CEDAR KEY FISH & CRAB HOME OF THE FREEZER
5590 S BOULEVARD DR, Homosassa FL 34448 · 352-628-2452
Last inspected Jun 9, 2026 · 7 visits since November 2023
5 inspections, swinging between A and B. Consistency is the problem here, not any single visit.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
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Disciplinary actions
1 case · $320
| Case | Violation date | Final order | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3--2017035931 | Apr 6, 2017 | Sep 5, 2017 | $320 |
Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee changed trash, placed new trash liner, and proceeded to touch clean and sanitized tray to plate food in steamer without washing hands in approved handwash sink. Employee stopped and washed hands.
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef stored over ready-to-eat individually portioned sauces in walk-in cooler. Operator moved and stored correctly.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times in bar blocked by serving tray and handsoap stored in sink. Operator removed.
Employees with no beard guard and no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation in kitchen.
Plumbing system in disrepair. Handwash sink in bar has water trickling from faucet with inadequate pressure to properly wash hands. Operator corrected.
Water leaking from pipe underneath handwash sink in kitchen, not leaking in path of employee walkway. Discussed with operators.
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee sink on prep table on cooks line. Operator removed
Food stored on floor. Cases of bread on floor in Walk-in-Cooler
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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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. Cheese sauce stored at room temperature, not time marked. Operator states sauce has been out of cooler for 2 hours. Operator time marked.
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Cleaning utensils in line cook hand sink. Operator removed
No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Operator unable to locate TPHC paperwork, provided operator new paperwork, operator filled out paperwork during inspection
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. Fish in sealed rop in walk in cooler. Discussed with operator need to break seal before thawing
Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. -in bar area, walk in coolers, dry storage and kitchen
This record follows the licence, not the owner. Restaurants change hands and the licence history normally does not, so an older entry may describe people who no longer run the place. Every inspection above links to the state's own report. Something wrong? Tell us.