Prohibition Kitchen
Last inspected: Mar 20, 2026
39
Score
Public records show nine inspections at Prohibition Kitchen stretching back to 2022. On Mar 20, 2026, the health department conducted the most recent visit. A high risk tier suggests the facility had a rough recent inspection, with multiple violations on record.
Things have been moving the wrong way, with the rolling count rising from around five violations to closer to 10 violations per visit.
When inspectors have written things up, “time/temperature control for safety food cold held” has been the most frequent reason, cited three times.
Prohibition Kitchen's latest score of 39 falls below the St. Augustine average of 81. Taken together, the history suggests a facility that has struggled with consistency.
9
Inspections
2
Critical latest
2
Major latest
9
Minor latest
Inspection History
Mar 20, 2026
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 9 minor violations.
View 13 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Sitting out next to Pretzles; butter 130F; ( - hot Holding) person in charge reheated to proper temperature **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
03B-01-6
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Drawers; burgers 47F, 45F, 46F and 50F; ( - Cold Holding) per person in charge they were just put into cooler. Cooler was holding at 41F. Person in charge placed burgers back into walk in cooler. Above fill line in cooler; butter 56F; ( - Cold Holding) Person in charge took from above fill line and placed in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Corrective Action Taken** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Missing trading for some people in kitchen.
53B-13-5
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. 2 at entrance to kitchen. Person in charge labeled. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
41-17-4
Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. 1st reach in cooler on cook line has a board that's grooved making it not easily cleanable.
14-09-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Personal phone above prep table. Person in charge moved phone. **Corrected On-Site**
40-06-5
Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Chest freezer in server station has ice buildup.
14-69-4
Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. At 1st cooler on line there was a knife in between equipment. Person in charge removed knife. **Corrected On-Site**
10-17-4
Basic - In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Handle scoop in chicken breader. Person in charge removed. **Corrected On-Site**
10-01-5
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Missing at server sink. Person in charge replaced sign. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-04-4
Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Drink and personal food in glass door reach in cooler next to salad station. Person in charge moved all. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-13-4
Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Case of napkins on floor in upstairs storage. Person in charge picked up and moved. **Corrected On-Site**
25-05-4
Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Person in charge moved sanitizer to proper location. **Corrected On-Site**
21-38-4
39
Aug 20, 2025
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 7 minor violations.
View 11 violations
High Priority - Sewage/wastewater backing up through floor drains. Observed wastewater backing up from floor drain when dish machine empties. Person in charge immediately called maintenance to snake drain. Another floor drain is in proximity to incident area and is draining the waste water, preventing employees walking through it. Tested after maintenance snaked drain and no waste water overflowing. **Corrected On-Site**
28-26-5
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed bleach cleaning spray stored above flip-top cooler above food and clean dishes. Person in charge removed chemical from food area. **Corrected On-Site**
41-10-4
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed moray sauce (91F - Hot Holding); brown gravy (119F - Hot Holding); chili (90F - Hot Holding) in steamer wells. Person in charge stated product is reheated on stove prior to opening at 11am. Person in charge had product placed back on stove and reheated to 165F **Corrected On-Site**
03B-01-6
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed in the two cook line drawers in disrepair: cooked vegetables (55F - Cold Holding); sliced cheese (57F - Cold Holding). Person in charge had staff reduced amount of food and placed some back in walk-in cooler to cool and remainder was placed on time control. **Corrected On-Site**
03A-02-5
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed plastic food container used to scoop cheese on cook line. Person in charge removed plastic container.
14-01-5
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Observed ceiling vent in kitchen soiled with grease and dust. Person in charge state they plan on shutting down and deep cleaning in one week **Corrective Action Taken**
36-34-5
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed employee beverage on cutting board, employee disposed of beverage when they saw inspector. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed cook line drawers in disrepair. Drawers fall out when opened. Drawers hang crooked and do not shut completely. Ic stated they have new unit on order. **Corrective Action Taken**
14-11-5
Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Observed standing water on floor at wait station by bag n box machine.
36-22-4
Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Observed floors soiled at bar and wait station under equipment. **Repeat Violation**
36-73-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed gaskets on reach in coolers soiled with food debris.
23-03-4
39
Mar 18, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 6 minor violations.
