THE KING & BEAR
1 King and Bear Drive
Florida, 32092
Curbview Estates
Saint Johns County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.3/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 5/2/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
6
Total
9
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling vents on kitchen soiled.
- 24-05-4:Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Ice buckets no stored inverted. Operator fixed. Corrected On-Site
- 35A-03-4:Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 2 dead roaches behind ice machine. Operator swept up. Corrected On-Site
- 10-17-4:Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife stored in between counter on cook line. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs hanging on front of equipment. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site
- 14-33-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Reach in cooler on cook line shelves rust pitted.
- 01B-13-4:High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Can of sausage gravy dented at seam.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Meat slicer in kitchen soiled. Repeat Violation
- 27-16-4:Intermediate - Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Water temperature at hand wash sink only reach 78F.
Food safety inspection conducted on 5/2/2025 revealed 9 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 6 basic).
Inspection on 11/15/2024
High Priority
6
Intermediate
1
Basic
3
Total
10
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. Interior of large ice machine in kitchen by walk in cooler. Interior of large ice machine in in door golf cart parking area. Repeat Violation
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Faucet of dipper well at bar not working.
- 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed celery stored in same bin as washed cucumbers in walk in cooler. Bags of ready to eat coleslaw mix stored with bags of unwashed heads of romaine in walk in cooler.
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw fish over cooked beef in reach in cooler drawer under grill on cook line, items rearranged. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
- 12A-02-4:High Priority - Server handled soiled dishes or utensils and then picked up plated food, served food, or prepared a beverage without washing hands. At least 2 servers handled soiled utensils and then handled clean cups and utensils without washing hands between tasks.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. shredded cheese (45F - Cold Holding); liquid eggs (45F - Cold Holding) sitting outside walk in cooler, per manager items where delivery less then 1 hour prior, all items moved to walk in cooler. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
- 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. sausage links (115F - Hot Holding) sitting out on service window in kitchen, per manager links where cooked less then 30 minutes prior and set out, links placed in oven to reheat. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Bottles of bleach stored under sink at bar with sleeves of to go cups, bleach moved. Chemical spray bottle stored with boxes of gloves in golf cart parking area, bottles moved. Corrected On-Site
- 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Missing vacuum break on splitter side with nothing attached at mop sink. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soiled ice scoop sitting out near large ice machine in gold cart parking area, manager removed scoop. **Corrective Action Taken**
Food safety inspection conducted on 11/15/2024 revealed 10 total violations (6 high priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic).
Inspection on 4/12/2024
High Priority
4
Intermediate
3
Basic
2
Total
9
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. Interior of ice bin of soda machine at server area. Repeat Violation
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. In men's bathroom.
- 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Approximately 10 live flying insects inside bucket inside cabinet use to catch drainage from beer tap at bar area, employee covered bucket and discarded the drainage and flying insects during inspection. Corrected On-Site
- 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw shrimp in open packaging stored over french fries, removed from original packaging, in standing reach in freezer at end of cook line. Raw fish stored over cooked chicken wings in standing reach in cooler at end other end of cook line near walk in freezer. All items 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. raw shrimp (47F - Cold Holding); cooked mushrooms (47F - Cold Holding) on speed rack sitting outside of walk in cooler while receiving a delivery, per employee rack has been in and out of walk in cooler less then 1 hour, speed rack placed in walk in freezer. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 29-42-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Missing from hose side of splitter on mop sink in mop closest near kitchen.
- 03D-15-4:Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. sliced turkey (53F - Cooling, after 30 minutes 53F); cut romaine (51F - Cooling, after 30 minutes 53F); sliced ham (53F - Cooling, after 30 minutes 53F); spinach dip (53F - Cooling, after 30 minutes 53F) in reach in cooler on make line, employee turned down temperature of cooler **Corrective Action Taken**
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Rubber mats from bar draining in hand wash station in server area, mats removed. 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. Container of cooked onions in standing reach in cooler at end of cook line near walk in freezer, per employee onions where made 2 days ago, onions marked. Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 4/12/2024 revealed 9 total violations (4 high priority, 3 intermediate, 2 basic).
Inspection on 9/7/2023
High Priority
1
Intermediate
1
Basic
5
Total
7
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Bulk ice bin has mold like substance spots along the top of the deflector plate.
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On the storage shelf of the warewashing area, clean containers stacked while wet.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Plastic bottles of water for customers stored on the floor behind the bar counter area.
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in chest freezer has mold like substance spots on the door gasket.
- 16-46-4:Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. On the storage shelf of the warewashing area, clean containers with old labels attached.
- 08A-20-5:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In the walk in cooler raw chicken parm stored over raw beef patties. Operator rearranged the walk in cooler storage levels. Corrected On-Site
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on the main prep table has food residue staining build up. Repeat Violation
Food safety inspection conducted on 9/7/2023 revealed 7 total violations (1 high priority, 1 intermediate, 5 basic).