SAKE HOUSE
824 Lomax Street
Jacksonville, Florida, 32204
Riverside
Duval County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 1/29/2025
High Priority
4
Intermediate
3
Basic
14
Total
21
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. On panko, removed by employee **Corrected On-Site**
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Fan/vent in walk in cooler
- 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. Raw tuna, explained to him and he punctured them **Corrected On-Site**
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Above ginger on shelf at sushi bar, employee removed drink, 2 drinks without lids at cook line **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Making sushi **Repeat Violation**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket torn in box freezer at sushi area **Repeat Violation**
- 10-17-4:Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Employee removed it **Corrected On-Site**
- 14-36-5:Basic - Interior of refrigerator or freezer in disrepair/has exposed insulation. Small crack in box freezer at sushi area
- 51-18-6:Basic - No copy of latest inspection report available.
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gasket and door frame in box freezers at sushi area, shelf up in walk in cooler **Repeat Violation**
- 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. To go containers in box on floor, dining/storage area, **Corrected On-Site**
- 14-17-4:Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Also microwave **Corrected On-Site**
- 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Sushi area **Repeat Violation**
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. White powders in sow buckets, employee write names on **Corrected On-Site**
- 08B-56-4:High Priority - Food stored in ice used for drinks. In ice bin, employee removed them and discarded ice **Corrected On-Site**
- 08A-20-5:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw shelled eggs on shelf above raw crab, employee rearranged reach in cooler **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 cut kale at sushi bar, employee wrote time on **Corrective Action Taken**
- 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. 115f soup, on stove off, employee turned burner on and got to 165f **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 two people that employee training can't be found **Repeat Violation**
- 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 Spanish prep person for a year and a server for 2 years, manager couldn't find certificates **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Red liquid by ice machine, cleaner by employee **Repeat Violation**
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/29/2025 revealed 21 total violations (4 high priority, 3 intermediate, 14 basic).
Inspection on 10/29/2024
High Priority
3
Intermediate
5
Basic
11
Total
19
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 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 sushi area,
- 13-04-4:Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cook cooking
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Sushi chef, he put one o, server portioning sauces **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket torn in box freezer at sushi area and upright freezer by triple sink **Repeat Violation**
- 29-09-4:Basic - Faucet/handle missing at plumbing fixture. Cold water handle at hand at sink cook line turns all the way and water doesn't come out
- 10-08-5:Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. In ice bin, employee moved it **Corrected On-Site**
- 05-09-4:Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. In one little cooler at sushi area
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Shelf at sushi area, door frame in upright freezer , also shelves in walk in cooler **Repeat Violation**
- 35B-03-4:Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. Rear **Repeat Violation**
- 14-17-4:Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Also inside if microwave
- 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. At sushi area **Repeat Violation**
- 12A-17-4:High Priority - Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. Washed only 7 seconds after he grabbed raw shrimp and then grabbed basket with crunchy, explained to him and he washed again **Corrected On-Site**
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Sushi rolls with raw fish iron shelf above cream cheese and krab, little cooler at sushi bar, employee rearranged **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 41-27-4:High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. +200 ppm chl in bucket at sushi area, Ted strip turned almost black, employee diluted it, 100 ppm **Corrected On-Site**
- 16-33-4:Intermediate - Chemical test kit not used to ensure proper sanitization of equipment and utensils when using a chemical sanitizer. For bucket
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Employee rinsed dish in hand sink, explained to her
- 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 employees that manager couldn't find cards for
- 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. Manager couldn't find 2 employee training cards for old employees, more than 6 months
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Red liquid by dish machine, labeled degreaser by manager **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Food safety inspection conducted on 10/29/2024 revealed 19 total violations (3 high priority, 5 intermediate, 11 basic).