CORKY BELLS SEAFOOD

Name: CORKY BELLS SEAFOOD
Address: 185 S HWY 17, EAST PALATKA, FL, 32131, US
Rating: 92.5

185 S HWY 17, EAST PALATKA, FL 32131

License #6400791

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92.5 Grade B / 100

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CORKY BELLS SEAFOOD in EAST PALATKA currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 92.5 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has one inspection on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on January 16, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 10 total violations — 2 critical, 1 major, 7 minor.

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[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. In stand up reach in cooler, one pan filled with fully thawed salmon in cut open vacuum packaged bags. Discussed with operator needing to be fully removed when thawing. Operator had employee remove.
[10-08-5] Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Bulk ice bin ice scoop laying in bulk ice container. Operator relocated to proper storage.
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Food debris build up in tracks of flip top reach in cooler door gasket. Cook line hood filters with debris build up.
[29-49-6] Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Standing water at base of flip top reach in cooler, breading station. Employees vacuumed water out of reach in cooler.
[40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee jacket stored on soda syrup boxes. Operator relocated.
[14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. Sliding glass door reach in cooler with torn door gasket and two door warming cabinet with torn door gasket.
[36-12-4] Floors not constructed to be easily cleanable. Floor tiles around breading station in process of being replaced by operator and floor of walk in cooler metal flooring raised both not easily cleanable and in process of being repaired.
[22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Bar soda gun nozzle with syrup build up. Cutting board on prep line with visible food staining.
[01B-13-4] Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. In stand up reach in cooler, one pan filled with fully thawed salmon in cut open vacuum packaged bags. Discussed with operator needing to be fully removed when thawing. Operator had employee remove.
[08A-02-6] Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In the reach in freezer, raw breaded shrimp in pan over pan of ready to eat chicken tenders. Operator switched storage levels. In walk in cooler raw ground beef over raw shrimp. In cook line drawers reach in cooler, raw chicken behind ready to eat chicken in same drawer and raw chicken over raw beef. Operator switched all storage levels.

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