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PARADISE INN

819 SIMONTON ST, Key West FL 33040 · 4233122355

Last inspected Aug 27, 2025 · 4 visits since June 2024

Licence typeRestaurant
Seats12
Risk levelRisk Level 1
LicenceSEA5428232
Grade history
JUN 24
MAR 25
AUG 25
AUG 25
▲ GETTING WORSE

4 inspections, one direction. The current grade is the worst on record.

Badges — 1 earned
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined

Awarded on the inspection record alone. What they mean →

Inspection history

4 visits, newest first

Aug 27, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionLicensing Inspection

Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

2 High priority1 Intermediate2 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 5 findings
Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 0ppm chlorine
High priority/22-41-4
Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized.
High priority/22-45-4
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.
Intermediate/11-26-1
No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit.
Basic/05-09-4
Show the remaining 1 finding ▾
Plastic ogles of drinking water are stored on floor.
Basic/08B-38-4
The state's own report →
Aug 20, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

0 High priority0 Intermediate2 Basic
Show 2 findings ▾
Food stored on floor. Observed plastic bottles of water stored on kitchen and laundry floor.
Basic/08B-38-4
Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Observed inside reach in cooler in by kitchen entrance.
Basic/29-49-6
Mar 10, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.

0 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
Jun 24, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.

0 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic

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.