FLORIDA HOUSE INN
22 South 3rd Street
Florida, 32034
Nassau County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
Location Map
Loading map...
Nearby Locations
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 3/25/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/25/2025 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 3/17/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/17/2025 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 3/15/2025
High Priority
7
Intermediate
3
Basic
8
Total
18
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. White cutting board in front of reach in cooler on cook line. **Repeat Violation**
- 35A-03-4:Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Observed thirteen (13) dead roaches in dining room. Dead roaches discarded. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint/beard guard while engaging in food preparation. One cook on cook line has no beard guard.
- 16-16-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not rinsed between washing and sanitizing. Employee in dish area does not have sink set up to rinse dishes. Manager coached employee on proper ware washing procedures. Employee set up rinse sink. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 36-73-4:Basic - Floors, walls, and/or ceilings soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floors under equipment in kitchen. Floor in dry storage area. Floor under ice machine near pass through window. Floor in bar. Floor in dining room behind furniture. Manager began cleaning floor. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Containers of oil on floor near cook line. Oil moved and stored correctly. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on oven handle. Tongs moved and stored correctly. **Corrected On-Site**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters above cooking equipment in kitchen. Sides of cooking equipment in kitchen. Shelf below prep table near fryers. **Repeat Violation**
- 22-41-4:High 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. Manager states that new motor is coming. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Cook came in from outside and immediately placed on gloves to prepare food without washing hands. Manager coached employee on proper hand washing procedures. Employee washed hands correctly. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 12A-13-4:High 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. Employee in dish area handled soiled equipment and immediately handled clean cutting boards without washing hands. Manager coached employee on proper hand washing procedures. Employee washed hands correctly. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 35A-05-4:High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. One (1) live roach observed in bar area. Roach discarded. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 01B-14-4:High Priority - Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. Five shelled eggs with one cracked egg in flip top cooler in kitchen. Eggs discarded.
- 29-37-4:High Priority - Spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink. Spray hose in triple sink is hanging below flood rim. Manager states he will adjust. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On cook line counter, carton of liquid eggs 58F. Carton taken out approximately 15 minutes prior. Eggs returned to reach in cooler to cool. Near fryers, milk wash and raw chicken 57F. Items placed out approximately 60 minutes prior. Items moved to walk in cooler to cool. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Hand washing sink in bar. Towels provided. **Corrected On-Site**
- 31B-03-4:Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. Hand washing sink in bar. Soap provided. **Corrected On-Site**
- 53B-13-5:Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Missing for one cook working today.
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/15/2025 revealed 18 total violations (7 high priority, 3 intermediate, 8 basic).
Inspection on 12/10/2024
High Priority
1
Intermediate
6
Basic
8
Total
15
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 51-11-4:Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Tank behind outside bar. Tank behind inside bar.
- 24-05-4:Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Blue ice bucket on top of ice machine in server area. Bucket inverted. **Corrected On-Site**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Vent cover in walk in cooler is detached. White cutting board on cook line is grooved.
- 36-73-4:Basic - Floors, walls, and/or ceilings soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floor in outside walk in cooler. Floor under cooking equipment in kitchen. Floor under triple sink/dish machine area. Floor behind inside bar. Floor in air handler closet in dining room.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Multiple cases of food on floor in walk in cooler. Food moved and stored correctly. **Repeat Violation**
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Missing in both men's and women's restrooms. Missing at hand washing sink at inside bar - sign posted states hand washing only and is not a reminder to employees to wash hands. Inspector emailed sign. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Shelves below prep tables in kitchen. Hood filters above cooking equipment in kitchen. Sides of equipment in kitchen.
- 08B-63-4:Basic - Unpackaged food in an unprotected holding unit in a customer/nonsecure area. Both outside walk in cooler and outside reach in freezer are left unlocked with no personnel present.
- 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. License expired 06/01/2024. License paid for and made current during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
- 01C-03-4:Intermediate - Clam/mussel/oyster tags not marked with last date served. No dates recorded on oyster tags.
- 02C-03-5:Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. In stand up reach in cooler in kitchen, container of milk opened three (3) days prior not dated. Manager dated milk. **Corrected On-Site**
- 35A-11-4:Intermediate - Evidence of feeding stray/wild animals - food/water bowls provided outside. Four stray cats on back porch with bowls of water and food for feeding.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Ice deflector in ice machine in server area. **Repeat Violation**
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Strainer inside hand washing sink at inside bar. **Repeat Violation**
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle containing blue chemical cleaner stored at inside bar. **Repeat Violation**
Food safety inspection conducted on 12/10/2024 revealed 15 total violations (1 high priority, 6 intermediate, 8 basic).