SHELLS OF MELBOURNE
1490 W NEW HAVEN AVE
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★½☆☆ (2.6/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 3/19/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
6
Total
6
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Vents on cook line are heavily soiled
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Back prep line has drinks above prep table
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Cooler drawers on cookline do not close properly. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Hand wash sink by ice machines
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gasket on salad cooler has black mold like substance build up **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation
- 36-27-5:Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall in dish pit is soiled and no longer cleanable
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/19/2025 revealed 6 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 6 basic).
Inspection on 10/31/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
2
Basic
13
Total
15
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 23-24-4:Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Heavy grease build up on breading cart table on bottom.
- 50-09-4:Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. License is current. License displayed expired April 1, 2024. Repeat Violation
- 14-38-4:Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. A couple of lids broken on corners. Manager discarded broken lids. Corrected On-Site
- 33-10-4:Basic - Inside/outside of dumpster not clean. Heavy yard debris in dumpster area
- 14-34-4:Basic - Interior of ice machine/bin with rust that has pitted the surface Both ice machines have black mold like substance build up around back interior. Repeat Violation
- 22-08-4:Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Corrected On-Site
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Knobs on stove are heavily soiled. Gaskets on salad cooler have black mold like substance Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 14-52-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surfaces not designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and maintenance. Cambro containers that hold clean utensils for clams, and cocktail forks, and spoons
- 29-08-4:Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Spray area for plates, drain underneath leaking
- 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Thawing shrimp in standing water. Corrected On-Site
- 36-50-4:Basic - Unclean building components, attachments or fixtures. Electrical outlet above breading station has grease/dirt build up
- 36-27-5:Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall by office prep area has build up of dust. Wall by dry storage has glue build up. Wall in dish pit area has black mold like substance. Repeat Violation
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Old bay spice, panko, catfish batter and salt not labeled. Corrected On-Site
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Tomato diced soiled Corrected On-Site
- 11-26-1:Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses.
Food safety inspection conducted on 10/31/2024 revealed 15 total violations (0 high priority, 2 intermediate, 13 basic).
Inspection on 3/13/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
5
Total
5
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents/fans soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Fan in reach in cooler has dust build up.
- 50-09-4:Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. License is current, license not posted. Corrected On-Site
- 14-34-4:Basic - Interior of ice machine/bin with rust that has pitted the surface
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gasket on cookline has small tear.
- 36-27-5:Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall by prep sink area is soiled.
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/13/2024 revealed 5 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 5 basic).
Inspection on 10/16/2023
High Priority
1
Intermediate
3
Basic
5
Total
9
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. Both Repeat Violation
- 16-23-4:Basic - Accumulation of lime scale on the inside of the dishmachine.
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated dust
- 36-27-5:Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Behind dish machine
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.Unlabeled blackening spice Corrected On-Site
- 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. Dishwasher (Chlorine 00ppm), had to get air bubbles out of line. Primed and retested at Dishwasher (Chlorine 50ppm) 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. Undated opened fish dip Corrected On-Site
- 11-26-1:Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Do not have for employee under 60 days, provided for operator
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. In dish pit room Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 10/16/2023 revealed 9 total violations (1 high priority, 3 intermediate, 5 basic).