Jim's Place
Last inspected: Oct 31, 2025
67
Score
Inspectors have visited Jim's Place nine times, with records going back to 2022. Jim's Place was last inspected on Oct 31, 2025. When a facility lands in medium risk territory, it usually means a mixed inspection result.
The picture has gotten worse over the last few visits, with the average climbing from around six violations to closer to 11 violations.
Looking across the full record, “employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging” is the recurring theme, flagged three times.
By comparison, the average St. Augustine facility scores 81, putting Jim's Place on the weaker side. On the whole, the file is mixed but not concerning.
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Inspections
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Critical latest
1
Major latest
6
Minor latest
Inspection History
Oct 31, 2025
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 6 minor violations.
View 7 violations
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Curtains on walk in cooler door entrance soiled with mold like substance. **Repeat Violation** - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-31: Operator needs more time. **Time Extended**
22-02-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Dishes wet nesting on shelves in dish washing area stacked while wet. **Repeat Violation** - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-31: **Time Extended**
24-08-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler gasket in poor repair near fryer and reach in freezer in walk in cooler has rust build up. **Repeat Violation** - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-31: **Time Extended**
14-11-5
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Floor tiles in prep room missing. - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-31: **Time Extended**
36-17-5
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No employee hand wash sign in prep room. **Repeat Violation** - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-31: **Time Extended**
31B-04-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler gaskets soiled with food debris in kitchen area. **Repeat Violation** - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-31: **Time Extended**
23-03-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach in coolers shelves have build up of residue in kitchen area. **Repeat Violation** - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-31: Still soiled. **Time Extended**
22-16-4
67
Oct 28, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 9 minor violations.
View 11 violations
High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Wiping cloth sanitizer 200+ ppm. Operator remade 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
41-27-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Curtains on walk in cooler door entrance soiled with mold like substance. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach in coolers shelves have build up of residue in kitchen area. **Repeat Violation**
22-16-4
Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Observed 11 dead roaches around kitchen area and dining area. Operator swept all up. **Corrected On-Site** **Admin Complaint**
35A-03-4
Basic - Dead rodent present. Observed one old dead rodent under reach in cooler left entrance of kitchen. Operator discarded. **Corrected On-Site** **Admin Complaint**
35A-20-4
Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee on cookline preparing food no beard guard. **Repeat Violation**
13-04-4
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Dishes wet nesting on shelves in dish washing area stacked while wet. **Repeat Violation**
24-08-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler gasket in poor repair near fryer and reach in freezer in walk in cooler has rust build up. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Floor tiles in prep room missing.
36-17-5
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No employee hand wash sign in prep room. **Repeat Violation**
31B-04-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler gaskets soiled with food debris in kitchen area. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
50
Jun 20, 2025
Routine - Food
5 major violations. 9 minor violations.
View 14 violations
Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. No soap at hand wash sink in warewashing/prep area. Operator provided dish soap. **Corrective Action Taken**
31B-03-4
Intermediate - Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. In walk in cooler chicken prepared on site then frozen missing all product date marking stickers. Discussed with operator. **Corrective Action Taken**
02C-04-5
Intermediate - Well water testing report/documentation is not available upon request. No recent copy of the well water report available.
27-02-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Mold like substance on curtains of walk in cooler door.
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Used knife stored in hand wash sink in prep area. Operator relocated. **Corrected On-Site**
31A-11-4
Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee on cook line working with food with no beard guard.
13-04-4
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On shelves of the warewashing area, clean containers stacked while wet.
24-08-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler on cook line with torn door gasket and reach in freezer in walk in cooler with rust build up along gasket.
14-11-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. Bag of flour stored on the floor of the prep area. Employee relocated. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No employee hand wash signage at hand wash sink in prep room.
31B-04-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Debris build up in door gaskets of flip top reach in cooler on the cook line. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Interior of reach in freezer on cook line with debris build up. Wait station reach in cooler with debris under mat inside reach in cooler.
22-16-4
Basic - Wall not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, warewashing areas or bathroom. Wall tiles behind cook line missing, no longer smoothie and easily cleanable.
36-30-4
Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Ice buckets at service counter not inverted or covered.
24-05-4
39
Nov 19, 2024
Routine - Food
3 minor violations.
View 3 violations
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Lighting Adequate; Required Shields in Place
FL-36
78
Jun 12, 2024
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 2 major violations. 9 minor violations.
View 14 violations
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Chemical spray bottle stored hanging on wire shelf with nozzle facing packages of bread. Operator relocated the chemical spray bottle. **Corrected On-Site**
41-10-4
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed two flies enter into prep area from rear exterior door.
35A-02-6
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In the walk in cooler, raw ground beef over packages over margarine and raw fish. Operator rearranged the storage levels of the walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Well water testing report/documentation is not available upon request. Unable to provided well water testing report.
