Inspection Report

Florida DBPR Inspection Report
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CRACKER BARREL #289

2441 SR 16 · SAINT AUGUSTINE · St. Johns County · FL 32092

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateNovember 25, 2024
Inspection typeComplaint Full
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionAdministrative complaint recommended
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3571337
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID10726790
DBPR license6501337

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
4 High Priority0 Intermediate3 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical7 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

7 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.

High Priority 4

#4High Priority12A-25-4

High Priority – Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee running hands through hair then touched clean reach in cooler door handles and various packages of dry food stuffs. Also employee in prep area preparing various foods then wiped down table with sanitation cloth all with bare hands then continued to handle clean door handles and sheets pans without washing hands first. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Repeat ViolationAdmin Complaint
#5High Priority09-01-4

High Priority – Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands – food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Wait staff touching plated bacon on plate in service window with bare hands

#6High Priority08A-02-6

High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. Open container of country fried steak stored over bags of frozen plant products in reach in freezer on cook line, steak moved. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Corrected On-SiteRepeat ViolationAdmin Complaint
#7High Priority03A-02-5

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. hashbrowns (48F – Cold Holding) in large container in bottom of reach in cooler on cook line, per employee container has been consistently taken in and out of cooler for less then 1 hour.

Basic 3

#1Basic13-07-4

Basic – Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. One employee on cook line wearing bracelets, bracelets removed. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site
#2Basic23-03-4

Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior of grills on cook line. **Repeat Violation**

Repeat Violation
#3Basic21-45-1

Basic – Wiping cloth sanitizing solution other than chlorine, quaternary ammonia or iodine, not at proper minimum strength, not used according to label instructions. 0ppm for multiple sanitation buckets in kitchen using sink and surface cleaner, per manager dispenser in back of kitchen in not working properly. Dispenser at mop sink reading 600ppm, all sanitation buckets remade. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 21, 2026 1:26 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
1 observation(s)
Category 8 · Food protection and cross-contamination
1 observation(s)
Category 9 · Bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food / AOP
1 observation(s)
Category 12 · Handwashing and hygienic practices
1 observation(s)
Category 13 · Clothing, hair restraints, jewelry and fingernails
1 observation(s)
Category 21 · Wiping cloths, linens and laundry facilities
1 observation(s)
Category 23 · Non-food-contact surfaces clean
1 observation(s)

Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.