Riverwalk Cafe
13533 US Hwy 1, Sebastian, FL 32958 · Permanent Food Service · License 4100687
What drove the grade
Spray hose at mop sink lower than flood rim of sink.
How the score was calculated
- Starting score100
- Violations at the Aug 11 routine inspection1 high priority (no follow-up needed), 2 intermediate (1 fixed on the spot), 5 basic (1 repeat)-14
- Safety score86
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Inspection history
1 inspection · 1 visitRoutine inspection
- First visitAug 11, 2026 No follow-up needed
Met the state's inspection standards; the inspector didn't need to come back. Any violations cited still count toward the grade.
8 violations found:
Official report, on the Florida DBPR websiteWhat the inspector cited
High priority1
Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Spray hose at mop sink lower than flood rim of sink.
Spray hose laying in bin of mop sink, no vacuum breaker.
Intermediate2
Code 03, Food out of temperature: No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food.
Butter on time, no written plan. Printed and filled out.
Fixed on the spot
Code 22, Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized: Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime.
Can opener blade soiled with food debris, moved to wash. Meat slicer soiled on upper track behind blade at the guide.
Basic5
Code 14, Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained: Equipment in poor repair.
Single door glass reach in cooler gasket torn on side.
Repeat violation
Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
Shelves in walk in cooler rusted.
Code 23, Non-food contact surfaces clean: Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust.
Make table on cook line gaskets soiled with food debris.
Code 35, Insects, rodents, pests and animals: Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors.
Back of kitchen doors not self closing, two in total.
Code 36, Floors, walls, ceilings and ventilation: Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair.
Floor tiles cracked on cook line.
Reading this report
Priority levels
- High priority The problems most likely to make someone sick directly.
- Intermediate Could lead to a high-priority problem if not fixed.
- Basic Best practices and general upkeep.
Terms in the inspectors’ reports
- Time/temperature control for safety food
- Food that has to be kept hot, at 135°F or above, or cold, at 41°F or below, to stay safe: meat, seafood, eggs, dairy, cooked rice and beans, cut melons and the like.
- Food-contact surface
- Anything food touches, such as cutting boards, utensils, counters and the inside of ice machines.
- Nonfood-contact surface
- Surfaces food doesn’t touch, such as the outsides of equipment, handles and door gaskets.
- Vacuum breaker, backflow
- Plumbing parts that keep dirty water, such as from a mop sink hose, from flowing back into the clean water supply.