SHELLS OF BRANDON
115 E BRANDON BLVD, Brandon FL 33511 · 2394002060
Last inspected Jun 4, 2026 · 7 visits since August 2023
5 inspections, one direction. The current grade is the worst on record.
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Strainer in dish area hand sink. Operator removed.
Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. 5 unsecured tanks by beer cooler door
Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Operator printed current license and posted.
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Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee on cookline. Put on hair net.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Drink glasses at soda fountain.
Single-service articles improperly stored. Takeout containers on the floor in storage area. Operator placed on shelf.
Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Tested at 0ppm. Operator adjusted quat supply, replaced sanitizer solution throughout kitchen, tested at 200ppm
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Equipment drain line draining into handwash sink. Observed AC drain line draining into hand sink on far end of cook line
No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Quaternary Ammonium test kit.
Met inspection standards. 6 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. Soda nozzle soiled with debris at bar. Manager cleaned and sanitized
No color/concentration comparison chart available for chemical test kit used to check sanitizer. For Quaternary Ammonium test strips
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 Mahi packs thawing in walk in cooler, manager cut bags as product was still frozen
Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Current copy expired 2-1-2024
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Server cutting board
Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee foods in walk in cooler. Discussed proper segregation
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.
Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items.
Floor area(s) covered with standing water. At three compartment sink
Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning.
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
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Single-service articles improperly stored. Observed Togo boxes stored on floor in dry storage area
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Observed flour with no label
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.