HURRICANE HOLE

5130 OVERSEAS HWY, KEY WEST, Monroe County. DBPR licence 5427992. 10 inspection visits from 2024-07-30 to 2026-11-04.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2026-11-04: follow-up visit, 2 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

4 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Monroe County average that year (1 had none)

1emergency closure recommended at an inspection since July 2023 (latest 2026-08-25)

0inspections prompted by a complaint

Emergency closures

From DBPR's weekly closure extracts, which cover 2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06 only. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	Re-opened	Reason (DBPR)
2026-08-25	2026-08-26	Rodent activity

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
2026-11-04	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	2	0	1		3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2026-10-26	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	4	0	1	1.29	5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2026-08-26	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	0		1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2026-08-25	Routine inspection	Emergency closure recommended DBPR: Emergency order recommended	2	3	9	1.29	7 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x3) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x5)
2026-04-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	6	1.25	6 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2025-08-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	11	1.25	11 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3) 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-04-07	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	2		3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-04-02	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	4	8	0.95	9 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x3) 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-07-31	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	2	1	5		4 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x4)
2024-07-30	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	3	3	7	0.95	8 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x4) 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean

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.