Island Beach Bar and Restaurant
110 S Ocean Drive, Fort Pierce, FL 34949 · Permanent Food Service · License 6603020
What drove the grade
Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition.
How the score was calculated
- Starting score100
- Violations at the Sep 21 routine inspection2 high priority (1 no follow-up needed, 1 fixed on the spot), 3 intermediate (1 fixed on the spot, 1 repeat), 6 basic (3 repeats)-24
- Safety score76
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Inspection history
1 inspection · 1 visitRoutine inspection
- First visitSep 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.
11 violations found:
Official report, on the Florida DBPR websiteWhat the inspector cited
High priority2
Code 01, Approved source; food safe and unadulterated: Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition.
Five 1 lb vacuum sealed tuna bags thawed under vacuum.
Fixed on the spot
Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.
Intermediate3
Code 27, Water source: Water with a temperature of least 85°F not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink.
Hot water side broken at cabana bar.
Code 31, Handwash sinks and supplies: Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing.
Hand wash sink at interior section of cabana bar had rum runner thawing in it. Operator moved.
Fixed on the spotRepeat violation
Code 55, Automatic gratuity notice: Establishment charging operational charges without properly disclosing the information on the menu/web/app and the bill/receipt.
Cash discounts not listed on menus.
Basic6
Code 06, Food properly thawed: 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.
See stop sale. Five 1lb bags of vacuum sealed tuna not removed from vacuum seal.
Fixed on the spot
Code 13, Clean clothes, hair restraints, jewelry: Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
Employee on cook line with no hair restraint, operator provided.
Fixed on the spot
Code 14, Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained: Equipment in poor repair.
Three door reach in cooler on server line all three gaskets torn. White chest reach in freezer exterior top rusted and holed, covered with plastic cutting board.
Repeat violation
Code 22, Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized: Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.
Middle ice machine interior soiled with mold like substance.
Repeat violation
Code 23, Non-food contact surfaces clean: Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust.
Large make table door gaskets soiled with mold like substance. Reach in cooler under griddle gaskets soiled with food debris. Reach in freezer gaskets soiled with mold like substance. Two each.
Repeat violation
Code 35, Insects, rodents, pests and animals: Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside.
Gap on kitchen exterior door open side all the way.
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.
- Stop sale
- An order that the food can’t be sold or served.
- Vacuum breaker, backflow
- Plumbing parts that keep dirty water, such as from a mop sink hose, from flowing back into the clean water supply.