THE BOATHOUSE OYSTER BAR

288 B HARBOR BLVD, DESTIN, Okaloosa County. DBPR licence 5601713. 14 inspection visits from 2023-07-07 to 2026-05-26.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-05-26: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

2 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Okaloosa County average that year (2 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

3inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Okaloosa 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
2026-05-26	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.26
2025-12-17	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-12-16	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	1	0.26	2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2025-04-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.28
2024-11-04	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-11-01	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	4	2	2		6 areas 01 Approved source (x2) 03 Food Out of Temperature 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2)
2024-06-11	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-06-10	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	1	2		4 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed
2023-12-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	0	0.39	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2023-11-07	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-09-06	Complaint follow-up	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	0	0	0
2023-07-13	Complaint follow-up	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	0	0	0
2023-07-10	Complaint follow-up	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	0	0	0
2023-07-07	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	4	3		7 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

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.