OLDE BAY CAFE
51 MAIN ST UNIT 1, Dunedin FL 34698 · 7278047294
Last inspected Aug 11, 2026 · 8 visits since October 2023
5 inspections, swinging between A and C. Consistency is the problem here, not any single visit.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
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Inspection history
8 visits, newest first
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 6 recorded.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board stained.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic Bowls used as scoops for spices and feta. Operator removed bowls.
Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee lunch box on top of wine box in beer kitchen. Operator moved lunch.
Establishment charging automatic gratuity without properly disclosing the information on the menu and the bill. Menu states, "Option to recieve discount paying with cash." Does not state credit card fee.
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Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Measured at 0ppm. Operator remade at 50ppm.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Unlabeled squeeze bottle of sauce in kitchen.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed 5 packages of diced raw tuna still thawed out in its packaging even though packaging states to remove before thawing. Stop sale issued. Manager discarded.
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. Observed 5 packages of raw tuna still thawed out in its packaging even though packaging states to remove before thawing. Stop sale issued. Manager discarded item.
Walk-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
Met inspection standards. 2 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. Stained cutting on reach in deli cooler in cook line.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Grooved cutting on reach in deli cooler in cook line.
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. License expired 2/1/25
Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Tuna not removed from package that states to be removed before thawed. Fish fully thawed.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. garlic butter (71F - Cold Holding) sitting on counter for less than 4 hours. Operator relocated. Discussed Time as a Public Health Control with operator.
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. Ahi tuna not removed from package. Package states to remove from package before thawing. See stop sale.
Food stored on floor. Container of onions on floor in the walk in cooler. Operator relocated.
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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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. Tuna in ROP packaging being thawed without being removed from the package/ following manufacturer instructions. Fish was still frozen. Operator to remove the tuna from packaging.
Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. 2 wet wiping cloths on cutting board of cook line not stored in sanitizer solution.
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.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand wash sink blocked by rack holding single service disposables
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employees jacket hanging from wire rack holding single service disposables
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
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.