Inspection records · Florida DBPR
Indian River County Restaurant Inspections
Indian River County inspects well by Central Florida standards: 74% of the 54 restaurants we grade here hold an A. That works out to 2.4 inspections per restaurant over the period, including routine visits, callbacks and complaint-driven checks.
Records cover inspections from July 1, 2025 to June 2, 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 Indian River 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 54 graded Indian River County restaurants, 40 hold an A and 3 sit at D or F.
| Grade | Score range | Restaurants | Share |
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| A | 90–100 | 40 | 74% |
| B | 80–89 | 8 | 15% |
| C | 70–79 | 3 | 6% |
| D | 60–69 | 0 | 0% |
| F | below 60 | 3 | 6% |
Most recent enforcement actions in Indian River 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 Indian River County has 4 such actions and 21 inspections that closed with a warning.
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May 18, 2026
BIG SHOTS GOLF VERO BEACH · Vero Beach
Administrative complaint recommended
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January 26, 2026
SPIRO'S TAVERNA · Vero Beach
Administrative complaint recommended
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August 13, 2025
MULLIGANS BEACH HOUSE BAR AND GRILL · Vero Beach
Administrative complaint recommended
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July 23, 2025
WILKE'S FOURTEEN BONES · Vero Beach
Administrative complaint recommended
Most common violations in Indian River County
If Indian River County has a recurring weakness it is code 14, cited 102 times at 35 establishments.
Ranked by how often each code was cited across all 129 inspections. The official DBPR wording is given first, then what it means in practice.
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1 Code 14 102 citations · 35 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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2 Code 36 72 citations · 25 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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3 Code 08 67 citations · 35 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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4 Code 22 66 citations · 25 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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5 Code 23 52 citations · 30 restaurants
Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
Surfaces that do not touch food directly — shelving, cabinet exteriors, equipment housings — were dirty.
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6 Code 03 46 citations · 23 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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7 Code 16 34 citations · 16 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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8 Code 01 33 citations · 16 restaurants
Food from approved source; safe, unadulterated, sound condition
Food came from an unapproved source, or was spoiled, damaged or otherwise unsound.
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9 Code 29 30 citations · 18 restaurants
Plumbing installed & maintained; mop sink; backflow prevention
Plumbing faults: leaks, missing backflow prevention, or a mop sink problem.
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10 Code 35 30 citations · 15 restaurants
Insects/rodents/pests; outer openings protected against pests
Evidence of insects or rodents, or gaps in the building that let pests in.
Explore Indian River County restaurants
- All Indian River County restaurants and health grades (54)
- Lowest health scores in Indian River County (3)
- Vero Beach restaurant health grades (37)
- Sebastian restaurant health grades (15)
- Every guide on the site
- What these violations mean — the three priority tiers explained
- How we calculate health grades
Indian River County restaurant inspections — FAQ
- Does Florida grade restaurants in Indian River 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 Indian River County?
- We hold 129 DBPR inspection records covering 54 Indian River County restaurants, from July 1, 2025 to June 2, 2026 — an average of 2.4 inspections per restaurant.
- What is the most common health violation in Indian River County?
- Code 14 — Food-contact & nonfood-contact surfaces properly designed/maintained — recorded 102 times at 35 different Indian River County restaurants.