YULEE, FL. A state inspector who visited Bohemian Bull on William Burgess Boulevard on July 9 found that the Nassau County bar and restaurant was serving food sourced from unapproved or unknown suppliers, meaning none of it had passed through USDA or FDA inspection checkpoints. The facility walked away with 8 high-severity violations and 7 intermediate violations. It was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The unapproved food source violation was not the only finding that put customers at direct risk. Inspectors also cited the facility for storing toxic chemicals improperly near food, a condition that creates acute poisoning risk through direct contamination or mislabeling.
The inspector found no written employee health policy and documented that employees were not reporting illness symptoms. Those two violations operate together: without a policy, workers have no clear instruction to stay home when sick, and without reporting, a norovirus or salmonella carrier can work an entire shift without anyone intervening.
Shellfish sold or served at Bohemian Bull lacked adequate identification records. Oysters, clams, and mussels are often consumed raw or lightly cooked, and without harvest tags and sourcing records, there is no way to trace an illness back to a specific lot if customers get sick.
Food contact surfaces, the cutting boards, prep tables, and utensils that touch every plate leaving the kitchen, were found to be improperly cleaned and sanitized. The inspector also cited improper use of wiping cloths, multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, and single-use items being reused, compounding the cross-contamination risk at multiple points in the kitchen.
No consumer advisory was posted for raw or undercooked menu items, meaning elderly diners, pregnant women, and customers with compromised immune systems had no way of knowing what risks they were taking when ordering.
Seven intermediate violations rounded out the inspection, including improper sewage or wastewater disposal, inadequate cooling and cold-holding equipment, inadequate ventilation and lighting, and inadequate or improperly maintained toilet facilities.
What These Violations Mean
The food from unapproved sources violation is one of the most difficult to undo after the fact. When food enters a restaurant through an uninspected supply chain, there is no paper trail connecting it to a farm, processor, or distributor. If a customer becomes ill, investigators cannot pull a lot number or trace a contaminated batch. Listeria, Salmonella, and E. coli all move through uninspected supply chains without detection.
The shellfish traceability failure compounds that problem specifically for raw bar items. Shellfish harvested from contaminated waters and served raw at Bohemian Bull would carry no identifying records connecting the product to its origin. Regulators require harvest tags precisely because oysters and clams have caused multi-state outbreaks when sourcing records were missing or falsified.
The combination of no employee health policy, no illness reporting, and an absent or inactive person in charge describes a kitchen operating without a safety net. CDC data cited in the inspection records indicates that facilities without active managerial control accumulate critical violations at three times the rate of those with engaged management on the floor. A sick employee in that environment has no policy telling them to stay home, no supervisor watching for symptoms, and no system to catch the gap.
Improperly stored toxic chemicals near food is a violation that can cause immediate harm, not the slow accumulation of bacterial risk. A mislabeled chemical bottle or a container stored above a prep surface can contaminate food before it ever reaches a plate.
The Longer Record
Bohemian Bull Inspection History
Bohemian Bull has 8 inspections on record and 47 total violations. The pattern is not one of steady deterioration, but of sharp spikes followed by clean bills of health, then another spike.
In August 2025, an inspection found 5 high-severity and 4 intermediate violations. A follow-up the same day showed the facility had cleared those issues. Seven months later, in March 2026, inspectors found 6 high-severity violations. A reinspection the next day showed zero violations. Each time, the facility corrected enough to pass and move on.
The July 9, 2026 inspection produced the worst single-visit record in the facility's history, 8 high-severity violations, surpassing the previous worst by three. The facility has never been emergency-closed in any of those eight inspections.
Open for Business
State inspectors have the authority to order an emergency closure when they determine that conditions pose an immediate threat to public health. Eight high-severity violations, including unapproved food sources, improperly stored toxic chemicals, absent management, no illness policy, and untracked shellfish, did not meet that threshold on July 9.
Bohemian Bull remained open.
