Minerva Indian Restaurant
Last inspected: Mar 3, 2026
26
Score
Minerva Indian Restaurant, located at 8661 Baymeadows Rd in Jacksonville, FL, underwent a high-risk inspection on March 3, 2026. The inspection identified 15 violations, including 5 critical, 2 major, and 8 minor issues. Notable violations involved food stored on the floor, accumulation of debris and grease on walls and floors, and garbage around the dumpster area.
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Critical latest
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Major latest
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Minor latest
Inspection History
Mar 3, 2026
Routine - Food
5 critical violations. 2 major violations. 8 minor violations.
26
Sep 10, 2025
Routine - Food
5 critical violations. 1 major violation. 7 minor violations.
30
May 21, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 2 major violations. 5 minor violations.
41
May 8, 2025
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Oct 1, 2024
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 2 major violations. 7 minor violations.
23
Apr 10, 2024
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 2 major violations. 4 minor violations.
18
Nov 6, 2023
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 4 major violations. 8 minor violations.
33
Feb 16, 2023
Routine - Food
8 major violations. 7 minor violations.
32
Aug 9, 2022
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Aug 5, 2022
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 4 major violations. 11 minor violations.
33
Violations — Mar 3, 2026 Inspection
Basic - Floors walls, and/or ceilings soiled/has accumulation of debris. Walls at dishmachine with mold like substance buildup. Standing water on floors at dry storage area off of prep area, at dishmachine area. Floors with debris accumulation along walls. Walls with grease accumulation near naan oven. **Repeat Violation**
36-73-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Buckets of food stored on floor in walk in freezer, in dry storage. Person in charge raised. Also, multiple items stored uncovered in walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4
Basic - Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster. Garbage on ground around dumpster.
33-19-4
Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice accumulation in walk in freezer.
14-69-4
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs hanging from oven door at cook line. Person in charge moved to appropriate location. **Corrected On-Site**
10-20-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk in cooler fan and shelves with debris accumulation. Exterior of bulk dry goods containers of flour at cook one with debris accumulation. Exterior of oven mitt soiled in kitchen. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Old labels observed on exterior of multiple clean dishware items in kitchen. **Repeat Violation**
16-46-4
Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Leak observed at middle sink at triple sink.
29-11-4
High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. One can of olives with dent along seam.
01B-01-4
High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dishmachine testing at 0ppm after running multiple times. Is in use during inspection. By end of inspection testing at 50ppm after cleaning lines. **Corrected On-Site**
22-41-4
High Priority - Displayed food not properly protected from contamination. Soup on buffet line does not have hinged lids. Not on buffet line protected by sneeze guard. Person in charge moved under sneeze guard during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-02-4
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. Observed employee handle cut melon with bare hands that is served on buffet. Spoke to employee who donned gloves. **Corrective Action Taken**
09-01-4
High Priority - Evidence of mop/cleaning wastewater dumped onto ground. Observed employee dump mop water on ground outside of back door.
28-14-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of microwave on line with food splatter accumulation. Interior of ice machine with gray and white sediment buildup. Soda nozzles with debris accumulation. Cutting boards at server line with staining and buildup.
22-02-4
Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Person in charge only able to provide test strips for quatanery ammonium during inspection. Not for chlorine.
16-37-1
Priority (Critical)
Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)
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