Cafe Aroma
13625 E Emerald Coast Pkwy Unit 7, Inlet Beach, FL 32461 · Permanent Food Service · License 7602225
What drove the grade
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse.
How the score was calculated
- Starting score100
- Violations at the Jul 23 routine inspection3 high priority (no follow-up needed), 3 intermediate (2 fixed on the spot, 2 repeats), 3 basic (2 repeats)-23
- Safety score77
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Inspection history
1 inspection · 1 visitRoutine inspection
- First visitJul 23, 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.
9 violations found:
Official report, on the Florida DBPR websiteWhat the inspector cited
High priority3
Code 01, Approved source; food safe and unadulterated: Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse.
Held on time- shell eggs 78°F (7:45-11:45).
Code 03, Food out of temperature: Time/temperature control for safety food held using a 4-hour time control plan is at a temperature greater than 70°F.
Held on time- shell eggs 78°F (7:45-11:45). See stop sale.
Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb on right side at mop sink.
Intermediate3
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.
Held on time- shell eggs 78°F (7:45-11:45). Provided establishment with written form.
Fixed on the spot
Code 16, Dishwashing facilities and test kits: Chemical test kit not used to ensure proper sanitization of equipment and utensils when using a chemical sanitizer.
Quaternary sanitizer solution 0 ppm.
Repeat violation
No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths.
Provided establishment with chlorine test strips for chlorine dish washer.
Fixed on the spotRepeat violation
Basic3
Code 10, In-use utensils properly stored: Ice scoop handle in contact with ice inside ice machine.
Code 22, Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized: Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin at sides of grate molds.
Repeat violation
Code 42, Premises and cleaning equipment: Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
Wet mop stored in mop bucket.
Repeat violation
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.
- 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.