THE COWFORD CHOPHOUSE LEVEL 1
101 E BAY ST · JACKSONVILLE · Duval County · FL 32202
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
14 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
12A-13-4High Priority – Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee loaded dish machine with dirty dishes then grabbed clean dishes, explained to her and she washed hands **Corrected On-Site**
09-01-4High 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. Cutting fruit at bar, explained to her and she got gloves **Corrected On-Site**
35A-02-7High Priority – Live, small flying insects found. 2 flies by foods cooling
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw seafood above cut tomatoes in drawer unit, employee rearranged **Corrected On-Site**
08A-20-5High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw ground beef on shelf above raw beef loin, explained to manager and he rearranged walk in cooler **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 1
01C-03-4Intermediate – Clam/mussel/oyster tags not marked with last date served. A couple without dates
Basic 8
24-06-4Basic – Clean utensils or equipment stored in dirty drawer or rack. Container for clean lids, prep area
21-05-5Basic – Cloth used as a food-contact surface. On stuffed oysters
12B-12-5Basic – Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Open drink, employee discarded it **Corrected On-Site**
13-03-4Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Working with open foods
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Manager moved it, cook line area **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
10-03-4Basic – In-use utensil used with moist food stored in running water with insufficient velocity to flush food particles away. Manager turned it higher **Corrected On-Site**
33-16-4Basic – Open dumpster lid.
25-06-4Basic – Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Lids under hand sink pipe, bread/server station, manager move them
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 10, 2026 12:00 PM.
Violation category totals
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2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
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.