Palm Bay, Florida
Brevard County · 230 restaurants
Palm Bay is Brevard County's largest city by population, anchored economically by Harris Corporation and other aerospace and defense employers tied to the nearby Kennedy Space Center corridor known as the Space Coast. The city's 211 restaurants serve a largely suburban, family-oriented population spread across a sprawling footprint with no traditional downtown core, concentrated instead along Malabar Road and Babcock Street. Palm Bay's steady growth as an affordable alternative to Melbourne has brought new development and restaurants, even as the local economy remains closely tied to the region's space and defense industry.
Data on this page
InspectFL turns public DBPR inspection records into city-level score trends, grade breakdowns, and restaurant history so this page is useful for comparison, not just a list of names.
How to use this city page
Start with the citywide grade mix, then use filters to narrow by category, grade, or inspection dates before opening the full restaurant record.
What the citywide data means
Palm Bay has a heavier concentration of failing restaurants than you’d want, which makes recent inspection history and dispositions especially important.
Best supporting links
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About Dining in Palm Bay
Of Palm Bay's 230 graded restaurants, 47.8% earned an A grade — below the statewide average, suggesting room for improvement in local food safety. Currently, 10.0% of restaurants hold a failing F grade, representing 23 establishments with significant health violations. The average InspectFL Health Score across Palm Bay is 88.7 out of 100, based on 670 inspections on record.
What Inspectors Look For
Florida DBPR inspectors evaluate restaurants on food temperature control, employee hygiene, pest activity, and equipment cleanliness. Violations are categorized as critical (immediate health risk), major (significant concern), or minor (procedural issue). Learn more about how grades work.
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Restaurants
Page 10 of 10HAMBURGER PATTY WAGON
1150 MALABAR RD SE, STE 117
NAUTI DAWGS CATERING
1725 WINDSOR AVE SE
THE CORNBREAD JUNCTION
3085 JUPITER BLVD STE 19
Important context for city pages
City pages are comparison tools built from public Florida DBPR inspection data. They help surface local patterns quickly, but they are not official government rankings and they should not replace reading the individual restaurant page before making a decision.
