JIMMY BUFFETTS MARGARITAVILLE
500 DUVAL ST, Key West FL 33040 · 305.292.1435
Last inspected Aug 11, 2026 · 7 visits since August 2023
5 inspections, one direction. The current grade is the worst on record.
Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment.
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food.
Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment.
Food thermometer(s) not calibrated according to manufacturer's specifications.
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.
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Probe thermometer not used to ensure proper food temperatures of cooked time/temperature control for safety food.
Cleaned and sanitized equipment or utensils not properly stored.
Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Observed loose food debris to kitchen floor.
Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Insect control device installed over food preparation area. Observed Insect control device installed over food preparation area.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors.
Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Observed sanitazer bucket on preparation table, operator properly stored it.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors.
Insect control device installed over food preparation area.
Open dumpster lid.
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed pasta and rice not date marked inside the reach in cooler at the front line. As per operator foods were cooked over 24 hours ago.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed a plastic cup used as scoop inside the sugar. Employee removed it.
Faucet/handle fir hot water broken at hand was sink at the front counter.
No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Observed at reach in cooler by the fryers.
Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Observed at reach in cooler by the fryers.
Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Observed at reach in cooler by the fryers.
Stored food not covered. Observed shrimp inside the reach in freezer not covered. Employee covered the shrimp.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed employee washing tomatoes, Manager corrected employee.
No measuring device available for measuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishmachine.
Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Observed in kitchen area,also at the bar.
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
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No measuring device available for measuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishmachine.
No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
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.