TITUSVILLE, FL. Inspectors visiting Broad St Diner on Broad Street on July 30 documented that the restaurant had not followed parasite destruction procedures for fish, pork, or wild game, leaving any parasites present in those proteins alive and on the plate. That was one of 11 high-severity violations cited in a single inspection. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The July 30 inspection produced a list that reads less like a restaurant with a few compliance gaps and more like a facility operating without basic food safety infrastructure in place.
Inspectors cited the diner for having no person in charge present or performing duties, and no written employee health policy. Those two violations tend to compound every other problem on the list: without management oversight and without a policy telling sick workers to stay home, there is no mechanism to catch or correct what follows.
What followed was substantial. Inspectors found that food contact surfaces were not properly cleaned or sanitized, that multi-use utensils were not properly cleaned, and that wiping cloths were used improperly. Each of those surfaces and tools becomes a transfer point for bacteria every time they are used.
Toxic chemicals were cited twice, once for improper storage or labeling and once for improper identification, storage, or use. Two separate chemical violations in a single inspection means inspectors found chemicals in proximity to food or food preparation areas in more than one location, or in more than one category of misuse.
The restaurant also had no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked foods. Under Florida law, any establishment serving items that may be raw or undercooked is required to notify customers. Without that notice, a pregnant customer, an elderly diner, or anyone with a compromised immune system has no way to make an informed choice about what they order.
Inspectors also cited inadequate ventilation and lighting, and improper sewage or wastewater disposal.
What These Violations Mean
The parasite destruction violation is among the most specific dangers documented in this inspection. Fish served without proper freezing or cooking can carry Anisakis, a parasite that embeds in the stomach lining and causes severe abdominal pain. Pork and wild game carry Trichinella. The required controls, either freezing at specific temperatures for specific durations or cooking to required internal temperatures, exist precisely because these parasites are invisible to the naked eye and tasteless on the plate.
The undercooking violation compounds that risk. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit. If food is not reaching required minimum temperatures and parasite destruction procedures are also not being followed, the margin for error in what reaches a customer's plate narrows to near zero.
The two chemical violations carry a different category of risk entirely. Improperly stored or mislabeled chemicals near food preparation areas can cause acute poisoning through direct contamination. Unlike a foodborne pathogen that may take hours or days to produce symptoms, chemical contamination can produce an immediate reaction. The fact that inspectors cited this category twice in a single visit at Broad St Diner suggests it was not an isolated placement error.
The handwashing violations, both inadequate handwashing and improper technique, are documented at the same facility on the same day. Handwashing is the single most effective barrier between a food worker's hands and a customer's meal. Citing both the frequency and the technique at once means inspectors observed workers either skipping handwashing or performing it in a way that leaves pathogens behind.
The Longer Record
Broad St Diner: Recent Inspection Pattern
The July 30 inspection was not an outlier. State records show Broad St Diner has been inspected 27 times and has accumulated 264 violations across its history. Six months before the July visit, in January 2026, inspectors cited the restaurant for 10 high-severity violations and 3 intermediate ones. That inspection and this one together account for 21 high-severity violations in less than seven months.
The pattern goes back further. In February 2024, inspectors found 10 high and 3 intermediate violations. In November 2024, the diner was inspected three times in eight days, with high-severity counts of 7, 3, and 1 across those visits. A clean inspection in April 2025 showed the diner is capable of meeting standards. It did not hold.
The diner has never been emergency-closed in its 27 inspections on record.
After the July 30 visit, with 11 high-severity violations documented and no emergency closure order issued, Broad St Diner on Broad Street remained open for business.
