El Habanero Cafe Cubano
2814 North Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West, FL 33040 · Permanent Food Service · License 5428419
What drove the grade
Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information.
How the score was calculated
- Starting score100
- Violations at the Aug 4 routine inspection2 intermediate (1 fixed on the spot), 5 basic (1 repeat)-11
- Safety score89
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Inspection history
1 inspection · 1 visitRoutine inspection
- First visitAug 4, 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.
7 violations found:
Official report, on the Florida DBPR websiteWhat the inspector cited
Intermediate2
Code 31, Handwash sinks and supplies: Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times.
Kitchen: container stored inside the hand washing sink.
Fixed on the spot
Code 53, Manager certification and employee training: Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information.
FRLA: Marce Magdalena Gonzalez, missing date of birth.
Basic5
Code 08, Food protection and cross-contamination: Food stored on floor.
Kitchen, by the hand washing sink: case of raw shell eggs stored on the floor. As per operator, put on the floor 10 minutes before the inspection to place inside the reach in cooler.
Fixed on the spot
Code 13, Clean clothes, hair restraints, jewelry: Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
Observed employee serving food from the steam table without a hat or hair restraint.
Code 14, Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained: Ice buildup in reach-in freezer: front counter and kitchen.
Repeat violation
Code 23, Non-food contact surfaces clean: Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease and dust.
Hood soiled
Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Water leaking from pipe underneath the three compartment sink in the kitchen area
Reporting only1
Code 45, Fire extinguishing equipment: Use of cooking equipment producing grease laden vapors/smoke with no hood suppression system installed.
Notified Fire AHJ. For reporting purposes only. Observed the establishment has hood, but do not see the nozzles for the fire suppressant system installed. establishment frying with grease has two portable grease fires underneath the hood.
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
- Nonfood-contact surface
- Surfaces food doesn’t touch, such as the outsides of equipment, handles and door gaskets.