CUCINA GIOVANNI
2730 SR 16 UNIT 101 · SAINT AUGUSTINE · St. Johns County · FL 32092
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
13 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 2
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. Observed employee handling ready to eat bread for meatball sub with barehands, bread not being heated as sole ingredient.
08B-28-4High Priority – Food prepared with soiled equipment/utensil. Observed employee in the prep area using cutting board with heavy accumulation of black food residue staining for raw chicken. Operator provided employee different cutting board. **Corrective Action Taken**
Intermediate 2
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Multiple cutting boards with food residue staining build up. Can opener on prep table has old food debris on the blade. **Repeat Violation**
16-37-1Intermediate – No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No chemical test kit available to test chlorine dish machine.
Basic 9
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic portion cups used as a scoop in the waitstation reach in cooler for cheese and on shelf over cooler for croutons.
36-34-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling air vents through kitchen have build up of dust on vent and surrounding tiles.
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee beverage stored on shelf over pizza make table. Employee relocated the beverage. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08B-49-4Basic – Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. In the pizza station flip top reach in cooler, employee food stored on shelf over food to be served to customers. Employee voluntarily discarded the employee food. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Jug of fryer oil stored on floor inbetween the cook line and bar area.
10-02-4Basic – In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment. Pizza paddle stored on top of pizza oven, operator placed pizza paddle on removable metal tray. **Corrected On-Site**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Build up of food debris in the cook line reach in cooler drawer gaskets. Build up of food debris on the side of the grill by the fryers.
25-05-4Basic – Single-service articles improperly stored. Container of single service portion cups stored on the floor in the storage room. Flattened pizza boxes stored on the floor of the hallway of the bar side.
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloth stored to the side of the prep table closest to the can opener. **Repeat Violation**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 21, 2026 12:31 PM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 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.