View 7 violations
High Priority - Food-contact surfaces sanitized with a quaternary ammonium solution not exposed to the sanitizer solution for at least 30 seconds. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Observed bartender dipping glasses in triple sink sanitizer for less than 2 secs. Discussed with person in charge. Person in charge had glasses submerged again in quat sanitizer for over 30 secs. **Corrected On-Site**
22-50-4
Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Observed frozen vegetables being ambient air thawed in prep area. Person in charge placed vegetables in walk-in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
06-01-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed gaskets on reach in coolers on make line and drawers on cook line soiled with food debris.
23-03-4
Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed ice buildup up in reach in freezer at wait station.
14-69-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Observed bar juices stored on floor in beer walk-in cooler.
08B-38-4
Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Observed floor in kitchen soiled with food debris. Person in charge had employee sweep floor. Observed bar floor soiled with bottle caps and food debris.
36-73-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed employee drink on cook line above food. Employee placed drink below food. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
64
Sep 9, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
View 5 violations
High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed 11 packages of cod inside their oxygen reduced environment fully thawed. Discussed with person in charge
01B-13-4
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed two live flying insects at bar area near floor drains. Discussed with person in charge.
35A-02-6
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed three bottles filled with clear liquid at bar missing labels with common name. Discussed with person in charge.
41-17-4
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. Observed 11 packages of cod inside their oxygen reduced environment fully thawed. Discussed with person in charge
06-09-1
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Observed ceiling vents in kitchen soiled with black/green mold like substance.
36-34-5
61
Feb 15, 2024
Routine - Food
3 minor violations.
View 3 violations
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Observed tongs on oven handles in kitchen. Discussed with person in charge. **Repeat Violation**
10-20-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed gaskets on make line coolers soiled with food debris.
23-03-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed gaskets on cook line drawers torn and cracked.
14-11-5
86
Oct 4, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 4 minor violations.
View 7 violations
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed approximately 10 flying insects through out the bar areas floor drains. Person in charge had employees kill and remove flys during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
35A-02-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed multiple cutting boards in kitchen stained with food debris.
22-02-4
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed 7 spray bottles with yellow and blue chemicals inside not labeled with common named labels. Person in charge had employees add labels to all spray bottles. **Corrected On-Site**
41-17-4
Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Observed standing water on floor behind bar. Person in charge started having bartenders clean floor. **Corrective Action Taken**
36-22-4
Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Observed ice scoop handle in ice at bar. Person in charge removed handle from ice.
10-08-5
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Observed tongs on oven handles on cook line.
10-20-4
Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Observed old labels stuck to clean food containers discussed with dish washer and they started removing labels. **Corrective Action Taken**
16-46-4
58
Dec 20, 2022
Complaint Full
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 1 minor violation.
View 4 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 1) fry station flip-top cooler: raw chicken (58F - Cold Holding); white fish (42F - Cold Holding) in cooler for less than 1 hour. Person in charge had ice placed in cooler and work order opened. **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Clam tags not marked with last date served. Discussed with person in charge about writing last date served on tags.
01C-03-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand washing station at bar blocked by bar utensils and cleaning equipment.
31A-09-4
Basic - In-use utensil stored in sanitizer between uses. Utensils at bar stored in sanitizer water. Bar employee removed utensils and dumped sanitizer water **Corrected On-Site**
10-18-5
67
Aug 8, 2022
Complaint Full
No violations found.
100
Jul 7, 2022
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Prohibition Kitchen last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Prohibition Kitchen on file is from Mar 20, 2026. The public record contains nine inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Prohibition Kitchen?
Across the inspection record, “time/temperature control for safety food cold held” has been cited three times, more than any other issue at Prohibition Kitchen.
How does Prohibition Kitchen compare to other restaurants in St. Augustine?
Prohibition Kitchen most recently scored 39 out of 100, which is lower than the St. Augustine average of 81.
Has Prohibition Kitchen's inspection record improved over time?
No. Recent inspections at Prohibition Kitchen have averaged around 10 violations per visit, up from roughly five earlier in the record.
What does a high risk rating mean?
A high risk rating at Prohibition Kitchen means the most recent inspection flagged either critical violations or a substantial number of smaller ones. Diners may want to read the violation details before deciding to visit.
How often is Prohibition Kitchen inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Prohibition Kitchen is inspected around two times per year on average.
Nearby Restaurants