Southern Sister's Cafe of Brevard
Last inspected: Mar 30, 2026
21
Score
Southern Sister's Cafe Of Brevard, located at 2242 Sarno Rd in Melbourne, FL, underwent a high-risk inspection on March 30, 2026. This inspection identified 5 critical, 6 major, and 4 minor violations, including issues with warewashing machine debris and a repeat violation for an employee beverage container on a food preparation table. While the cafe has a history of mostly medium-risk inspections, the most recent visit indicated a need for attention to several areas.
12
Inspections
5
Critical latest
6
Major latest
4
Minor latest
Inspection History
Mar 30, 2026
Complaint Full
5 critical violations. 6 major violations. 4 minor violations.
21
Feb 25, 2026
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 6 minor violations.
58
Sep 23, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 4 major violations. 7 minor violations.
41
Jun 3, 2025
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 minor violations.
67
Apr 3, 2025
Complaint Partial
3 minor violations.
86
Mar 5, 2025
Complaint Full
1 critical violation. 4 major violations. 9 minor violations.
22
Jan 7, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 5 minor violations.
50
Aug 13, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 minor violations.
74
Jan 23, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 minor violation.
82
Sep 8, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 minor violations.
74
Feb 14, 2023
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 5 minor violations.
58
Aug 9, 2022
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 4 minor violations.
58
Violations — Mar 30, 2026 Inspection
Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. Employee cleaned **Corrected On-Site**
16-21-4
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. Ceiling tiles in dining room have water stains
36-32-5
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Drink on cook line prep table. Cook discarded **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Candy bar in small upright freezer in kitchen. Removed candy bar. **Corrected On-Site**
40-06-5
High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw ground beef above fish in reach in freezer. Operator moved fish **Corrected On-Site**
08A-17-6
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. cantaloupe (48F - Cold Holding)stored on top part of flip top cooler overnight, operator discarded
01B-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cantaloupe (48F - Cold Holding)stored on top part of flip top cooler overnight, operator discarded **Corrected On-Site**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food controlled by time and required to be marked with the use by time is not marked and the required time of disposal cannot be determined. See stop sale. Sausage links, butter pats, shell eggs, pooled eggs, corned beef hash, potatoes,
01B-19-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale. Sausage links, butter pats, shell eggs, pooled eggs, corned beef hash, potatoes,
03F-02-5
Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Corned beef no date mark, operator dated product. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
02C-03-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Slicer has old tomato food debris around slicer guard.
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Cooling cart in front if hand sink in kitchen, cook moved cart. **Corrected On-Site**
31A-09-4
Intermediate - Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. Quiche prepared on 3-15, cook states it was frozen then thawed.
02C-04-5
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Pot roast prepared on the 28th not date marked. Operator date marked. **Corrected On-Site**
02C-02-5
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. 2 spray bottles with purple power not labeled. Operator labeled bottles. 1 bottle of sanitizer in wait station area not labeled **Corrected On-Site**
41-17-4
Priority (Critical)
Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)
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