DOWN ISLAND RESTAURANT

2780 US HIGHWAY 98 W, SANTA ROSA BEACH, Walton County. DBPR licence 7602296. 7 inspection visits from 2023-10-25 to 2026-10-21.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-10-21: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

3 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Walton County average that year (4 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, Walton 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
2026-10-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.40	1 area 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2026-02-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	2	0.29	4 areas 01 Approved source (x2) 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-10-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	2	0.29	3 areas 01 Approved source 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2025-02-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	0.30	1 area 01 Approved source
2024-10-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	3	0.30	4 areas 01 Approved source (x2) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2024-02-01	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.26
2023-10-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	0.26	2 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils 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.