CEDAR RIVER SEAFOOD OF CRYSTAL RIVER

Name: CEDAR RIVER SEAFOOD OF CRYSTAL RIVER
Address: 1935 SE US HWY 19, CRYSTAL RIVER, FL, 34429, US
Rating: 67.4

1935 SE US HWY 19, CRYSTAL RIVER, FL 34429

License #1900917

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67.4 Grade F / 100

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CEDAR RIVER SEAFOOD OF CRYSTAL RIVER in CRYSTAL RIVER currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 67.4 out of 100 — an F grade — a serious pattern of repeat or critical violations. This restaurant has been inspected 5 times from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on May 1, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 21 total violations — 6 critical, 3 major, 12 minor.

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[10-20-4] In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs hanging from oven door handle at cookline.
[22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. 1. Nozzles on fountain machine in server station soiled with mold-like substance. 2. Bottom edge of deflector plate inside ice machine soiled with mold-like substance.
[36-50-4] Unclean building components, attachments or fixtures. 1. Floors inside walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer soiled with food debris. 2. Standing water on floor around keg cooler in bar area.
[35A-03-4] Dead roaches on premises. 1. One dead roach on floor in kitchen near entrance. 2. One dead roach on floor in kitchen behind ice machine. 3. One dead roach on floor in kitchen in hallway. 4. One dead roach on floor in kitchen below prep sink.
[29-08-4] Plumbing system in disrepair. Pipe below handwash sink near warewash area disconnected from sink.
[33-16-4] Open dumpster lid. Both lids of dumpster left open.
[08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. Boxed soda syrup on floor in server station.
[06-09-1] 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. On ice at cookline: Three packages of salmon, five packages of grouper, two packages of mahi, and six packages of snapper thawed inside reduced oxygen packaging. The fish is completely thawed. The packages do have a label indicating the fish must be removed from packaging prior to thawing. Stop sales issued. Inside walk-in cooler: Four five-gallon buckets containing salmon, grouper, mahi, and salmon thawed inside reduced oxygen packaging. The fish is completely thawed. The packages do have a label indicating the fish must be removed from packaging prior to thawing. Stop sales issued.
[35A-02-7] Live, small flying insects found. Five flies flying in kitchen near ice machine.
[33-31-5] Unnecessary items/unused equipment on the premises. Discarded reach-in cooler and table near dumpster.
[03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Inside cooler at cookline: scallops (57F - Cold Holding). Employee stated the scallops have been held in the cooler for approximately one hour and added ice to the product to rapidly cool it to 41F.
[01B-13-4] Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. On ice at cookline: Three packages of salmon, five packages of grouper, two packages of mahi, and six packages of snapper thawed inside reduced oxygen packaging. The fish is completely thawed. The packages do have a label indicating the fish must be removed from packaging prior to thawing. Inside walk-in cooler: Four five-gallon buckets containing salmon, grouper, mahi, and salmon thawed inside reduced oxygen packaging. The fish is completely thawed. The packages do have a label indicating the fish must be removed from packaging prior to thawing.
[31A-09-4] Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Handwash sink near dish machine covered with tray.

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