SALSAS MEXICAN RESTAURANT
70 DURBIN PAVILION DR #104 · SAINT JOHNS · St. Johns County · FL 32259
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
15 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 8
01B-01-4High Priority – Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 5 cans of cheese sauce with a build up of surface rust on rack in ware washing area. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
12A-25-4High 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. Server touched hair and face before handling plated bowls of foods without washing hands between tasks.
08B-56-4High Priority – Food stored in ice used for drinks. See stop sale. Bottles of alcohol and drink mix stored in ice used for drinks at the bar area.
01D-01-5High Priority – Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded. Per manager all ceviche served to the customers does not have any heat applied to it before serving to the customer, but the menu states in the description that the shrimp is fully cooked and there is not markings leading from the ceviche to the consumer advisory or anything stating that the shrimp is raw. Also manager is not able to provided any proof of parasite destruction or letter of aquaculture of any of the raw shrimp in their ceviche. **Warning**
08A-17-6High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. Open container of raw beef, removed from original packaging, stored over bags of raw seafood in walk in freezer, employee rearranged all items. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
01B-13-4High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Bottles of alcohol and drink mix stored in ice used for drinks at the bar area. 2 packages of raw salmon and 2 packages of raw tuna fully thawed out still inside vacuum bags in walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. cooked shell eggs (53F – Cold Holding) in double pans in small reach in cooler on make line in kitchen, per employee eggs where cooked yesterday and put in cooler without any additional preparation. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked shell eggs (53F – Cold Holding) in double pans in small reach in cooler on make line in kitchen, per employee eggs where cooked yesterday and put in cooler without any additional preparation. rice (53F – Cold Holding) sitting out under steam table on make line, per employee rice was going to be heated up, but they ran out of room on the steam table approximately 1 hour prior, rice placed in walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 5
03D-15-4Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. queso cheese sauce (58F – Cooling, after 1 hour 56F) in covered stacked metal containers in walk in cooler, employee separated conainters and removed lids. **Corrective Action Taken**
31A-11-4Intermediate – Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Employee using hand wash station in server area next to door to bar to fill container.
52-01-4Intermediate – Identity of food or food product misrepresented. Per manager all ceviche served to the customers does not have any heat applied to it before serving to the customer, but the menu states in the description that the shrimp is fully cooked and there is not markings leading from the ceviche to the consumer advisory or anything stating that the shrimp is raw. **Admin Complaint**
02B-01-5Intermediate – Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Per manager all ceviche served to the customers does not have any heat applied to it before serving to the customer, but the menu states in the description that the shrimp is fully cooked and there is not markings leading from the ceviche to the consumer advisory or anything stating that the shrimp is raw. **Warning**
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At hand wash station in ware washing area, employee corrected during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Basic 2
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Around deflector plate of large ice machine in server area. **Repeat Violation**
06-09-1Basic – 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. 2 packages of raw salmon and 2 packages of raw tuna fully thawed out still inside vacuum bags in walk in cooler.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 9, 2026 1:59 PM.
Violation category totals
4 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 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.