Lighthouse Cafe

1200 Crandon Blvd, Key Biscayne, FL 33149

Passed re-check · Oct 29, 2026 Directions
60
Poor BiteKarma score 60 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 7 of 7 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Oct 29, 2026: passed with 1 violation.
  • Keeps coming up: Time and temperature control for safety foods, cited 3 times, plus 13 other repeat issues.
  • #5 in Key Biscayne's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 8 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 7 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Oct 29

    Callback Reinspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  3. Passed Oct 28

    Routine Inspection

    9 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
    • Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
    • Minor Approved source
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Minor Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
    • Minor Time/temperature control foods properly thawed
    • Minor Wiping cloths; clean and soiled linens; laundry facilities
  4. Passed May 28

    Callback Reinspection

    6 violations
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
    • Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Minor Food and food equipment thermometers provided and accurate
    • Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  5. Passed May 27

    Routine Inspection

    15 violations, 5 critical
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Critical Chemicals/toxic substances
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Critical Approved source
    • Critical Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
    • Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
    • Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
    • Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
    • Minor Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; painted/artificial fingernails
    • Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
    • Minor Employee personal belongings
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
    • Minor Time/temperature control foods properly thawed
    • Minor Food and food equipment thermometers provided and accurate

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