Stray cat just walked through the open beach-cafe kitchen — hygiene panic or normal here?

Open kitchens on the south coast often share space with village cats. It looks alarming if you are used to sealed western kitchens, but a cat crossing a ledge is not automatically a food-poisoning verdict. Watch whether food sits covered, whether the cook washes hands after shooing animals, and whether the place is busy with locals. If the cat is walking across cutting boards with raw fish, leave. If it passed through and the cook cleaned the spot, many travelers still eat. I will not invent inspection grades. Use your nose and the crowd, not one cat selfie.