PIRATES COVE

Name: PIRATES COVE
Address: 617 FRONT ST, KEY WEST, FL, 33040, US
Rating: 90.5

617 FRONT ST, KEY WEST, FL 33040

License #5402004

90.5 Grade B / 100

Solid Health Score

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PIRATES COVE in KEY WEST currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 90.5 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has 2 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on January 12, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 13 total violations — 3 critical, 1 major, 9 minor.

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Inspection Completed - No Further Action
[09-01-4] 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. Observed the bar tender cutting oranges not wearing gloves. The owner had the bartender wash his hands and put on gloves and wash the cut oranges.
[10-07-4] In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed two utensils in water with a temperature or 79°F. The owner turned on the stove to heat it up.
[14-69-4] Ice buildup in reach-in freezer. Observed in the glass door freezer.
[16-37-1] No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths.
[08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. Observed a large plastic container with cooking oil on the floor by the back door.
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed the reach in cooler gasket and door soiled.
[03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed butter packs (56F - Cold Holding) in the front counter wait station. As per the owner they were put there approximately two hours ago. The owner moved them to a different cooler.
[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. Observed tuna (36F - Cold Holding) still in the vacuum. The owner put them back in the freezer.

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