INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH, FL. State inspectors visited Wing It on East Eau Gallie Boulevard on September 8 and found food being sourced from unapproved or unknown suppliers, a violation that means customers had no way of knowing whether what they ate had ever passed a federal safety inspection.
That was one of six high-severity violations documented that day. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The food temperature violation is particularly direct in its risk. At a restaurant whose menu centers on chicken wings, failing to cook poultry to the required minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit means Salmonella can survive and reach the customer's plate.
Inspectors also cited food in poor condition, described in state records as spoiled, contaminated, mislabeled, or adulterated. That citation appeared alongside the unapproved-source finding, meaning some of what was being served that day had neither a verified origin nor a verified condition.
The shellfish traceability violation adds a separate layer of concern. Shellfish, including oysters, clams, and mussels, are high-risk foods that are often consumed raw or only lightly cooked. Without adequate shell stock identification records, there is no way to trace a shellfish shipment back to its harvest location if customers become ill.
Three intermediate violations rounded out the inspection: improper sewage or wastewater disposal, multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, and inadequate or improperly maintained toilet facilities. Sewage disposal failures are not a minor housekeeping issue. They create a direct pathway for fecal contamination to spread through a food preparation environment.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of unapproved food sourcing and inadequate cooking temperatures is among the most direct routes to a foodborne illness outbreak. Food that bypasses USDA and FDA inspection can carry Listeria, Salmonella, or E. coli without any visible sign of contamination. When that food is then undercooked, the last line of defense, heat sufficient to kill pathogens, is also removed.
The employee health policy violation compounds the problem. Without a written policy requiring sick workers to stay out of food preparation, a worker with Norovirus can transmit the illness directly to food. Norovirus causes an estimated 20 million cases of acute gastroenteritis in the United States each year, and food service workers are a primary transmission route.
Improper handwashing technique is a distinct violation from simply not washing hands. It means workers at Wing It made an attempt to wash, but the technique was insufficient to remove pathogens. Studies show that incorrect handwashing, too brief, skipping surfaces, or rinsing without soap, leaves contamination levels nearly as high as no washing at all.
The improperly cleaned utensils citation ties directly to that chain. Bacterial biofilms form on inadequately cleaned surfaces within 24 hours. Those biofilms protect bacteria from standard cleaning agents, meaning the problem compounds with each use.
The Longer Record
The September 8 inspection was not an isolated bad day. Two months earlier, on July 9, inspectors visited Wing It and found the identical violation profile: six high-severity citations and three intermediate ones. That inspection and the September inspection together represent the two worst on record for this facility.
The pattern extends further back. State records show Wing It has been inspected 20 times and has accumulated 63 total violations across its history. The facility has never been emergency-closed.
Wing It: Inspection History
The inspection record shows a facility that passed cleanly through most of 2023 and 2024, then began accumulating serious violations in 2025. The two most recent inspections, in July and September of this year, are the worst in the restaurant's documented history, and they arrived back to back.
What changed between February 2025, when inspectors found nothing, and the summer of 2026, when they found six high-severity violations twice in two months, the records do not say.
Wing It remained open after the September 8 inspection, serving customers under the same roof where inspectors had documented unapproved food sources, undercooked poultry, and improper sewage disposal.
