SHRIMP SHACK
81901 OVERSEAS HWY, Islamorada FL 33036 · 305.394.5350
Last inspected Jun 18, 2026 · 7 visits since October 2023
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JUN 26
— STEADY
5 inspections within 25 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
Awarded on the inspection record alone. What they mean →
Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Jun 18, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate3 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 4 findings
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Ice in handwashing sink
Floor area(s) covered with standing water in walk-in cooler
In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. 85 F utensil water was put on grill top to reheat
Produce Cooler Ceiling shows damage or is in disrepair.
Apr 9, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate2 Basic
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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.
Food stored on floor in walk-in cooler
In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. 87 F water
Oct 10, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
3 High priority0 Intermediate4 Basic
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Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee chopping parsley that is not going to be heated or cooked with bare hands Discussed with the operator, discarded and restarted chopping parsley with gloves on.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. calamari (51*F - Cold Holding); Fish (54*F - Cold Holding); shrimp (51*F - Cold Holding) ice was added to the top of chicken,fish,shrimp
Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.
Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Cookline unit is mot cold holding at 41 F or below.
Ice scoop handle in contact with ice.
In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit.
Mar 13, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority0 Intermediate4 Basic
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Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb, outside with green hose
Beer Walk-in cooler Floor area(s) covered with standing water.
Employee personal items, purse and cell phone stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items.
Equipment in poor repair, beer walk-in cooler door latch is in disrepair.
Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Shrimp thawing in sink without a container to hold the running water
Sep 6, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate3 Basic
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Dish room Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
Produce Walking cooler Ceiling soiled with accumulated food mold-like substance.
Single-service articles improperly stored outside
Mar 14, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 12 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority2 Intermediate8 Basic
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Raw shell eggs stored over/not properly separated from bread in the walk-in cooler.
Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Hose Bibb next to mop sink outside
Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Raw conch salad is not identified as raw on the menu. Staff began marking raw conch salad with asterisk on the menu in red marker
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. In the walk-in cooler, cooked rice, pasta, potatoes, cooked ribs are not date marked
Food stored on floor in produce walk-in cooler
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses.
Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers, in dishroom.
No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. In dish room
Plate with no handle used to dispense cooked rice in the walk-in cooler
Produce Walk-in cooler door and frame are soiled with accumulated debris.
Produce walk-in cooler door and frame and ceiling are in poor repair.
Single-service articles improperly stored outside in an unenclosed area.
Oct 13, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority0 Intermediate4 Basic
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
Vacuum breaker missing at outside hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Side order cup used in grated cheese.
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.
Dish room Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
Food stored on floor in walk in freezer
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.