CITRUS COUNTY, FL. A Crystal River gyros restaurant accumulated 10 high-severity violations in a single inspection last week, including a finding that food was not cooked to the required minimum temperature and that employees were not reporting symptoms of illness, state records show.
The week of August 6 through August 12, 2026 covered 10 inspections across 8 Citrus County facilities. Five of those facilities drew two or more high-severity violations. The county's worst performers were concentrated in Crystal River and Beverly Hills, and the violations ranged from undercooking to unapproved food sources to improperly stored toxic substances.
The Worst of the Week
ANF Gyros and Grill on US Highway 19 in Crystal River drew the most serious inspection of the week by a significant margin. The 10 high-severity violations included food not cooked to the required minimum temperature, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, and no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked menu items.
The inspector also cited the restaurant for inadequate shell stock identification records, meaning the origin of any shellfish on the premises could not be traced. An employee was found not reporting illness symptoms, and the person in charge was either absent or not performing supervisory duties.
Two additional high-severity findings involved time as a public health control not being properly used, and improper hand and arm washing technique. That last violation is notable: it means employees were making an attempt to wash their hands but doing it incorrectly, leaving pathogens behind despite the effort.
Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins on South Stone Way in Inverness drew five high-severity violations, a finding that stands out given the chain's reputation as a quick-service coffee and pastry operation rather than a full-service kitchen. Inspectors cited the location for parasite destruction procedures not followed, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, and toxic substances improperly identified, stored, or used.
The Inverness Dunkin also lacked a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods and had inadequate shell stock identification records. Two intermediate violations covered multi-use utensils not properly cleaned and single-use items being reused.
Breakfast Station on North Lecanto Highway in Beverly Hills drew four high-severity violations. The person in charge was not present or not performing duties, and the facility had no written employee health policy. Inspectors also found inadequate shell stock records and toxic substances improperly identified or stored.
What's the Scoop? on North Lecanto Highway, also in Beverly Hills, drew three high-severity violations including food from an unapproved or unknown source, inadequate shell stock identification records, and parasite destruction procedures not followed. An ice cream shop sourcing food from unapproved suppliers means that food bypassed federal safety inspections entirely.
New China Kitchen on North Lecanto Highway in Beverly Hills drew no high-severity violations, with a single intermediate citation for inadequate ventilation and lighting.
What These Violations Mean
The most alarming single finding this week was at ANF Gyros and Grill: food not cooked to the required minimum temperature. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and undercooking is one of the most direct routes to a foodborne illness outbreak. Combined with the finding that an employee was not reporting illness symptoms, the Crystal River restaurant presented two of the most acute public health risks a kitchen can generate simultaneously.
The employee illness reporting failure compounds the undercooking violation. Norovirus, the leading cause of foodborne illness in the United States, spreads through direct food contact with infected workers. A kitchen where the person in charge is absent or not functioning, where illness goes unreported, and where food is undercooked is operating without the basic controls that prevent outbreaks from starting.
Shell stock traceability violations appeared at four of the five worst performers this week: ANF Gyros and Grill, Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins, Breakfast Station, and What's the Scoop?. Shellfish, including oysters, clams, and mussels, are consumed raw or lightly cooked and carry elevated risk of Vibrio and norovirus contamination. When the records identifying where shellfish came from are missing or inadequate, there is no way to trace an illness back to a specific harvest area if customers get sick.
Toxic substance violations at both Breakfast Station and Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins represent a different category of risk entirely. Improperly stored or unlabeled chemicals near food preparation areas create the potential for direct chemical contamination of food, which is not a bacterial risk that cooking can eliminate.
The Pattern on Lecanto Highway
Three of the five worst performers this week operate within a short stretch of North Lecanto Highway in Beverly Hills: Breakfast Station, What's the Scoop?, and New China Kitchen. The clustering is worth noting. Breakfast Station and What's the Scoop? drew a combined seven high-severity violations between them, and both were cited for shell stock traceability failures despite operating as a breakfast diner and an ice cream shop, respectively.
What's the Scoop? also drew a finding that food came from an unapproved or unknown source. For a dessert shop, that finding raises questions about the supply chain for the products being served, since unapproved sourcing means the food in question bypassed USDA and FDA inspection checkpoints entirely.
The parasite destruction violation at both Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins and What's the Scoop? is similarly unexpected given the nature of those businesses. Parasite destruction procedures apply to fish, pork, and wild game served raw or undercooked. Their appearance at a donut chain and an ice cream shop suggests menu items or ingredients that inspectors flagged as requiring freezing or cooking protocols that were not being followed.
The Longer Record
The data provided does not include prior inspection counts for the facilities listed this week. What the violation totals alone establish is that ANF Gyros and Grill produced the most serious single-facility inspection result in Citrus County during this period, with a violation profile that combined management failure, illness reporting failure, undercooking, and absent consumer advisories in one visit.
Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins in Inverness is a franchise location of one of the most heavily regulated quick-service chains in the country, which makes five high-severity violations in a single inspection a notable outcome regardless of prior history. Franchise operators are expected to follow corporate food safety protocols in addition to state requirements.
Breakfast Station and What's the Scoop? share a Beverly Hills address cluster and share a violation type: both were cited for shell stock identification failures. Whether either facility regularly serves shellfish, or whether the records requirement applies to a small number of menu items, the traceability gap exists either way.
ANF Gyros and Grill's inspection also included a finding that time as a public health control was not properly used. That violation means food was being held in the temperature danger zone, between 41 and 135 degrees Fahrenheit, without the documentation required to prove it had not been there long enough to become unsafe. The undercooking violation was already on the same inspection report.
