LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT
1434 Hendricks Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida, 32207
San Marco
Duval County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 3/11/2025
High Priority
5
Intermediate
9
Basic
14
Total
29
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Ice machine
- 16-21-4:Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine.
- 36-36-4:Basic - Ceiling tile missing. One moved and two are peeling
- 24-05-4:Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Big pots
- 06-09-1:Basic - 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. Tilapia in walking cooler, punctured by employee **Corrected On-Site**
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Jacket above to go containers, storage, employee moved it **Corrected On-Site**
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Server scooping and cook, got one **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket in drawer unit and prep cooler **Repeat Violation**
- 36-11-4:Basic - Floors not maintained smooth and durable. Floor panel peeling off in walk in cooler **Repeat Violation**
- 14-42-4:Basic - Hood filter missing from automatic fire suppression/exhaust system. Washed yesterday **Repeat Violation**
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. On oven handle **Repeat Violation**
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Hand sink at cook line **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Vents in walk in cooler **Repeat Violation**
- 22-16-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. In beverage cooler
- 03D-01-5:High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. 56f pork cooked last night, employee discarded it **Corrected On-Site**
- 12A-12-4:High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Employee grabbed raw meats then removed gloves and scooped cooked foods, explained to him and he washed hands **Corrected On-Site**
- 35A-02-7:High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. One by clean dishes in dish washing area **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 22-43-4:High Priority - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. 100 ppm quat in bar triple sink, only put 2 tablets in 4 gallons, added 2 more tablets, 300 ppm **Corrected On-Site**
- 03F-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking. For quesadillas, employee wrote time on **Corrected On-Site**
- 03D-15-4:Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Deep container for cooked pork
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Fryer baskets **Repeat Violation**
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Ice in hand sink by ice bin
- 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Quat **Repeat Violation**
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Hand sink at cook line, employee placed one **Corrected On-Site**
- 05-14-5:Intermediate - Probe thermometer not used to ensure proper food temperatures of cooling time/temperature control for safety food. For cooling pork
- 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. One cook here for long time, could not find his certificate, and another cook since last inspection here **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 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. Tamales made 2 days ago
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Cleaner for tables per employee
- 45-02-4:Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. By cook line **Repeat Violation**
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/11/2025 revealed 29 total violations (5 high priority, 9 intermediate, 14 basic).
Inspection on 10/30/2024
High Priority
3
Intermediate
5
Basic
16
Total
25
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 16-03-4:Basic - Accumulation of debris inside warewashing machine. And exterior
- 36-32-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. 4 peeling off in dish machine area
- 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 at server area, employee discarded it **Corrected On-Site**
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Working with open foods, **Repeat Violation**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket in drawer unit and prep cooler **Repeat Violation**
- 36-11-4:Basic - Floors not maintained smooth and durable. Peeling off in beer walk in cooler
- 14-38-4:Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Container for chimichangas shells is cracked, cook line area **Repeat Violation**
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Container with cut lettuce in walk in cooler
- 14-42-4:Basic - Hood filter missing from automatic fire suppression/exhaust system. 4, employee placed them **Corrected On-Site**
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. On oven handle, employee moved them **Corrected On-Site**
- 51-18-6:Basic - No copy of latest inspection report available.
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Hand sink at cook line **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Shelf above salsa and chips, server area
- 22-16-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Some foggy water in prep cooler, interior bottom, also shelves at bar cooler
- 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed peppers on shelf above cut lettuce in walk in cooler
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. White powder, labeled flour by employee **Repeat Violation**
- 12A-16-4:High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Cook just arrived and started stirring beef, explained to him and he washed hands, **Corrected On-Site**
- 12A-17-4:High Priority - Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. Cook that just arrived and stirred beef washed hands for only 5 seconds, explained to him and he washed hands properly **Corrected On-Site**
- 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. One by chips container **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Fryer baskets, around nozzles, ice bin toon, ice machine **Repeat Violation**
- 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Quat **Corrected On-Site**
- 11-26-1:Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. For 2 new employees
- 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. Two employees here for 2 months
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Yellow substance, employee labeled degreaser **Corrected On-Site**
- 45-02-4:Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only.
Food safety inspection conducted on 10/30/2024 revealed 25 total violations (3 high priority, 5 intermediate, 16 basic).