27-02-4
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at hand wash sink by the prep station and cook line. Employee provided paper towels. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-02-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Open employee beverage stored on wire shelf over ground beef being prepared. Operator relocated the beverage. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee working the main cook line preparing food with no beard guard.
13-04-4
Basic - Floors not constructed to be easily cleanable. Uneven and not smooth floors not easily cleanable in multiple locations of the kitchen, dish and prep area.
36-12-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Bulk bag of flour open and stored on the floor of the prep area.
08B-38-4
Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Large build up of ice inside of the reach in chest freezer inside the walk in cooler.
14-69-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Inbetween and on the back portion of the fryers has build up of food grease. Reach in freezer inside walk in cooler door gasket has mold like substance build up. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. On the bottom shelf of the prep table in the warewashing area, clean metal containers with build up of food debris/grease under the lip of the container.
16-48-4
Basic - Open dumpster lid. Dumpster lid open during inspection. **Repeat Violation**
33-16-4
Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall behind table top two burner used for sauce and cooking noodles has burned scorch marks on the wall. Walled alcove of the pizza oven area as build up of dust.
36-27-5
33
Nov 14, 2023
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Nov 7, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 4 major violations. 9 minor violations.
View 14 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach-in cooler next to pizza line, cut tomato (47F - Cold Holding); cut lettuce (50F - Cold Holding) Operator stated cooler had not been working properly and items had been prepped 30 mins prior. Operator put items on ice. On bottom shelf inside small white reach-in cooler next to pizza oven, ricotta cheese (48F - Cold Holding); ricotta cheese (49F - Cold Holding) Operator placed both containers of ricotta cheese in different cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. In reach-in cooler across from food expo counter, lasagna missing date marking. Per operator, lasagna had been made Thursday. In small white reach-in cooler next to pizza oven, opened container of ricotta cheese missing date mark. Per operator, ricotta had been opened Saturday. Operator date marked lasagna and ricotta. **Corrected On-Site**
02C-02-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Reach-in cooler across from cook line has food buildup. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. In back storage area, food debris in sink. Soiled towels and spatula stored on sink ledge. Operator cleaned out sink and removed towels and spatula. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
31A-11-4
Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Operator keeps slices on time and uses chart but does not have written procedures. Provided operator with time as a public health control handout. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
03F-10-5
Basic - Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. In reach-in cooler across from food expo counter, shelves lined with cardboard.
14-05-4
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 next to pizza oven not working and not in use at time of inspection. Food items stored in cooler kept on ice. **Warning**
14-74-7
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. In back storage on shelf of bread and seasonings, 1 employee water bottle. Operator removed water bottle. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. Above grill station, wall tiles missing.
36-24-5
Basic - Ice bucket/shovel stored on floor between uses. Behind front counter under shelf, two ice buckets stored on floor. Employee moved buckets. **Corrected On-Site**
10-14-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets on reach-in cooler across from cook line has food debris. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Open dumpster lid. In back, I dumpster lid open. Operator closed lid. **Corrected On-Site**
33-16-4
Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. In back storage area, floors throughout room have exposed concrete.
36-02-5
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. In back storage room, bulk container of sugar and salt missing labels.
02D-01-5
37
Mar 24, 2023
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Aug 3, 2022
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 6 minor violations.
View 7 violations
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. Roast beef in flip top make station located in kitchen bears date product was frozen instead of date put into service. Owner removed old date and replaced with correct one. **Corrected On-Site**
02C-08-5
Basic - Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. Ladies room had self closing spring disconnected. Owner fixed the spring. Mens's room has missing spring. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
32-04-4
Basic - Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. Cardboard used to line bottom of reach in cooler at front of kitchen. **Repeat Violation**
14-05-4
Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Chest freezer in walk in cooler outside has accumulation of ice buildup **Repeat Violation**
14-69-4
Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Server station behind front counter.
10-08-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior gaskets of chest freezer located in walk in cooler has accumulation of black mold like substance.
23-03-4
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach in freezer in front of kitchen has crumbs accumulated on bottom surface. Reach in freezer in back kitchen has old French fries on bottom surface. Owner discarded the fries. **Corrective Action Taken**
22-16-4
67
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Jim's Place last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Jim's Place on file is from Oct 31, 2025. The public record contains nine inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Jim's Place?
Across the inspection record, “employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging” has been cited three times, more than any other issue at Jim's Place.
How does Jim's Place compare to other restaurants in St. Augustine?
Jim's Place most recently scored 67 out of 100, which is lower than the St. Augustine average of 81.
Has Jim's Place's inspection record improved over time?
No. Recent inspections at Jim's Place have averaged around 11 violations per visit, up from roughly six earlier in the record.
What does a medium risk rating mean?
A medium risk rating at Jim's Place 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 Jim's Place inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Jim's Place is inspected around three times per year on average.
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