BONO'S BAR-B-Q
10645 PHILIPS HWY · JACKSONVILLE · Duval County · FL 32256
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
11 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
41-07-4High Priority – Container of medicine improperly stored. Medicine stored in reach in cooler at front area with and above food to be served to guests. Person in charge moved to appropriate location. **Corrected On-Site**
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 cutting washed lemons with bare hands. Person in charge spoke to employee during inspection who washed hands and donned gloves. **Corrective Action Taken**
35A-02-6High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed two flying insects in back prep area. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-02-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. In reach in freezer raw beef patties no longer commercially processed stored over tater tots. Person in charge moved to appropriate location. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 3
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of reach in cooler shelves on cookline with mold like substance buildup. Also, interior of ice machine with lime buildup. **Repeat Violation**
31A-11-4Intermediate – Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed two hand wash sinks with containers stored in sink. Person in charge removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
03G-50-1Intermediate – 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 makes ranch in house per person in charge. No approved haacp/ variance. No PH meter on site. **Warning**
Basic 4
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee wallet , lighter, cigarettes stored on microwave in kitchen. Person in charge removed. **Corrected On-Site**
14-69-4Basic – Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice buildup observed in stand up reach in freezer by cookline.
31B-04-4Basic – No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Missing hand wash sign from server hand wash sink. Person in charge posted during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters with buildup. Fan in reach in cooler by cookline with dust buildup.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 11, 2026 1:51 PM.
Violation category totals
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2 observation(s)
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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.