky tape hanging over food/food preparation area/food-contact equipment. Observed sticky trap with dead small flying insects hanging directly over prep table with alcohol bottles in dry storage area. Operator removed sticky trap. **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 23, 2026 12:32 PM.
Violation category totals
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
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.