RUTH'S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE
814 N A1A · PONTE VEDRA BCH · St. Johns County · FL 32082
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
10 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
22-49-4High Priority – Dishmachine not sanitizing properly. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. In use dish machine ran multiple times and did not read any sanitizer and temperature only reached 144F **Warning**
12A-25-4High 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 on cook line scratched face on several occasions with gloved hand then continued to prepare food without changing gloves of washing hands.
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Fresh garlic in oil mixture used for raw lamb chops stored under ground beef patties in reach in cooler on cook line. Cooked lobster under raw shrimp in walk in cooler. All items rearranged. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03F-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking. Melted butter made at 11:43 without any markings in stew, table by service window in kitchen, butter marked. Butter balls without any markings in server area, per manager butter was placed out around 11am, butter marked, then discarded after 3pm. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 3
03D-15-4Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. ranch with buttermilk (63F – Cooling, after 40 minutes 62F) in walk in cooler in deep, covered, plastic container, lid removed. **Corrective Action Taken**
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Empty soap bottle and soufflé cup stored in hand wash station between cook line and office, items removed. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At hand wash station in salad make station area in kitchen, manager corrected during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
Basic 3
16-38-5Basic – Inaccurate/damaged temperature and/or pressure gauge(s) on dishmachine. Dish machine ran multiple times and neither the wash or rinse gauge moved at all.
08B-39-4Basic – Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. Employee cutting onions at salad station in kitchen without washing them first.
08B-17-4Basic – Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed strawberries and raspberries over bread pudding mixture in walk in cooler. Unwashed oranges being stored in same container as oranges previously used for orange zest at bar area. **Repeat Violation**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 18, 2026 12:39 PM.
Violation category totals
2 observation(s)
3 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.