GANGNAM KOREAN RESTAURANT

Health inspection records show GANGNAM KOREAN RESTAURANT in JACKSONVILLE has 2 inspections with a food safety rating of 1.0/5. Food safety practices have remained consistent.

Fairmont Street
Jacksonville, Florida, 32216
Duval County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 9/16/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10938361

  • 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Ice machine at front counter
  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. On flour, removed by cook Corrected On-Site
  • 12B-12-5:Basic - Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Open employee drink by rice warmer Repeat Violation
  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cook cooking, employee put a hat on Corrected On-Site
  • 08B-19-4:Basic - Food contaminated by unsanitized equipment or utensil. See stop sale. Cook tasted soup for customer then she tasted it again with same spoon, explained to her, cook discarded soup **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 14-38-4:Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Cracked container for cooked meat in freezer, cook removed it Corrected On-Site
  • 05-09-4:Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Cooler at front counter with cut lettuce Repeat Violation
  • 36-64-5:Basic - Objectionable odors in bathroom or other areas of the establishment. By triple sink Repeat Violation
  • 22-16-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Upright cooler by cook line and at front counter with
  • 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Faucet in mop sink Repeat Violation
  • 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. White powder, bulk in shelf at back, flour per cook
  • 12A-25-4:High 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. Cook went outside to get hair cover and then stirred soup, explained to her a and she washed hands Corrected On-Site
  • 22-50-4:High Priority - Food-contact surfaces sanitized with a quaternary ammonium solution not exposed to the sanitizer solution for at least 30 seconds. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Cook dipped two utensils in sanitizer after washing them , explained and she placed them back in Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw seafood mix on shelf above tofu in upright cooler at back, cook rearranged Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 60f cut cabbage and sprouts taken out of cooler at 11:30 am, employee wrote them in 4 hrs procedure **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 03F-01-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food held using time as a public health control marked with a time that exceeds the 4-hour limit. Time frame states 11-4, explained to her and she changed to 11-3 **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Fryer basket
  • 02C-08-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. Cooked beef taken out of freezer yesterday

Inspection Date: 3/5/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10790527

  • 36-32-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. One with water damage by restroom
  • 12B-12-5:Basic - Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Open drink by rice warmer, employee discarded it Corrected On-Site
  • 38-07-4:Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. By rice warmers
  • 05-09-4:Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. In new upright cooler at back
  • 36-64-5:Basic - Objectionable odors in bathroom or other areas of the establishment. By triple sink
  • 25-06-4:Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Aluminum trays above upright freezer, inverted by manager Corrected On-Site
  • 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Base on faucet at triple sink
  • 41-07-4:High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Pain killer above rice warmer, employee moved it Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw seafood on shelf above kimchi, owner rearranged Corrected On-Site
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Kimchi made on Monday, employee dated it Corrected On-Site
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. In closet by restroom, employee discarded, didn't know what it was Corrected On-Site