LOUIE'S BACKYARD

700 WADDELL AVE, KEY WEST, Monroe County. DBPR licence 5401483. 3 inspection visits from 2023-08-02 to 2025-11-12.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2025-11-12: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 13 basic violations

1 of 2routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Monroe County average that year (1 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Monroe County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2025-11-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	13	1.25	10 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3) 38 Lighting provided as required. Fixtures shielded
2025-05-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	6	1	3	0.95	6 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature (x3) 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2023-08-02	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	2	8		7 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored (x2) 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x4)

A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.