ISLAND HOUSE BAR AND GRILL
3801 Bonita Beach Road Southwest
Florida, 34134
Lee County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 3/26/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
0
Basic
8
Total
9
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of pink and red mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. **Repeat Violation**
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance throughout the back of the house. **Repeat Violation**
- 36-03-4:Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing in multiple areas throughout the back of the house.
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler door gasket torn and door will not close properly. **Repeat Violation**
- 36-73-4:Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris throughout the back of the house. Also excessive wet debris build-up on the floors under the equipment at the bar. This should be kept clean and dry to avoid pest harborage.
- 36-50-4:Basic - Unclean building components, attachments or fixtures. Kitchen and dish room exhaust fans had dust build-up.
- 36-02-5:Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation area. **Repeat Violation**
- 36-27-5:Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust in multiple areas throughout the back of the house. **Repeat Violation**
- 22-41-4:High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Machine was primed and re-ran and achieved proper ppm. Dishwasher (Chlorine 0ppm); Dishwasher (Chlorine 100ppm) **Corrected On-Site**
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/26/2025 revealed 9 total violations (1 high priority, 0 intermediate, 8 basic).
Inspection on 12/26/2024
High Priority
5
Intermediate
6
Basic
14
Total
25
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance in the back of house. Ceiling vent in ladies room heavily soiled.
- 06-09-1:Basic - 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. Six portions of tuna were thawed in vacuum packaging in the reach-in cooler without opening. Cook discarded.
- 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Opened personal Fanta bottled drink stored commingled with produce in the produce cooler.
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Maketable observed repaired with duct tape, making it no loner smooth and easily cleanable. Torn gasket on salad maketable. Door will not close on maketable.
- 14-10-4:Basic - Equipment or utensils not designed or constructed in a durable manner. Two ice cream scoops stored as clean in the dish area had bubbling finish on the food contact surface.
- 35B-01-4:Basic - Exterior door to the kitchen propped open with no screen or mesh to protect against environmental or pest contamination. **Repeat Violation**
- 51-11-4:Basic - Five carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured, located in the back storage area.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Multiple jugs of salad dressings were stored directly on the floor in the walk-in cooler.
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees in the ladies room and at multiple bar hand washing sinks
- 29-08-4:Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Hand washing sink by the pizza oven is leaking onto the floor.
- 36-02-5:Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, and warewashing area. **Repeat Violation**
- 36-27-5:Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust in multiple areas in the back of house.**Repeat Violation** **Repeat Violation**
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Multiple dry foods unlabeled in working containers.
- 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. License expired December 1, 2024.
- 01B-03-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to adulteration of food product. Six portions of tuna were thawed in vacuum packaging in the reach-in cooler without opening. Cook discarded.
- 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Raw sausage in a maketable at improper temperature and unable to determine how long it had been out of temperature. See stop sale.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw sausage in a maketable at improper temperature and unable to determine how long it had been out of temperature. See stop sale.
- 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Two cans of propane for the burner were stored adjacent to a box of food handling gloves, which are a food-contact surface.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Holster for soda gun at the side bar unclean on the interior.
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink at the front bar.
- 31B-03-4:Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink at the back side of the front bar.
- 31B-05-4:Intermediate - Paper towel dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense paper towels at the handwash sink next to the pizza oven.
- 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. No date marks observed on any ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety foods prepared prior to today.
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing blue toxic substance not labeled at the side bar.
Food safety inspection conducted on 12/26/2024 revealed 25 total violations (5 high priority, 6 intermediate, 14 basic).
Inspection on 10/2/2024
High Priority
1
Intermediate
3
Basic
4
Total
8
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 35B-01-4:Basic - Exterior rear kitchen door was left open and has no screen or mesh to protect against vermin or environmental contamination.
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. **Repeat Violation**
- 36-02-5:Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. Back of the house floors are unsealed concrete, peeling in some areas and not smooth and easily cleanable. **Repeat Violation**
- 36-27-5:Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated dust by the large ice machine in the dish area. Wall between the pizza oven and the fryers soiled with grease and dust build-up.
- 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle of Purrell Surface Sanitizer stored improperly next to spices and plastic portion cups in the storage room next to the kitchen.
- 53A-05-6:Intermediate - No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation/handling. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Two cooks and two bartenders working.
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink in the kitchen.
- 02B-02-5:Intermediate - Raw/undercooked animal food offered and establishment has no written consumer advisory. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service. Menus contained asterisks to indicate which items are served raw. However, several of the menus were trimmed and cut off the advisory. During the visit, employee pulled out of service all menus that did not contain the advisory. Establishment will reprint those menus. **Corrective Action Taken**
Food safety inspection conducted on 10/2/2024 revealed 8 total violations (1 high priority, 3 intermediate, 4 basic).