BAXTER'S RESTAURANT
4919 FIRST COAST HWY · AMELIA ISLAND · Nassau County · FL 32034
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
18 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 6
22-41-4High Priority – Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dish machine tested 0ppm chlorine sanitizer. **Warning**
12A-13-4High Priority – Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Dish washer handled soiled equipment with bare hands and immediately handled clean equipment from inside dish machine without washing hands. Manager coached employee on proper hand washing procedures. Employee washed hands correctly. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. On cook line in kitchen, raw beef and raw shrimp stored over ready to eat blue cheese crumbles. Items moved and stored correctly. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-20-5High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In walk in cooler, raw ground beef stored over raw whole in tact beef. Items moved and stored correctly. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
01B-03-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to adulteration of food product. 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. In walk in cooler, sealed package of thawed grouper. See stop sale. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
29-34-4High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Breaker missing on blue handled outside faucet across from outdoor walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 1
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. Two (2) containers of milk opened yesterday stored in glass door reach in cooler on pass through area not dated. Milk dated. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Basic 11
35A-06-4Basic – Accumulation of dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, or other pests, in control devices. Two (2) traps with dead insects in dry food storage room. Traps discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
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. In walk in cooler, sealed package of thawed grouper. See stop sale. **Repeat Violation**
50-09-4Basic – Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. License displayed expired 06/01/2023. **Repeat Violation**
36-73-4Basic – Floors, walls, and/or ceilings soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floor behind/under cooking equipment in kitchen. Floor in front bar. Employee began cleaning floor. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Container of oil on floor in dry storage area. Oil moved and stored correctly. **Corrected On-Site**
10-20-4Basic – In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Two (2) sets of tongs on oven handle in kitchen. Tongs moved and stored correctly. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
14-47-4Basic – Nonfood-contact equipment exposed to splash/spillage not constructed of materials that are corrosion resistant, non-absorbent, smooth and easily cleanable. Two (2) white reach in freezers inside outdoor walk in cooler show rust. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters above cooking equipment in kitchen. Manager states cleaning company has been contacted to clean. **Corrective Action Taken**
12B-13-4Basic – Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Multiple opened drinks stored in reach in freezer on cook line. Drinks discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
25-05-4Basic – Single-service articles improperly stored. Case of single use containers on floor in outside storage area. Containers moved and stored correctly. **Corrected On-Site**
25-06-4Basic – Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Single use containers on top shelf of pass through window in kitchen. Containers inverted. **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 14, 2026 1:47 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.