ISLAMORADA SHRIMP SHACK
Food safety records indicate ISLAMORADA SHRIMP SHACK in ISLAMORADA has 5 inspections with a 2.1/5 overall rating. Recent inspections indicate some food safety concerns.
81901 Overseas Highway
Florida, 33036
Monroe County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5)
Based on 5 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection Date: 10/10/2025
Inspection #: Visit ID: 10931039
- 51-11-4:Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.
- 14-74-7:Basic - Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Cookline unit is mot cold holding at 41 F or below .
- 10-08-5:Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Corrected On-Site
- 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 09-01-4:High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee chopping parsley that is not going to be heated or cooked with bare hands Discussed with the operator, discarded and restarted chopping parsley with gloves on . Corrected On-Site
- 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. calamari (51*F - Cold Holding); Fish (54*F - Cold Holding); shrimp (51*F - Cold Holding) ice was added to the top of chicken ,fish,shrimp
Inspection Date: 3/13/2025
- 36-22-4:Basic - Beer Walk-in cooler Floor area(s) covered with standing water.
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items, purse and cell phone stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items.
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair, beer walk-in cooler door latch is in disrepair.
- 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Shrimp thawing in sink without a container to hold the running water
- 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb, outside with green hose
Inspection Date: 9/6/2024
- 38-07-4:Basic - Dish room Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
- 36-34-5:Basic - Produce Walking cooler Ceiling soiled with accumulated food mold-like substance.
- 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored outside
Inspection Date: 3/14/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8526191
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor in produce walk-in cooler
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses.
- 38-07-4:Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers, in dishroom. Repeat Violation
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. In dish room
- 14-01-5:Basic - Plate with no handle used to dispense cooked rice in the walk-in cooler
- 36-27-5:Basic - Produce Walk-in cooler door and frame are soiled with accumulated debris .
- 14-11-5:Basic - Produce walk-in cooler door and frame and ceiling are in poor repair.
- 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored outside in an unenclosed area.
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw shell eggs stored over/not properly separated from bread in the walk-in cooler.
- 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Hose Bibb next to mop sink outside
- 02B-01-5:Intermediate - Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Raw conch salad is not identified as raw on the menu. Staff began marking raw conch salad with asterisk on the menu in red marker **Corrective Action Taken**
- 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. In the walk-in cooler , cooked rice, pasta, potatoes, cooked ribs are not date marked
Inspection Date: 10/13/2023
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8358097
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Side order cup used in grated cheese. Corrected On-Site
- 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. Corrected On-Site
- 38-07-4:Basic - Dish room Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor in walk in freezer
- 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Corrected On-Site
- 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at outside hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb.