ANEJO COCINA MEXICANA
20 Homegrown Way
Florida, 32097
Nassau County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5)
Based on 5 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 5/5/2025
High Priority
5
Intermediate
5
Basic
12
Total
22
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceilings vents soiled in kitchen.
- 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. Fully thawed raw tuna in vacuum sealed packaging bearing indicator label for thawing requirements. Repeat Violation
- 08B-20-4:Basic - Damaged/spoiled/recalled food not properly segregated. Dented seam can of tomato purée.
- 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employees personal food items no separate from public food items.
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Cups in wait station wet nesting. Repeat Violation
- 35B-01-4:Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Gap beneath back exit door.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Boxes of shrimp stored on floor in walk in freezer and bulk container of chips store on floor near kitchen. Repeat Violation
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs hanging on front of oven handle. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk in shelves soiled. Reach in cooler gaskets soiled. Hood filters on cook line soiled.
- 33-16-4:Basic - Open dumpster lid.
- 29-08-4:Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Hand wash sink near cold holding unit on cookline in disrepair.
- 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed avocados stored over cut tomatoes.
- 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Dented seam can of tomato purée. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
- 12A-12-4:High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Employee handles raw chicken and raw beef with gloves then to ready to eat chicken without washing hands and changing gloves.
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw eggs over ready to eat jello. Operator removed eggs. Corrected On-Site
- 01B-13-4:High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Fully thawed raw tuna in vacuum sealed packaging bearing indicator label for thawing requirements. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
- 41-27-4:High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Sanitizer bucket 200+ ppm. Operator remade 50 ppm. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 03D-15-4:Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Guacamole cooling in walk in cooler in covered container. guacamole (46F - Cooling, After an hour 46F moved to walk in freezer, after another hour and half 32F)
- 53A-03-7:Intermediate - Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Employee Ramon expired manager certificate. 7/31/19 Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on cookline soiled.
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand wash sink with lemons inside. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 53B-10-4:Intermediate - Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. Three employees with incomplete food handlers certifications.
Food safety inspection conducted on 5/5/2025 revealed 22 total violations (5 high priority, 5 intermediate, 12 basic).
Inspection on 12/17/2024
High Priority
7
Intermediate
7
Basic
8
Total
22
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 top of ice machine has black mold-like substance.
- 35A-06-4:Basic - Accumulation of dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, or other pests, in control devices. Fly strip hanging in middle of prep area by mop sink with excessive accumulation of dead flying insects. Manager removed and discarded fly strip. Corrected On-Site
- 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. See stop sale. Individually sealed and completely thawed tuna and salmon in drawers on cook line.
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Water observed between plastic stacked cups at soda machine on service line.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Pans of raw pork and raw beef stored on the floor in the walk in freezer.
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Multiple employee hand wash sinks in kitchen and ware washing have signs that read, "Hand Wash Only". Provided DBPR Form HR 5030-111.
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Multiple containers of seasonings, rice, peppers, beans and sugar stored uncovered in dry storage room.
- 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Two large pork roasts thawing in standing water at mop sink and two large pork roasts thawing at room temperature on back prep table. Employee moved all to walk in cooler. Corrected On-Site
- 41-07-4:High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Package of stomach relief medicine stored on top of coffee maker next to bag of coffee grounds. Manager moved medicine to proper storage. Corrected On-Site
- 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Can of whole peeled tomatoes with two dents along top seaming and one large dent on side of can.
- 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Three live flying insects observed in dry storage room by seasonings and rice. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
- 14-31-5:High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Observed cook begin to heat rice by placing into a take out bag then placing in microwave. Manager coached employee and employee heated rice in the oven. Corrected On-Site
- 01B-13-4:High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Individually sealed and completely thawed tuna and salmon in drawers on cook line.
- 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Rice in stand up warming unit at 107F. Employee states rice placed in warmer at approximately 11:00. Temperature taken at 2:40. Employee heated rice to 169F Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
- 41-27-4:High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Wiping cloth solution on service line by soda machine tested at 200+ppm chlorine. Employee remade solution to 50ppm chlorine. Corrected On-Site
- 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. Container of milk in server reach in not dated. Manager states it was opened on Saturday. Today is Tuesday. Manager dated milk. Corrected On-Site
- 11-27-4:Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. No written procedures available. Provided DBPR HR 5030-104. Corrected On-Site
- 53A-03-7:Intermediate - Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager. Manager on duty, Ramon C, manager certificate expired July 31, 2024. Also, at beginning of inspection, four employees present engaged in food service.
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Towel in hand wash sink by stand up warming unit. Observed employee dump water from bucket into hand wash sink by walk in cooler. Manager coached employee on proper use of sinks. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 16-62-1:Intermediate - No measuring device available for measuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishmachine. No measuring device available. Inspector's minimum/maximum thermometer used to verify temperature.
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at bar handwash sink. Repeat Violation
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Unlabeled spray bottles with yellow and clear liquids on shelf at service station. Unlabeled spray bottle with yellow liquid below handwash sink across from chip holding drawer. Manager stated it is bleach and labeled. Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 12/17/2024 revealed 22 total violations (7 high priority, 7 intermediate, 8 basic).
Inspection on 6/3/2024
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 6/3/2024 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 5/20/2024
High Priority
3
Intermediate
6
Basic
0
Total
9
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Approximately 1 live flying insect around bar area. Approximately 2 live flying insects in kitchen area around walk in cooler door.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. raw chorizo (60F - Cold Holding) thawing out on table in prep area, per employee items was sitting out less then 2 hours, item placed back in cooler. **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. rice (110F - Hot Holding) in hot holding cabinet on cook line, per employee rice was made 1.5 hours prior, temperature to cabinet turned up. vegetable stock (90F - Hot Holding) sitting out on prep table between cook line and walk in cooler, per employee stock was sitting out less then 1 hour stock placed back in warming cabinet. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 22-56-4:Intermediate - Hot water sanitizing dishmachine final rinse not reaching proper temperature at manifold. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired. Dish machine ran multiple times and only reads 125F, employee set up triple sink. **Corrective Action Taken** Warning
- 02B-01-5:Intermediate - Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. All ceviche items on all menus have an asterisk, but there is not asterisk on the consumer advisory on the menu. Warning
- 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No test strips for sink and surface cleaner that are used for the sanitation buckets
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At hand wash station at end of cook line near dry storage area. At hand wash station in ware washing area.
- 31B-06-4:Intermediate - Soap dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense soap. At hand wash station at end of cook line near dry storage area. At hand wash station in ware washing area. At hand wash station in server area at far end of server area. Also no soap at all at hand wash station at bar area.
- 27-16-5:Intermediate - Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. No hot water at hand wash station at end of cook line near walk in cooler.
Food safety inspection conducted on 5/20/2024 revealed 9 total violations (3 high priority, 6 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 12/22/2023
High Priority
0
Intermediate
1
Basic
3
Total
5
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 24-05-4:Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Clean containers in dry storage not inverted.
- 51-13-4:Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. No choking poster available at time of inspection. Inspector provided printable signage. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. All hand wash sink signage states "hand wash sink only" provided printable correct signage. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels for some hand wash sinks. Operator waiting on paper towel delivery later in the day. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 51-04-4:No child labor law poster. For reporting purposes only. At time of inspection no child labor law poster available.
Food safety inspection conducted on 12/22/2023 revealed 5 total violations (0 high priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic).