THE RED FROG & MCTOADS GRUB & PUB
5545 A1A S #106 · SAINT AUGUSTINE · St. Johns County · FL 32080
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
21 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
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. Cook on cook line touched cooked bacon with bare hands. **Warning**
35A-02-6High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed one live flying insect on cook line by flip top reach in cooler. Observed one live flying insect around dish machine. Observed 4 live flying insects around draft beer in bar area. Operator killed 3 of the flying insects at bar. **Corrective Action Taken**
01B-24-5High Priority – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. In walk in cooler black beans dated 9-20, Baja sauce with cut tomatoes labeled 9-21, wings labeled 9-20. Operator discarded all items. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At cook line, shredded cheese (47F – 43 2nd temperature one hour Cold Holding) ; shrimp (45F, 43F 2nd temperature one hour later – Cold Holding), rice (45F, 41F 2nd temperature one hour later – Cold Holding). Operator stated all items in coolers were at proper temperature in morning, coolers opened for lunch business. Operator moved to walk in cooler, all retemps below 43f. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 3
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Slicer in back prep area has debris buildup. **Repeat Violation**
22-31-4Intermediate – Non-pitting surface rust on food-contact equipment. Can opener in back prep area has rust in all areas.
02C-08-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. In walk in cooler, chili dated 9/15. Operator stated chili was placed in walk in freezer on 9/15, removed to walk in cooler on 9/27. Container not dated when removed from freezer. Operator dated properly. **Corrected On-Site**
Basic 14
16-21-4Basic – Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. The top of dish machine has debris buildup. Interior of dish machine has lime scale buildup.
36-34-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling vents and ceiling in back prep area have mold-like substance. Also wall by mop sink has mold-like substance. Also, Walls around walk in freezer has mold-like substance. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employees drinks on counter by ice and drink machine. **Repeat Violation**
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Observed employee phone on prep table by bar entrance.
13-03-4Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cook on cook line did not have a hat or hair restraint.
36-73-4Basic – Floor, walls and ceilings soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floors, walls and ceilings on cook line has debris buildup, including under and around cooking equipment. Also walls around dish machine are soiled.
14-34-4Basic – Interior of ice machine/bin with rust that has pitted the surface Interior of ice machine in kitchen by bar area has rust.
22-08-4Basic – Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Microwave on cook line has debris buildup.
14-36-5Basic – Interior of refrigerator or freezer in disrepair/has exposed insulation. Interior of reach in cooler door has debris buildup and gasket is in disrepair.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Shelves in prep area have debris buildup. Also shelves in walk in cooler are soiled. Dish wracks for dish machine have debris buildup. **Repeat Violation**
21-44-1Basic – Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Sanitizer bucket stored on prep table in wait station across from ice machine.
08B-17-4Basic – Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. In walk in cooler multiple unwashed produce items stored over multiple ready to eat food.
36-30-4Basic – Wall not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, warewashing areas or bathroom. By mop sink, drywall not sealed.
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Several plastic containers throughout the kitchen area are not labeled. Operator labeled. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 24, 2026 12:24 PM.
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.