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EMBER & IRON

60 SHOPS BLVD UNIT 80 · SAINT JOHNS · St. Johns County · FL 32259

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateDecember 23, 2025
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionWarning Issued
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3610982
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID10898974
DBPR license6502391

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
4 High Priority4 Intermediate0 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical8 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

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

High Priority 4

#1High Priority01B-01-4

High Priority – Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 1 dented can of Garbanzo beans on rack in back corner of prep area in kitchen.

Stop Sale
#2High Priority22-41-4

High Priority – Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dish machine reading 0ppm after employee ran multiple containers through machine. Machine primed and ran multiple times and retested at 100ppm, employee began to rerun containers through machine. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site
#3High 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. Food handler in prep area switching from preparing food and handling clean equipment with bare hands to scratching face and hair without washing hands.

#4High Priority08A-05-6

High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Undercooked smoked salmon stored over cooked beef in walk in cooler, salmon moved. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site

Intermediate 4

#5Intermediate03D-15-4

Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. curry sauce (123F – Cooling, after 40 minutes 119F) in walk in cooler in large plastic covered container surround by other large plastic containers, chef put chill stick in sauce and made space around container, sauce was made less then 1 hour. **Corrective Action Taken**

Corrective Action Taken
#6Intermediate02B-01-5

Intermediate – Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Beef tartare and smoked salmon dip on menus, employee marked all menus during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site
#7Intermediate31B-02-4

Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At hand wash station in ware washing area. **Repeat Violation**

Repeat Violation
#8Intermediate03G-50-1

Intermediate – Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Establishment is vacuum packaging raw beef and precooked pork(Canadian Bacon) that stays inside vacuum bags more than 48 hours for storage only, without an arrived HACCP plan. **Warning**

Warning

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 16, 2026 7:28 AM.

Violation category totals
Category 2 · Original container, labeling, date marking and consumer advisory
1 observation(s)
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
1 observation(s)
Category 4 · Facilities maintain proper food temperature
2 observation(s)
Category 9 · Bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food / AOP
1 observation(s)
Category 13 · Clothing, hair restraints, jewelry and fingernails
1 observation(s)
Category 23 · Non-food-contact surfaces clean
1 observation(s)
Category 32 · Bathrooms
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.