Blue Marlin Ami

121 Bridge Street, Bradenton Beach, FL 34217 · Permanent Food Service · License 5105461

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Grade A
Safety score 90 of 100
Latest visit: Oct 21, 2026 (2 weeks ago)

What drove the grade

Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food.High priority · fixed on the spot · 4 other violations

How the score was calculated

  • Starting score100
  • Violations at the Oct 21 routine inspection
    2 high priority (fixed on the spot), 3 basic (1 repeat)
    -10
  • Safety score90

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Inspection history

1 inspection · 1 visit

Routine inspection

5 violations found
  1. First visitOct 21, 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.

    5 violations found:

    • 2 High priority
    • 3 Basic
    What the inspector cited

    High priority2

    • Code 08, Food protection and cross-contamination: Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food.

      Observed raw bacon stored over baked goods in the walk in cooler. Operator moved the bacon.

      Fixed on the spot

    • Code 22, Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized: 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. Observed their dish machine at 0ppm chlorine. Operator had vistaserve come out and fix it to 100ppm.

      Fixed on the spot

    Basic3

    • Code 08, Food protection and cross-contamination: Food stored on floor.

      Observed cases of pickles and a bag of potatoes stored on the floor of the walk in cooler. Operator placed them on shelves.

      Fixed on the spot

    • Code 10, In-use utensils properly stored: In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses.

      Observed tongs stored on their oven door handle. Operator removed them.

      Fixed on the spotRepeat violation

    • Code 31, Handwash sinks and supplies: No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees.

      Observed damaged/missing hand wash signs at three of their sinks. Operator setup temporary signs.

      Fixed on the spot

    Official report, on the Florida DBPR website

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

Ready-to-eat food
Food eaten without further cooking, such as salads, sandwiches, deli meats and cooked dishes.

Most cited

Food protection and cross-contamination2
In-use utensils properly stored1
Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized1
Handwash sinks and supplies1