Lubi's Hot Subs
Last inspected: Feb 20, 2026
100
Score
Lubi's Hot Subs has been inspected nine times since 2022. Lubi's Hot Subs was last inspected on Feb 20, 2026. A low risk tier reflects an inspection that turned up minimal issues.
The picture has improved over the last few visits: recent inspections have averaged around five violations, down from roughly eight violations earlier in the record.
The most common issue across all inspections has been “equipment in poor repair”, showing up three times.
That puts the facility ahead of the local pack: the average Jacksonville restaurant scores 74. Taken together, the history is a positive one.
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Inspection History
Feb 20, 2026
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Feb 17, 2026
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 1 major violation. 3 minor violations.
View 7 violations
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Supervisor/Person in Charge Present
FL-01
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Lighting Adequate; Required Shields in Place
FL-36
Wiping Cloths Properly Used and Stored
FL-41
37
Sep 18, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 1 major violation. 3 minor violations.
View 7 violations
Supervisor/Person in Charge Present
FL-01
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Lighting Adequate; Required Shields in Place
FL-36
Food and Non-Food Contact Surfaces Designed and Constructed
FL-50
47
May 9, 2025
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 5 minor violations.
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High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. One can of red and green peppers strips dented and crimped around rims of can. See stop sale
01B-01-4
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked vegetables, sliced cheese (46F-47F - Cold Holding) in top of flip top reach-in cooler next to grill. Operator placed both TcS foods in reach in freezer to chill. Retook temp at end of inspection and both foods 41F-42F. Also, cooked beef (46F - Cold Holding) in reach-in cooler across from ice machine and prep table. Operator stated door was opened and closed a lot this morning. Operator removed lid to chill beef. **Corrective Action Taken**
03A-02-5
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 grill unable to maintain temperature of 41F and below. Ambient temperature of reach-in cooler at 50F. Observed large mass of ice behind vent in fan area of cooler. Operator removed TCS foods and unplugged until ice melts and it is able to maintain proper temp. **Corrective Action Taken**
14-74-7
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gaskets on both reach-in cooler doors across from ice machine and prep table torn. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. Multiple walls in kitchen, prep, warewashing areas in disrepair. Hole in ceiling tile above reach in freezer next to triple sink, **Repeat Violation**
36-24-5
Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. Unsealed concrete floors throughout kitchen, prep, warewashing,,and dry food storage areas. **Repeat Violation**
36-02-5
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Vent in restroom has accumulation of dust. Also, multiple ceiling tiles in kitchen area soiled.
36-34-5
58
Jan 6, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 5 minor violations.
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High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked beef (109-112F - Hot Holding) in pan on hot holding rack on grill. Operator stated the pan should be stored on grill to keep warm. Operator reheated beef to more than 165F. **Corrected On-Site**
03B-01-6
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked vegetables in walk in cooler prepared on Friday not date marked. Operator date marked vegetable mix. **Corrected On-Site**
02C-02-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board at reach-in cooler next to grill soiled. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand wash sink on cook line used to dump cup of ice. Discussed with operator. Ice was melted at next hand wash. **Corrective Action Taken**
31A-11-4
Basic - Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. Two unisex restrooms missing self closures. **Repeat Violation**
32-04-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket on reach-in cooler next to ice machine and doors on reach-in cooler across from ice machine in prep are torn. Also, two microwaves on front service line have cracked bottom plates in interior of microwave.
14-11-5
Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. Areas of walls throughout prep, kitchen and storage area in disrepair/ holes. **Repeat Violation**
36-24-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Interior of door of large ice machine soiled.
23-03-4
Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. Floor throughout kitchen, prep, food storage areas unsealed concrete.
36-02-5
50
Apr 25, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 4 major violations. 4 minor violations.
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High Priority - Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. Multiple Employees handwashing less than 10 seconds in total. Discussed with operator for employees to wash hands together for 10-15 seconds minimum.
12A-17-4
Intermediate - Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Niccolas Diramio CFM certification expired in Oct 2023.
53A-03-7
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Nozzles on water dispensing machine at front service line soiled. Cutting board at cookline next to grill soiled/ stained.
22-02-4
Intermediate - No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation/handling. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Four or more employees working without a CFM working.
53A-05-6
Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Three employees food safety training expired in 2023.
53B-14-5
Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. Hole in wall in walk-in-cooler.
36-24-5
Basic - Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. Both restroom doors not self closing. Doors left open. Operator stated restrooms have recently been remodeled.
32-04-4
Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Multiple employees prepping/ preparing food wearing jewelry. **Repeat Violation**
13-07-4
Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Floor in kitchen, prep and cookline areas missing tiles/ in disrepair.
36-17-5
47
Aug 4, 2023
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 8 minor violations.
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High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed cooked steak sandwiches at 121F stored in hot holding cabinet next to drive through. Observed drawer open at time of inspection. Employee pulled steak sandwiches and started to reheat them. **Corrective Action Taken**
03B-01-6
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Observed establishment business license expired 6-1-2023. Manager called and was able to renew during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Admin Complaint**
50-17-3
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Observed hand sink next to grill blocked with pan of sandwich's stored on top of sink. Employee removed and stored properly. **Corrected On-Site**
31A-09-4
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Employee removed and discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
41-17-4
Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Observed CO2 tanks not adequately secured. Manager was able to secure during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
51-11-4
Basic - Ceiling tile missing. Observed ceiling tiles missing near walk-in cooler.
