Visit 01 — Routine - Food
Dec 19, 2025
Disposition
Inspection Completed - No Further ActionFood-contact or nonfood-contact surfaces improperly designed, constructed, maintained, or located.
Basic×2
Source: State of FloridaState inspection document
License No. 1624460|Public Food Service Establishment|Broward County, FloridaInspected Dec 19, 2025
State of Florida Inspection Record
ISLAND JOE'S CAFE
4201 RAVENSWOOD RD, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33312
ISLAND JOE'S CAFE runs one of the cleanest kitchens in the region — zero high-priority violations in the past year. Eat with confidence. The trailing-year record shows 2 violations, including 0 high-priority and 0 Emergency Orders of Closure.
Spotless
98.0
Trailing year of inspections
How this kitchen compares
Against FORT LAUDERDALE
Scores higher than 90% of the 1015 inspected restaurants in FORT LAUDERDALE on the trailing-year record.
Against Broward County
0 high-priority violations on the trailing-year record — below the Broward County average of 2.6.
This kitchen0
County average2.6
Below county average
Computed from the trailing-year records of all inspected restaurants in the same city and county. Official State of Florida inspection data — scores calculated by this site.
The Inspection Record
7 inspectionsFull available history. The score uses only the most recent 365 days — older visits are shown for context, not counted.
Earlier history — outside the scoring window
Visit 02 — Routine - Food
Aug 4, 2025
Disposition
Inspection Completed - No Further ActionFood-contact or nonfood-contact surfaces improperly designed, constructed, maintained, or located.
Basic
Source: State of FloridaState inspection document
Visit 03 — Routine - Food
Feb 20, 2025
Disposition
Administrative complaint recommendedThe establishment's license expired, not obtained, or not properly displayed.
Basic
Source: State of FloridaState inspection document
Visit 04 — Routine - Food
Sep 24, 2024
Disposition
Inspection Completed - No Further ActionFood-contact or nonfood-contact surfaces improperly designed, constructed, maintained, or located.
Basic
Source: State of FloridaState inspection document
Visit 05 — Routine - Food
Mar 18, 2024
Disposition
Administrative complaint recommendedMissing or expired food manager certification, or employee food-safety training not documented.
Intermediate
Source: State of FloridaState inspection document
Visit 06 — Routine - Food
Jan 16, 2024
Disposition
Follow-up inspection · Compliance recordedCall Back - CompliedNo violations on record for this visit
This visit closed with no further action required.
Source: State of FloridaState inspection document
Visit 07 — Routine - Food
Jan 16, 2024
Disposition
Warning IssuedMissing or expired food manager certification, or employee food-safety training not documented.
Intermediate
The establishment's license expired, not obtained, or not properly displayed.
Basic
Source: State of FloridaState inspection document
What the violations mean
Violation categories, explained
Every violation on this record falls into one of the state's standardized categories. Here is what each category covers and why inspectors check for it — in plain English, with the trailing-year count for this kitchen.
Equipment and work surfaces must be properly designed, constructed, and kept in good repair. Cracked, corroded, or makeshift surfaces cannot be cleaned properly and shed material into food.
On this record, the category appears in 1 of the 1 trailing-year inspection. The written details for each entry are in the state inspection documents linked above.
† Item numbers refer to the State of Florida’s standardized inspection form; the same item recurring across visits indicates an unresolved problem. Severity groupings and the sanitation score are explained in How it works.
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Dirty Dish List is built from public inspection data published by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The inspection dates, dispositions, and violations on this report card mirror what the state has on file for License No. 1624460 — you can read the original documents yourself and compare.
Official State of Florida inspection records Opens myfloridalicense.com — the state's public inspection search
Official State of Florida inspection data — scores calculated by this site