Amenity Food & Beverage
Last inspected: Mar 19, 2026
70
Score
Inspectors have visited Amenity Food & Beverage nine times, with records going back to 2022. The latest inspection on file is from Mar 19, 2026. Diners should read medium risk as a signal that some issues exist but aren't extreme.
Things have been moving in the right direction, with the rolling count dropping from around seven violations to closer to five violations per visit.
The most common issue across all inspections has been “nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease”, showing up four times.
Compared to the broader St. Johns restaurant scene, this is about average. On the whole, the file is mixed but not concerning.
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Inspections
1
Critical latest
0
Major latest
4
Minor latest
Inspection History
Mar 19, 2026
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 4 minor violations.
View 5 violations
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle of sanitizer stored on prep table across from fryers on cook line, bottle moved. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
41-10-4
Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 2 dead roaches in back corner of storage area inside kitchen under rack, employee began to clean up dead roaches during inspection. **Corrective Action Taken**
35A-03-4
Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. Holes in wall around breaker box in food storage area.
36-24-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Sod gun holster at bar has a build up of syrup, employee began to clean during inspection **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Inside of reach in cooler in server area has a build up of debris and surface rust.
22-16-4
70
Aug 13, 2025
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 1 major violation. 4 minor violations.
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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. Server came into kitchen and scratched back of head with bare hands then continued to handle single use items and basket of food of customers without washing hands after touching hair.
12A-25-4
High Priority - Warewashing sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed. Sanitation bucket at bar reading 500ppm, bucket dumped out. **Corrective Action Taken**
41-18-4
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle of bathroom cleaner stored with napkins in storage room next to bar.
41-10-4
High Priority - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Triple sink at bar reading 0ppm, manager added more sanitizer tablets. **Corrective Action Taken**
22-43-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand wash station at bar used as dump sink.
31A-11-4
Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Manager making food orders on cook line.
13-04-4
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Manager making food orders on cook line manager put on hair net **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
13-03-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Cooking oil on floor in storage area in kitchen.
08B-38-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Soda gun holster at bar.
23-03-4
41
Jun 19, 2025
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Jun 18, 2025
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 4 minor violations.
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High Priority - Live, small flying insects found One fly at bar. **Warning**
35A-02-7
High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Bar staff handle garnish , lemons with bare hand contact Manager intervened. **Warning**
09-01-4
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Items In reach in cooler / make table : cheese. 50° cut tomato, cut lettuce , 48°. Cooler by Frier : raw shrimp 45°. **Warning**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Cooler by Frier : raw shrimp 45°. Since yesterday. **Warning**
01B-02-5
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Food service employee with no hair restraints.
13-03-4
Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. One unsecured CO2 tank/s at kitchen.
51-11-4
Basic - Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Reach in cooler / make table. cheese. 50° cut tomato, cut lettuce , 48°. Cooler by Frier : raw shrimp 45°.
14-74-7
Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Food prep/service employee wearing bracelets and hand jewelry while engaged in food preparation and service.
13-07-4
45
Aug 2, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 1 major violation. 1 minor violation.
View 4 violations
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle of glass cleaner stored over clean plates and open box of tortillas on rack in kitchen, bottle moved Spray bottle of Windex and stainless steel cleaner stored over reach in freezer and with clean pans and plates, bottles removed **Corrected On-Site**
41-10-4
High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. chicken wings (71F - Cooling after approximately 3 hours, retemp after 20 minutes 64F) in reach in cooler on cook line, per employee wings where cooked approximately 3 hours prior, wings immediately placed in reach in freezer, retemp after 20 minutes at 64F. **Corrected On-Site**
03D-01-5
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle of purple liquid under hand wash station in server area, bottle labeled **Corrected On-Site**
41-17-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink over open box of tortillas in kitchen, drink removed **Corrective Action Taken**
12B-07-4
64
May 22, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 6 minor violations.
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High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Container of raw eggs stored over case of beer in walk in cooler, eggs discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Approximately 3 live flying insects at end of bar around trash can.
35A-02-6
Intermediate - Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained. One photo copy of certificate.
53B-09-4
Intermediate - No plan review submitted and approved - renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. The direct link to the Plan Review page is https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. Establishment has removed their dish machine in the corner of the ware washing area and the hand wash sink on the cook line next to the walk in cooler in kitchen, but has not submitted revised plans. **Warning**
51-16-7
Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. 2 employees preparing food in kitchen.
13-04-4
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. 2 employees on cook line.
13-03-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Sugar in dry storage area, sugar moved **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. At hand wash station in server area.
31B-04-4
Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Box of to go cups on floor in storage/office room
25-05-4
Basic - Wood food-contact surface not properly sealed. Shelf in dry food storage/office room.
14-06-4
45
Jul 21, 2023
Routine - Food
4 major violations. 8 minor violations.
View 12 violations
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. White cutting board stored hanging from shelf next to the bulk ice bin has food residue staining spots. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Incorrect chemical test kit provided for measuring the concentration of the sanitizer solution used in the three-compartment sink and/or dishmachine. Only a chlorine test kit available to test the quaternary three compartment sink.
16-32-5
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at hand wash sink in the server station. Operator provided paper towels. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-02-4
Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. No soap at hand wash sink in the server station. Operator provided soap. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-03-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk in cooler door gasket has build up of mold like substance spots. Sliding door reach in freezer has food debris in the tracks of the sliding door. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container. In the waitstation area, serving spoon for queso stored on the side of the hot holding container on a paper towel with leftover queso on the spoon. Operator cleaned and relocated the spoon to the container of queso. **Corrected On-Site**
10-06-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. In the storage room to the side of the bar counter, jugs of water stored on the floor.
08B-38-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone stored on bag of tortillas at the pass through window. Operator removed the employee phone. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
40-06-5
Basic - Dead roaches on premises. One dead roach observed under the dry storage shelf to the side of the main kitchen area. Operator swept and discarded the dead roach. **Corrected On-Site**
35A-03-4
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of the bulk ice bin has build up of mold like substance along the top of the ice bin. **Repeat Violation**
22-20-5
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. In the dry storage room in the bottom shelf, bulk flour container with no product labeling. Operator labeled the bulk container. **Corrected On-Site**
02D-01-5
Basic - Stored food not covered. On the sliding door reach in freezer, container of veggie burgers not stored covered. Operator covered the veggie burgers. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-12-5
45
Feb 3, 2023
Routine - Food
3 major violations. 7 minor violations.
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Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Walk in cooler door gaskets have build up of mold like substance. Employee began to clean and sanitize the door gaskets. **Corrective Action Taken**
22-02-4
Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No quaternary test kit available to test three compartment sink or sanitizer buckets.
16-37-1
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. No employee reporting agreement or similar documentation available. Inspector provided employee reporting agreement. **Corrective Action Taken**
11-26-1
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee personal bag stored over single service utensils. Operator relocated the employee bag. **Corrected On-Site**
40-06-5
Basic - In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. In the dry storage area, bulk rice container scoop handle in contact with rice. Operator relocated the scoop handle. **Corrected On-Site**
10-01-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Build up of grease residue and debris in the side of the stand up reach in freezer by the fryers.
23-03-4
Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. On the storage shelf over the three compartment sink area, plastic container with old label still attached. Operator removed the container to remove sticker and be rewashed. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
16-46-4
Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. On the top shelf of the dry storage shelf next to the bulk ice bin, single service carry out containers stacked not inverted or covered. Operator inverted the containers. **Corrected On-Site**
25-06-4
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of the bulk ice bin has mold like substance spots on the interior of the bin by the ice chute.
22-20-5
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee beverage on the cutting board of the flip top reach in cooler at time of inspection, employee relocated the beverage. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
52
Aug 19, 2022
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 6 minor violations.
View 9 violations
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In the standup reach in freezer next to the walk in cooler, frozen raw chicken tenders stored over frozen French fries. Operator relocated the fries to the proper storage location. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-02-6
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. In the employee hand wash sink behind the bar counter, employee hand wash sink with clean bar mats in the sink. Operator relocated the bar mats to the proper storage location. **Corrected On-Site**
31A-11-4
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At hand wash sink at the entrance to the main kitchen area from the wait station area, no paper towels available at the employee hand wash sink. Operator provided paper towels. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-02-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. In sliding door reach in freezer on main cook line, pizza dough stored in reach in freezer without being individually wrapped or covered. Operator voluntarily discarded the frozen pizza dough. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-12-5
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. In the dry storage room off the side of the main dining room, reach in freezer with accumulation of food debris at the bottom of the freezer. Operator had employee clean and sanitize the reach in freezer. **Corrected On-Site**
22-16-4
Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. At time of inspection, old stickers stuck to clean containers on storage shelf opposite the three compartment sink.
16-46-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. In the dry storage hallway on the bottom shelf, bulk container of sugar stored with no label, employee labeled the container of sugar. **Corrected On-Site**
02D-01-5
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On storage shelf opposite the three compartment sink, clean containers stacked while wet. **Repeat Violation**
24-08-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. At time of inspection, multiple employee drinks on the clean prep table closest to the dry storage hallway. On the shelf over the flip top reach in cooler on the main cook line employee Gatorade over cooler. Operator relocated all employee beverage containers to the proper storage location. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
52
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Amenity Food & Beverage last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Amenity Food & Beverage on file is from Mar 19, 2026. The public record contains nine inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Amenity Food & Beverage?
Across the inspection record, “nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease” has been cited four times, more than any other issue at Amenity Food & Beverage.
How does Amenity Food & Beverage compare to other restaurants in St. Johns?
Amenity Food & Beverage most recently scored 70 out of 100, which is about the same as the St. Johns average of 69.
Has Amenity Food & Beverage's inspection record improved over time?
Yes. Recent inspections at Amenity Food & Beverage have averaged around five violations per visit, down from roughly seven earlier in the record.
What does a medium risk rating mean?
A medium risk rating at Amenity Food & Beverage means the most recent inspection turned up a handful of issues that the health department wrote up but did not classify as critical.
How often is Amenity Food & Beverage inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Amenity Food & Beverage is inspected around three times per year on average.
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