THE SPOT CAFE
4508 US 1 N · SAINT AUGUSTINE · St. Johns County · FL 32095
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
14 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
01B-28-5High Priority – Date marked combined ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days of preparing/opening the earliest ready-to-eat time/temperature for safety ingredient. See stop sale. Cheesecake in reach in cooler in prep area by walk in cooler without any date marking, per manager cheesecake was open last Monday. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
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. Employee placed shredded cheese on omelet with bare hands after all cooking had been completed on front cook line, employee put on gloves. **Corrective Action Taken**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw pork chops stored over cooked sausage in reach in cooler by service window on front cook line, pork chops moved. **Corrected On-Site**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. diced ham (47F – Cold Holding); sliced cheese (47F – Cold Holding) in top section of flip top reach in cooler by service window at front cook line, per employee lid has been consistently open for 1 hour, lid closed. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
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. Cheesecake in reach in cooler in prep area by walk in cooler without any date marking, per manager cheesecake was open last Monday. Container of shredded mixed cheese in reach in cooler by walk in cooler in prep area, per manager cheese was open Friday, cheese dated. **Corrective Action Taken**
03F-10-5Intermediate – No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Missing butters at front counter on written procedures, manager corrected during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
27-16-4Intermediate – Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. No hot water at hand wash station by front cook line and ware washing area.
Basic 7
35A-03-4Basic – Dead roaches on premises. Approximately 3 dead roaches in back storage area next to walk in cooler, employee cleaned up all dead roaches during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee's drink stored with various seasonings on top of warming unit at back cook line, drink moved **Corrected On-Site**
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Several broken hood filters over back cook line.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters over back cook line. Small fan on front cook line. Box fan in prep area.
36-50-4Basic – Unclean building components, attachments or fixtures. Fan guards in walk in cooler.
08B-17-4Basic – Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed tomatoes and heads of lettuce stored over cakes and shredded cheese in reach in cooler in prep area by walk in cooler, cakes and cheese moved. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk container of flour on prep table in prep area, manager corrected during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 23, 2026 12:54 PM.
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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.