COLLIER COUNTY, FL. Snook Inn on Bald Eagle Drive in Marco Island accumulated six high-severity violations in a single inspection during the week of July 8, including food sourced from unapproved or unknown suppliers and no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked items on the menu.
State inspectors visited 29 facilities across Collier County between July 8 and July 14, 2026, conducting 31 total inspections. Twelve of those facilities drew two or more high-severity violations.
The Worst of the Week
Snook Inn's six high-severity citations covered nearly every critical control point in a food service operation. In addition to the unapproved food sourcing and missing consumer advisory, inspectors cited the restaurant for an employee not reporting illness symptoms, improper hand and arm washing technique, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, and no person in charge present or performing duties.
Nunzio's Taste of Italy on Pine Ridge Road in Naples drew five high-severity violations. Those included no person in charge, an employee not reporting illness symptoms, improper handwashing technique, food from an unapproved or unknown source, and no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked items.
Komoon Thai Sushi and Ceviche on Pine Ridge Road in Naples was cited for four high-severity violations: no person in charge, an employee not reporting illness symptoms, inadequate handwashing by food employees, and food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized. Komoon drew no intermediate violations, meaning every citation inspectors issued that day landed at the highest severity tier.
Napoli on the Bay II on Tamiami Trail East was cited for failing to follow parasite destruction procedures for fish, not cooking food to required minimum temperatures, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, and no consumer advisory, along with one intermediate citation for equipment in poor repair.
Red Rooster of Marco LLC on San Marco Road drew four high-severity violations, including food in poor condition or adulterated, inadequate shell stock identification records, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, and no consumer advisory. Inspectors also noted two intermediate violations: multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, and improper use of wiping cloths.
Brick Coffee and Bar on 5th Avenue South in Naples accumulated three high-severity violations: an employee not reporting illness symptoms, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, and no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods.
Habaneros Catering on Tamiami Trail in East Naples was cited for no employee health policy or an inadequate one, improper hand and arm washing technique, and no consumer advisory.
Swan River Seafoods on Tamiami Trail North drew three high-severity violations: no person in charge, an employee not reporting illness symptoms, and inadequate handwashing facilities. Inspectors also noted multi-use utensils not properly cleaned.
Tokyo Thai Sushi on Tamiami Trail East was cited for an employee not reporting illness symptoms and improper hand and arm washing technique.
Taqueria San Julian 2 on Bayshore Drive drew two high-severity violations, food from an unapproved or unknown source and food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, along with intermediate citations for multi-use utensils not properly cleaned and inadequate toilet facilities.
Szechuan Chinese Restaurant on Tamiami Trail East was cited for one high-severity violation: toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled near food.
HIE Tollgate Blvd LLC on Tollgate Boulevard in Naples drew two high-severity violations: food in poor condition or adulterated, and inadequate shell stock identification records.
What These Violations Mean
The most alarming pattern this week is the volume of illness-reporting failures. Employees not reporting symptoms of illness, or facilities lacking any written health policy to require it, appeared at Snook Inn, Komoon Thai Sushi and Ceviche, Nunzio's Taste of Italy, Brick Coffee and Bar, Swan River Seafoods, Tokyo Thai Sushi, and Habaneros Catering. Norovirus, which causes the majority of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States, spreads through exactly this route: a symptomatic worker handles food, and customers who never know the employee was sick become ill hours or days later.
Handwashing failures compounded that risk at multiple locations. Inspectors cited inadequate handwashing by food employees at Komoon Thai Sushi and Ceviche, and improper technique at Snook Inn, Nunzio's Taste of Italy, Tokyo Thai Sushi, and Habaneros Catering. Technique violations are distinct from simple non-compliance: they mean an employee went through the motions of washing hands but did so in a way that leaves pathogens on the skin. The distinction matters because it suggests a training failure, not just a lapse.
Food from unapproved or unknown sources, cited at Snook Inn, Nunzio's Taste of Italy, and Taqueria San Julian 2, carries a specific traceability consequence. When food enters a kitchen outside the regulated supply chain, there is no documentation connecting it to a licensed processor, no USDA or FDA inspection record, and no way to trace it if customers become sick. If an outbreak occurs and investigators cannot identify the source, they cannot issue a recall or warn others who received the same product.
Two facilities, Red Rooster of Marco and HIE Tollgate Blvd, were cited for inadequate shell stock identification records. Shellfish, including oysters, clams, and mussels, are among the highest-risk foods served in Florida restaurants. State rules require that the tags identifying the harvest location and date travel with each lot and be retained for 90 days. Without those records, there is no way to link a hepatitis A or Vibrio case back to the source water.
The Longer Record
The data does not include prior inspection counts for this week's facilities, which limits the ability to place these citations in a longer historical context. What the record does show is the severity profile of facilities that inspectors visited this week. Snook Inn's six high-severity violations in a single inspection, with no intermediate violations at all, means every citation that day was categorized at the most serious tier the state uses.
The same pattern held at Komoon Thai Sushi and Ceviche and Nunzio's Taste of Italy, both of which drew exclusively high-severity violations with no intermediate citations. At Komoon, four high-severity violations and zero intermediate citations in one visit suggests a kitchen operating without the supervisory structure that typically catches lower-level problems before they become serious ones.
Napoli on the Bay II stands out for a different reason: the parasite destruction citation. That violation means the facility was not following required freezing or cooking protocols for fish served raw or undercooked, a procedure that exists specifically to kill Anisakis and other parasites. The citation appeared alongside a separate finding that food was not cooked to required minimum temperatures, making it two distinct temperature-control failures in the same inspection.
Szechuan Chinese Restaurant's single high-severity violation, toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, may appear less alarming than the multi-violation facilities above. Improperly stored chemicals near food or food contact surfaces are a direct acute poisoning risk, not a slow-accumulating one, and a single incident of chemical contamination can affect every customer served that shift.
