BRETT'S WATERWAY CAFE

1 S FRONT ST, FERNANDINA BCH, Nassau County. DBPR licence 5500597. 8 inspection visits from 2023-07-28 to 2025-03-04.

No inspection since 2025-03-04. The restaurant may have closed, moved or changed licence; DBPR's files do not say which.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2025-03-04: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

4 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Nassau County average that year (0 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

0inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Nassau 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
2025-03-04	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-02-28	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	5	0	10	2.77	10 areas 01 Approved source (x2) 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils (x2) 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2024-10-08	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-10-01	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	7	4	7	2.77	13 areas 01 Approved source (x3) 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x2) 03 Food Out of Temperature 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored (x2) 11 Personnel with infections restricted 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-03-18	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-01-16	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	2	3	0.89	7 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-08-02	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-07-28	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	4	0.89	5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, 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.