HABANERO GRILL
1851 PALM BAY RD STE 2, Palm Bay FL 32905 · 321 802 5238
Last inspected Jul 7, 2026 · 7 visits since August 2023
5 inspections within 16 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Beef brisket in oven not heated at 130f hot holding, reheated to 206f. Less than two hours.
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Rice in non food grade bag
Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Half and half opened yesterday
Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Sandra
Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee drinks in reach in cooler. Educated operator
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Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. House made tortillas stored in non food grade bags, operated moved to zip lock bags.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Beef brisket in oven not heated at 130f hot holding, reheated to 206f. Less than two hours.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in freezer door gaskets soiled with mold like substance.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Thank you bags used to freeze beef and cooked tortillas.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Lingua cooked yesterday not date marked. Operator date marked.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Large pots not inverted. Pots inverted by staff
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw tilapia over ready to eat vegetables reach in cooler
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Raw beef stored over prepped shredded lettuce
Ripped/worn tin foil used as shelf cover.
Stored food not covered, raw beef in reach-in cooler
Met inspection standards. 11 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board stained
No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Provided the operator a copy of the Employee Health Reporting Agreement
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. Homemade salsa dated 6-29 in cooler. Operator states it was pulled from freezer yesterday. Educated operator that Salsa needs to be dated from freezer then re-dated when moved to fridge.
Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner.
Equipment in poor repair. Gaskets on multiple reach-in coolers torn.
In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Handle in dry rice
No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in glass reach-in cooler
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris. Dirty gaskets on reach-in cooler, food debris on shelves in reach-in cooler. Hood filters soiled
Ripped/worn tin foil used as shelf cover in reach-in freezer
Stored food not covered. Pico not covered in reach-in cooler
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Unlabeled substance on cookline
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.