Inspection Report

Florida DBPR Inspection Report
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FLORIDA CRACKER CAFE

81 ST GEORGE ST · ST AUGUSTINE · St. Johns County · FL 32084

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateOctober 27, 2023
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionAdministrative complaint recommended
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3369491
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID8388751
DBPR license6501032

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
1 High Priority3 Intermediate7 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical11 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

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

High Priority 1

#8High Priority50-17-3

High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. At time of inspection current license is expired from 06/01/2023. **Admin Complaint**

Admin Complaint

Intermediate 3

#9Intermediate11-27-4

Intermediate – Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. No bodily fluid clean up kit or written procedures available. Inspector provided written procedures. **Corrective Action Taken**

Corrective Action Taken
#10Intermediate22-02-4

Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. White cutting board hung over the three compartment sink with black food residue stains. **Repeat Violation**

Repeat Violation
#11Intermediate41-17-4

Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Chemical spray bottle of bleach on the dish machine not labeled. Operator labeled the bleach spray bottle. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site

Basic 7

#1Basic22-20-5

Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Deflector plate in exterior bulk ice bin has mold like substance spots.

#2Basic06-09-1

Basic – Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Commercially reduced oxygen packaged mahi fully thawed in sealed vacuum packages. Discussed with operator to slit open packages. **Corrective Action Taken**

Corrective Action Taken
#3Basic08B-49-4

Basic – Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee personal food stored over prepared food in the walk in cooler.

#4Basic24-08-4

Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. On the storage shelf opposite the dish machine, clean containers stacked while wet.

#5Basic23-03-4

Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk in cooler door has mold like substance build up on the door gasket.

#6Basic16-46-4

Basic – Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. On the storage shelf next to the dish machine, old labels on clean container. Operator removed the label and placed on the dirty side of the dish area to be rewashed. **Corrective Action Taken**

Corrective Action Taken
#7Basic14-12-4

Basic – Utensils in poor condition. Spatula on main cook line with melted portion of handle.

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 19, 2026 2:38 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 6 · Proper thawing of TCS food
1 observation(s)
Category 8 · Food protection and cross-contamination
1 observation(s)
Category 11 · Employee health knowledge / ill employees
1 observation(s)
Category 14 · Food-contact and nonfood-contact surface design/maintenance
1 observation(s)
Category 16 · Dishwashing facilities, test kits and gauges
1 observation(s)
Category 22 · Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
2 observation(s)
Category 23 · Non-food-contact surfaces clean
1 observation(s)
Category 24 · Storage/handling of clean equipment and utensils
1 observation(s)
Category 41 · Chemicals and toxic substances
1 observation(s)
Category 50 · Current license displayed
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.