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TRULUCK'S OCEAN'S FINEST SEAFOOD AND CRAB

777 Brickell Avenue
Miami, Florida, 33131
Miami-Dade County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★★☆☆ (3.3/5)
Based on 7 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 4/9/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10756037

  • 29-09-4:Basic - Cold water not functioning at bar hand sink. Water 130F. Too hot to safely wash hands.
  • 21-38-4:Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Prep area - solution stored on floor. Operator stored properly. Corrected On-Site
  • 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee entered Cookline, put on gloves and began working with ready to eat foods without washing hands. Reviewed proper hand washing and employee washed hands. Corrected On-Site
  • 12A-02-4:High Priority - Employee handled soiled dishes and utensils and then picked up clean dishes without washing hands. Reviewed proper hand washing and employee washed hands. Corrected On-Site
  • 01B-14-4:High Priority - Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. 1 cracked shell egg in container with raw shell eggs on Cookline. See stop sale.
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Cookline hand sink blocked by fan and container. Operator removed items to make sink accessible. Corrected On-Site
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Cookline hand sink used to dump ice. Reviewed proper use of hand sinks.
  • 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Cookline. Operator replaced. Corrected On-Site
  • 53B-13-5:Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.

Inspection Date: 1/8/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8741067

  • 36-36-4:Basic - Ceiling tile missing. Above dish machine.
  • 32-17-4:Basic - Self-closing device on bathroom door disconnected/broken. Employee restroom.

Inspection Date: 6/20/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8698896

  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cookline - right flip top - crab cakes (50F). Per operator placed in unit than an hour ago. Observed item stored above food pans in upper section of flip top. Operator voluntarily discarded. Corrected On-Site
  • 16-62-1:Intermediate - No measuring device available for measuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishmachine.

Inspection Date: 6/20/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8661650

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

Inspection Date: 4/25/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8661143

  • 03G-50-1:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Operator ROP raw beef. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-04-25: ROP beef burgers in walk in cooler - less than 48 hours. Reviewed ROP procedures. **Time Extended**

Inspection Date: 4/24/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8544502

  • 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. Left cookline flip top - fish in ROP package. Per operator placed in unit this morning (36F). Reviewed proper procedures and operator opened packages. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 16-46-4:Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Warning
  • 21-38-4:Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Operator stored properly. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 22-49-4:High Priority - Dishmachine not sanitizing properly. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dishwasher - final rinse(Temperature 145F). Operator made set up triple sink sanitizing. **Corrective Action Taken** Warning
  • 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cookline - middle flip top - Fry station - cream dressing (55F); quinoa (55F); cooked potatoes (55F); cheese (55F); raw fish (54-55F). Per operator items held in unit overnight. No items prepped or portioned today. See stop sale. Warning
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cookline - middle flip top - Fry station - cream dressing (55F); quinoa (55F); cooked potatoes (55F); cheese (55F); raw fish (54-55F). Per operator items held in unit overnight. No items prepped or portioned today. See stop sale. Warning
  • 03F-10-5:Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Provided Time as a Public Health Control Form to operator. Operator filled out during inspection. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 03G-50-1:Intermediate - Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Operator ROP raw beef. Warning

Inspection Date: 11/2/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8271690

  • 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.
  • 53B-01-5:Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.