Inspection records · Florida DBPR
Brevard County Restaurant Inspections
Brevard County inspects well by Central Florida standards: 66% of the 337 restaurants we grade here hold an A. Every restaurant here was visited at least once, and many more than once — 2.6 times on average.
Records cover inspections from July 1, 2025 to June 26, 2026, drawn from Florida DBPR public inspection data.
This grade is calculated by us from Florida DBPR public inspection records — Florida does not issue official grades. How we calculate it →
Grade distribution in Brevard County
Florida issues no official restaurant grades. Each score below is calculated by us from the restaurant’s most recent DBPR inspection — 100 points less 8 for every high-priority violation, 3 for every intermediate and 1 for every basic — then banded A to F. Of 337 graded Brevard County restaurants, 222 hold an A and 26 sit at D or F.
| Grade | Score range | Restaurants | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 90–100 | 222 | 66% |
| B | 80–89 | 65 | 19% |
| C | 70–79 | 24 | 7% |
| D | 60–69 | 7 | 2% |
| F | below 60 | 19 | 6% |
Most recent enforcement actions in Brevard County
These are inspections that ended in something stronger than a routine pass — an administrative complaint or an emergency order — newest first. Across the whole record set Brevard County has 35 such actions and 119 inspections that closed with a warning.
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June 19, 2026
KOLACHE BAR · Merritt Island
Administrative complaint recommended
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May 5, 2026
DIRTY BIRDS TIKI BAR & GRILL · Cocoa Beach
Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended
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April 10, 2026
VEN PACA LATIN FOOD · Malabar
Administrative complaint recommended
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April 9, 2026
WABI SABI · Merritt Island
Administrative complaint recommended
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April 2, 2026
MOON HUT · Cape Canaveral
Administrative complaint recommended
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March 18, 2026
LAZY TURTLE RIVERFRONT · Palm Bay
Administrative complaint recommended
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February 18, 2026 Emergency order
PIZZAVOLA CB · Cocoa Beach
Emergency Order Callback Complied
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February 17, 2026 Emergency order
PIZZAVOLA CB · Cocoa Beach
Emergency order recommended
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January 27, 2026
CROWNE PLAZA · Melbourne
Administrative complaint recommended
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January 22, 2026 Emergency order
BEACHSIDE HOTEL AND SUITES · Cocoa Beach
Emergency Order Callback Complied
Most common violations in Brevard County
Code 36 leads the county's violation list, appearing 524 times across 164 Brevard County restaurants.
Ranked by how often each code was cited across all 861 inspections. The official DBPR wording is given first, then what it means in practice.
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1 Code 36 524 citations · 164 restaurants
Floors, walls, ceilings clean & maintained; proper ventilation
Floors, walls or ceilings were dirty or in disrepair, or ventilation was inadequate — a housekeeping failure rather than a direct food risk.
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2 Code 14 507 citations · 199 restaurants
Food-contact & nonfood-contact surfaces properly designed/maintained
Equipment or work surfaces were damaged, worn or built in a way that cannot be properly cleaned.
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3 Code 22 481 citations · 199 restaurants
Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
Surfaces that touch food were not clean and sanitised — one of the most direct routes to contamination.
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4 Code 08 346 citations · 162 restaurants
Cross-contamination: raw foods separated; food protected during prep/storage
Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept apart, or food was left unprotected during prep or storage — the classic cross-contamination failure.
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5 Code 29 321 citations · 153 restaurants
Plumbing installed & maintained; mop sink; backflow prevention
Plumbing faults: leaks, missing backflow prevention, or a mop sink problem.
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6 Code 23 295 citations · 156 restaurants
Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
Surfaces that do not touch food directly — shelving, cabinet exteriors, equipment housings — were dirty.
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7 Code 31 259 citations · 135 restaurants
Handwash sinks accessible; handwashing supplies & sign provided
A handwash sink was blocked, or missing soap, towels or its required sign, so staff could not wash hands properly.
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8 Code 03 223 citations · 131 restaurants
Temperature control of foods (cold/hot holding, cooking, cooling, reheating)
Food was held, cooked, cooled or reheated outside safe temperatures. This is the violation most often linked to foodborne illness.
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9 Code 16 201 citations · 103 restaurants
Dishwashing facilities; sanitizer test kits; gauges
The dishwashing setup fell short — sanitiser strength untested, missing test kits, or faulty gauges.
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10 Code 01 173 citations · 104 restaurants
Food from approved source; safe, unadulterated, sound condition
Food came from an unapproved source, or was spoiled, damaged or otherwise unsound.
Explore Brevard County restaurants
- All Brevard County restaurants and health grades (337)
- Lowest health scores in Brevard County (26)
- Melbourne restaurant health grades (93)
- Cocoa Beach restaurant health grades (46)
- Titusville restaurant health grades (38)
- Palm Bay restaurant health grades (27)
- West Melbourne restaurant health grades (21)
- Cape Canaveral restaurant health grades (20)
- Merritt Island restaurant health grades (18)
- Cocoa restaurant health grades (16)
- Rockledge restaurant health grades (15)
- Every guide on the site
- What these violations mean — the three priority tiers explained
- How we calculate health grades
Brevard County restaurant inspections — FAQ
- Does Florida grade restaurants in Brevard County?
- No. The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation inspects restaurants and records violations, but it does not issue letter grades or scores. The A–F grades shown here are calculated by us from those public inspection records.
- How many restaurant inspections are on file for Brevard County?
- We hold 861 DBPR inspection records covering 337 Brevard County restaurants, from July 1, 2025 to June 26, 2026 — an average of 2.6 inspections per restaurant.
- What is the most common health violation in Brevard County?
- Code 36 — Floors, walls, ceilings clean & maintained; proper ventilation — recorded 524 times at 164 different Brevard County restaurants.