BAL HARBOUR, FL. Inspectors visiting B and B Bistro/Bakery at 1023 Kane Concourse on May 21 found food sourced from unapproved or unknown suppliers, meaning customers had no assurance that what they ate had passed any federal safety inspection before it reached their plates.
That was one of nine high-severity violations documented in a single visit. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The unapproved food sourcing violation is among the most serious on the list. Food that bypasses USDA and FDA inspection channels carries no paper trail. If a customer becomes ill, there is no supplier record to trace.
Paired with that finding: inspectors cited the bistro for failing to follow parasite destruction procedures. For fish, pork, and wild game, state code requires specific freezing or cooking protocols to kill parasites including Anisakis and Trichinella. Those protocols were not followed.
Inspectors also found food not cooked to required minimum temperatures, a direct pathway for pathogens like Salmonella to survive and reach a customer's plate. No consumer advisory was posted to warn diners ordering raw or undercooked items, leaving elderly customers, pregnant women, and anyone with a compromised immune system without the information needed to make an informed choice.
Toxic chemicals were found improperly stored or labeled near food. Mislabeled or misplaced chemicals are a documented route for acute poisoning through accidental contamination. The intermediate violation, improper sewage or wastewater disposal, added a fecal contamination risk to an already long list.
The facility's food contact surfaces were not properly cleaned or sanitized, a condition inspectors treat as a primary cross-contamination vector. Handwashing problems compounded the picture: inspectors cited both inadequate handwashing facilities and improper hand-washing technique, meaning even employees who tried to wash their hands may not have succeeded. And no person in charge was present or performing supervisory duties during the inspection.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of unapproved food sourcing and failed parasite destruction is particularly acute. When food enters a kitchen from an unknown supplier, the safety chain that begins at a licensed slaughterhouse or certified fishery is broken entirely. If that food also isn't cooked to kill parasites, the risk compounds: a customer eating fish or meat from this kitchen on May 21 had no guarantee either the ingredient or the preparation met minimum safety standards.
Improper handwashing, especially when the facility also lacks adequate handwashing infrastructure, means contamination from employees moves freely to food, surfaces, and utensils. Studies consistently show that handwashing technique failures leave pathogens on hands even after a washing attempt is made. At B and B Bistro/Bakery, inspectors found both the facilities and the technique deficient at the same time.
Toxic chemical storage violations near food carry a different kind of risk, one that is immediate rather than cumulative. A mislabeled container or an improperly stored cleaning agent can contaminate food directly, and the effects can be acute. The sewage disposal violation adds the possibility of fecal bacteria spreading through the facility via improperly handled wastewater.
The absence of a person in charge is not a paperwork problem. CDC data shows establishments without active managerial oversight accumulate critical violations at three times the rate of those with engaged management. Every other violation on this list is easier to understand when no one in the building is responsible for preventing them.
The Longer Record
The May 21 inspection was not an outlier. State records show 18 inspections on file for B and B Bistro/Bakery, with 144 total violations documented across that history. The facility has never been emergency-closed.
The pattern of high-severity citations stretches back years. In January 2025, inspectors found 7 high-severity violations. In October 2024, they found 6. In February 2024, two separate inspections turned up 4 high-severity violations and then 3 more within the same month. The September 2025 visit logged 3 high-severity violations, and the January 2022 inspection found 5.
Nine of the most recent eight inspection visits on record each included at least two high-severity violations. None resulted in an emergency closure order.
The May 21 inspection, with 9 high-severity citations, is the highest single-visit count in the available record for this facility. It came after years of returns to the same kitchen with the same categories of concern, and the bistro on Kane Concourse remained open for business.