ORMOND BEACH, FL. Inspectors visiting Grind Gastropub and Tiki Bar at 49 W. Granada Blvd. on May 22 found food not cooked to required minimum temperatures, toxic substances improperly stored, and no person in charge present or performing duties, all in a single visit. The restaurant was not closed.
The inspection produced seven high-severity violations and four intermediate violations. Under Florida's inspection system, high-severity violations are those most directly linked to foodborne illness outbreaks and immediate public health risk.
What Inspectors Found
The undercooking violation is among the most direct threats to customer safety on the list. Pathogens like Salmonella in poultry survive below 165 degrees Fahrenheit and can cause severe illness within hours of consumption.
Toxic substances improperly identified, stored, or used represent a different category of risk entirely, one that does not require a pathogen at all. Chemical contamination can occur when cleaning agents or pesticides are stored near or above food prep surfaces, or when containers are mislabeled.
The absence of a person in charge performing duties compounds every other violation on the list. Without active managerial oversight, there is no one positioned to catch or correct problems before food reaches a customer.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of inadequate handwashing by employees and inadequate handwashing facilities at Grind Gastropub is not redundant. The first violation means employees were observed not washing hands properly. The second means the physical infrastructure to do so, functioning sinks, soap, and drying materials in accessible locations, was itself deficient. Both conditions have to be corrected for the problem to be resolved.
The employee illness reporting violation is particularly consequential in a kitchen environment. Food workers who do not report symptoms are the primary driver of multi-victim norovirus and hepatitis A outbreaks, because they continue handling food while contagious. A single ill employee working a busy service can expose dozens of customers before anyone notices.
Improper sewage and wastewater disposal, cited as an intermediate violation, introduces fecal contamination risk throughout the facility. That violation appearing alongside broken or inadequate toilet facilities and inadequate ventilation suggests the infrastructure problems at this location extend beyond any single piece of equipment.
The consumer advisory violation means customers ordering raw or undercooked items, a menu category common at gastropubs, were not informed of the associated health risks. Elderly diners, pregnant women, and anyone with a compromised immune system face elevated danger from undercooked proteins and are precisely the population that advisory disclosures are designed to reach.
The Longer Record
The May 2026 inspection was not an outlier. State records show Grind Gastropub has accumulated 268 violations across 29 inspections on record, with high-severity violations appearing in every documented inspection going back through 2023.
The worst single inspection on record came on April 22, 2024, when inspectors cited 12 high-severity violations and 5 intermediate violations in one visit. That was followed the next day, April 23, 2024, by a second inspection that found 5 high-severity violations and 2 intermediate violations. The restaurant was not emergency-closed after either visit.
The pattern holds across every six-month period in the record. The November 2024 inspection produced 8 high-severity violations and 6 intermediate violations. The May 2025 inspection produced 7 high-severity and 5 intermediate violations, a nearly identical profile to the May 2026 visit. The November 2025 inspection found 5 high-severity and 3 intermediate violations.
In three years of documented inspections, the facility has never recorded a clean visit, never been emergency-closed, and has accumulated high-severity violations at a rate that has not meaningfully declined.
Open for Business
Florida's emergency closure authority is triggered when inspectors determine that conditions pose an immediate threat to public health serious enough to require the facility to stop serving customers. That determination was not made on May 22 at Grind Gastropub, despite seven high-severity violations that included undercooked food, improperly stored toxic substances, and no responsible manager on the premises.
The restaurant served customers that day.