CORKY BELLS SEAFOOD
185 S HWY 17
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 4/7/2025
High Priority
3
Intermediate
3
Basic
10
Total
16
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 33-14-4:Basic - Dumpster overflowing garbage. Dumpster overflowing and trash bags on the ground. Operator has called waste company to expedite pick up. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink over wait station counter reach in cooler, employee relocated. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on cookline reach in cooler cutting board. Employee relocated the phone. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 08B-48-4:Basic - Employee preparing food in customer section of dining area. Employee cutting fruit at inside bar counter.
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On shelf over three compartment sink, clean containers stacked while wet.
- 36-12-4:Basic - Floors not constructed to be easily cleanable. Floors of walk in cooler not easily cleanable, operator in process of replacing and making cleanable. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
- 10-06-5:Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container. In bulk hush puppy container spoon stored with handle in the product. Operator removed the spoon. **Corrected On-Site**
- 21-04-4:Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. Prep station wet wiping cloth under cutting board. Employee removed the wiping cloth. **Corrected On-Site**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Wait station reach in cooler door gaskets with mold like substance build up. **Repeat Violation**
- 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Standing water at the base of the flip top reach in cooler in the center of the cook line. Employee wiped the water from the base. **Corrected On-Site**
- 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Two flies observed on metal table of dishwashing area. Employee killed one fly. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In the standup reach in cooler, raw lobster over cooked crawfish. In the standup reach in freezer, container of raw shrimp over ready to eat cheese sticks. Operator rearranged storage levels. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Chemical spray bottle of sanitizer stored on bulk soda syrup boxes. Chemical spray bottle of sanitizer hanging off prep table over whisk for iced tea. Operator relocated both chemical spray bottles. **Corrected On-Site**
- 02C-03-5:Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. In the reach in cooler on the cook line and wait station reach in cooler open containers of milk missing product date marking. Operator had employee date mark. **Corrected On-Site**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Bulk ice bin has mold like substance at the ice chute. Microwave on cook line has food debris on top plate. Employee cleaned the microwave. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at cook line hand wash sink, operator provided paper towels. **Corrected On-Site**
Food safety inspection conducted on 4/7/2025 revealed 16 total violations (3 high priority, 3 intermediate, 10 basic).
Inspection on 8/1/2024
High Priority
4
Intermediate
1
Basic
9
Total
14
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. In dry storage area, small plastic cups used in multiple seasonings. **Repeat Violation**
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. At cook line, employee drink on counter of reach-in cooler at fry station. At cook line, employee drink on upper shelf over microwave.
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. At cook line, cell phone on reach-in cooler counter. Phone moved. **Corrected On-Site**
- 13-04-4:Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. On cook line, 2 employees with no beard guards. **Repeat Violation**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. At cook line, left microwave has rust and is no longer smooth surface and easily cleanable.
- 36-12-4:Basic - Floors not constructed to be easily cleanable. Walk-in cooler floor has rusting with holes and is no longer easily cleanable. **Repeat Violation**
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. At cook line, tongs on oven handle. Also, at inside bar, ice scoop in ice bin with handle touching ice. Employee moved scoop. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 22-08-4:Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. At cook line, left microwave has encrusted residue at back wall of microwave.
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. At drink station, reach-in cooler gasket has build up. **Repeat Violation**
- 12A-25-4:High Priority - Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. At cook line, employee removed hat, touched hair, placed cap back on then handled clean pan without washing hands and changing gloves. Inspector spoke to employee, he washed hands and put on new gloves. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed 4 flying insects. 1 at dish area. 2 in dry storage room with seasonings. 1 in dry storage with potatoes. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In double door reach-in cooler at end of cook line across from triple sinks, raw lobster stored over cooked crawfish. Operator moved lobster to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
- 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. At cook line triple sinks, hose bibb with red hose attached missing backflow preventer.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. At inside bar, soda gun soiled. Employee stated gun is no longer in service. At outside bar, soda gun and drain plate soliled. **Repeat Violation**
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/1/2024 revealed 14 total violations (4 high priority, 1 intermediate, 9 basic).