36-36-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed employee drinks stored on top of ice machine. Employee removed all drinks from ice machine. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Employee smoking device in a food preparation, storage or warewashing area. Observed employee vape on prep table in middle of kitchen. Employee removed and stored properly away from food preparation. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-10-4
Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Observed employee engaging in food preparation wearing bracelet.
13-07-4
Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Observed light shining from outside at bottom of back exit door of kitchen.
35B-01-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Observed bag of coke on floor at coke rack in back room. Employee removed and stored properly. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4
Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Observed single service cases of cups stored on floor on storage area. Employee removed and placed crate under cases. **Corrected On-Site**
25-05-4
41
Jan 30, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 6 minor violations.
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High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed raw shell eggs stored over ready to eat bacon. Manager removed and stored properly. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
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. Observed establishment to not have employee health agreement forms. I provided copy of employee health agreement form.
11-26-1
Intermediate - Certified Food Manager or person in charge lacks knowledge of foodborne illnesses and symptoms of illness that would prevent an employee from working with food, clean equipment and utensils, and single-service items. Observed certified food manager unable to provide all the Foodborne Illnesses. I will provide copy of Foodborne illnesses.
11-07-5
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. Observed establishment to not have written procedures on vomiting and diarrhea.
11-27-4
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Observed main ice machine to be soiled on the inside of unit behind the splash guard. **Repeat Violation**
22-20-5
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed employee engaging in food preparation without hair restraint.
13-03-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Observed large container of marinara stored on floor of cook line. Observed buckets of food stored on floor in walk in cooler. Manager removed and stored all items properly. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4
Basic - Standing water or very slow draining water in handwash sink, three-compartment sink, or mop sink. Observed the mop sink to be slowly draining
29-20-5
Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Observed sanitizer bucket on cook line to be at 0 ppm. Manager added bleach to make it 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
21-07-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Observed large container of sugar to be without label on it. Manager placed label on container of sugar. **Corrected On-Site**
02D-01-5
47
Aug 8, 2022
Routine - Food
7 critical violations. 7 minor violations.
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High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - ready-to-eat food used for multiple menu items, some of which will not be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Observed operator cutting Sub rolls with bare hands. Spoke with operator on AOP process , operator washed hands and placed gloves on.
09-19-5
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed two flying insects in kitchen. One of the two flying insect landed on sub bread, spoke to employee who discarded. See stop sale
35A-02-6
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Manager stated cooked Peppers were prepared on Sunday at 3pm. Temperature of peppers 46F-47F with indications of improper cooling on lid of container storing peppers. Ambient temperature of walk-in between 46F-50F. Manager removed peppers and discarded. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
01B-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Eggs Ambient temperature (47F-50F -Cold Holding) Sour cream (46F - Cold holding) in walk-in cooler. Operator stated employee may not have shut door of cooler all the way. Operator turned down temp of cooler to make colder **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Grits near drive through temperature 119F. Manager turned up steam table and placed Grits in microwave. **Corrective Action Taken**
03B-01-6
High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. marinara (54F - Cooling ); Cooked Peppers (54F - Cooling ); Manager stated both were prepared on Sunday around 3pm. Observed condensation on lid of container storing peppers. Ambient temperature of walk-in between 46F-50F. Manager unsure when walk in cooler stopped Maintaining temperature of 41F and below. Manager unable to confirm Peppers and marinara cooled to 41F within 6 hours before cooler stopped working properly. See stop sale. Manager removed peppers and marinara and discarded. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03D-02-5
High Priority - Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed employee with gloves on making sandwiches then handling a personal phone and proceeded to top sandwiches with same gloves. Spoke to employee on proper hand washing procedures. Employee removed gloves and properly washed hands **Corrective Action Taken**
12A-29-4
Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Observed ice scoop handle stored in drive through area ice bin. Observed ice scoop handle stored in ice bin near microwaves in service area at front registers.
10-08-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed the walk-in cooler door gasket soiled. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Observed main ice machine in middle of kitchen to be soiled.
22-20-5
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed souffle cups used to dispense food in multiple containers above prep table near 3 compartment sink.
14-01-5
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. Ambient temperature of walk-in cooler was 46F -50F. Operator turned thermostat of cooler, rechecked cooler at end of inspection and temperature was 42F. **Corrected On-Site**
14-74-7
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed Drinks stored on Ice machine next to Pita bread, manager removed and stored properly. Observed employee beverages stored on prep table near upright coolers near prep sink. Manager removed and stored properly. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Upright cooler door handle broken located across from middle prep table in middle of kitchen.
14-11-5
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Lubi's Hot Subs last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Lubi's Hot Subs on file is from Feb 20, 2026. The public record contains nine inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Lubi's Hot Subs?
Across the inspection record, “equipment in poor repair” has been cited three times, more than any other issue at Lubi's Hot Subs.
How does Lubi's Hot Subs compare to other restaurants in Jacksonville?
Lubi's Hot Subs most recently scored 100 out of 100, which is higher than the Jacksonville average of 74.
Has Lubi's Hot Subs' inspection record improved over time?
Yes. Recent inspections at Lubi's Hot Subs have averaged around five violations per visit, down from roughly eight earlier in the record.
What does a low risk rating mean?
A low risk rating at Lubi's Hot Subs means inspectors found minimal or no significant issues at the most recent visit. Most facilities at this tier have a clean recent inspection report.
How often is Lubi's Hot Subs inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Lubi's Hot Subs is inspected around three times per year on average.
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