SALSAS MEXICAN RESTAURANT
120 PALENCIA VILLAGE DRIVE S 101 · SAINT AUGUSTINE · St. Johns County · FL 32095
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
12 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 7
28-14-5High Priority – Evidence of mop/cleaning wastewater dumped onto ground. Entire bare ground behind kitchen is wet with bits of food and grayish water, and it has not rained in area for several weeks.
14-31-5High Priority – Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Tortilla in grocery bag on cook line. Cooked beef in grocery bags in walk in freezer.
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Plate of raw fish and flat of raw shell eggs stored over various boxes of produce in walk in cooler, fish and eggs moved. **Corrected On-Site**
01B-24-5High Priority – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Line pan with flan in keg walk in cooler, per manager flan was made last Tuesday.
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. queso cheese sauce (52F – Cold Holding) sitting out on top of double oven on cook line, per employee cheese sauce has been sitting out for 30 minutes, cheese put in walk in cooler. cut tomatoes (47F – Cold Holding); red and green salsa (47F,47F – Cold Holding) all items in small table top reach in cooler in server section of kitchen by walk in cooler, per manager lid was left open for less then a couple of hours prior, lid closed. raw shrimp (46F – Cold Holding); raw chicken (46F – Cold Holding); raw beef (45F – Cold Holding) in reach in cooler drawers under grill on cook line, per manager drawers must have been consistently open for a few hours prior and sometimes drawers are not shut all the way when closed. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03B-01-6High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. rice (113F – Hot Holding sitting on top of part of steam well that is not working, per manager rice has been out for less then a few hours, rice placed in stove on cook line. **Corrective Action Taken**
41-27-4High Priority – Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Sanitation bucket in wait station reading 200ppm.
Intermediate 3
02C-03-5Intermediate – Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Open box of tres leche in keg walk in cooler, per manager box was opened Saturday.
31B-05-4Intermediate – Paper towel dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense paper towels. At hand wash station on cook line. At hand wash station next to dish washer. Also soap dispenser empty at both of those hand wash stations. **Repeat Violation**
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Line pan with flan in keg walk in cooler, per manager flan was made last Tuesday.
Basic 2
16-13-5Basic – Equipment and utensils not washed, rinsed and sanitized in the correct order in three-compartment sink. Do not use dishes/equipment not properly sanitized. Triple sink at bar set up from left to right as dump sink, rinse, wash. No sanitizer in any sink and per manager bar dish machine is broken.
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Multiple boxes of food in walk in freezer right by the door, blocking further access to the rest of the walk in freezer.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 18, 2026 7:25 AM.
Violation category totals
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.