Sunrise to Sunset
Last inspected: Dec 15, 2025
70
Score
Sunrise to Sunset appears in inspection records 12 times, starting in 2022. Inspectors last stopped by on Dec 15, 2025. Medium risk typically reflects a handful of issues that inspectors wrote up but didn't deem critical.
Violation counts have held steady across recent visits, averaging around seven violations each.
The most common issue across all inspections has been “nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease”, showing up five times.
Restaurants in Green Cove Springs average 83, so Sunrise to Sunset trails the local norm. The inspection history reads as standard for a restaurant of this size.
12
Inspections
0
Critical latest
0
Major latest
8
Minor latest
Inspection History
Dec 15, 2025
Complaint Full
8 minor violations.
View 8 violations
Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, or Tobacco Use
FL-06
Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
Food Received at Proper Temperature
FL-12
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Hot and Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure
FL-25
Lighting Adequate; Required Shields in Place
FL-36
Single-Use/Single-Service Articles Properly Stored and Used
FL-45
70
Sep 29, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 3 minor violations.
View 6 violations
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Lighting Adequate; Required Shields in Place
FL-36
Wiping Cloths Properly Used and Stored
FL-41
Single-Use/Single-Service Articles Properly Stored and Used
FL-45
55
May 5, 2025
Complaint Full
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 6 minor violations.
View 8 violations
High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food/clean utensils/pan/plate without washing hands. Observed cook place raw bacon on grill with gloved hands then handle spatulas and customer plate for an order without removing gloves and washing hands.
12A-12-4
Intermediate - Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained. Proof of training for Vicki is a photocopy.
53B-09-4
Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. No beard guard on cook. No hair restraints for two cooks. **Repeat Violation**
13-04-4
Basic - Floor/wall/ceiling/vents soiled/has accumulation of debris. Ceiling and wall surrounding table top flat grill has grease build up. **Repeat Violation**
36-73-4
Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Interior microwave at prep area is soiled. **Repeat Violation**
22-08-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Front of table top flat grill and door of reach in cooler to left of grill is soiled. Counter below table top flat top and shelving under main grills are soiled. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Single service take out cups and drink holders stored on the ground in outside storage shed. **Repeat Violation**
25-05-4
Basic - Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Observed cook drink from open styrofoam cup in front of grill and placed open drink on shelf above container of grits.
12B-12-5
58
Mar 6, 2025
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 6 minor violations.
View 10 violations
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Food Received at Proper Temperature
FL-12
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Food in Good Condition, Safe, and Unadulterated
FL-13
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Hot and Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure
FL-25
Lighting Adequate; Required Shields in Place
FL-36
Wiping Cloths Properly Used and Stored
FL-41
Plumbing Maintained; Sewage Disposal
FL-51
Toilet Rooms Maintained
FL-53
43
Aug 12, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 3 minor violations.
View 5 violations
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. One live flying insect on front customer counter. One live flying insect at back prep table.
35A-02-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade at back prep table with food debris. Employee removed for cleaning. **Corrective Action Taken**
22-02-4
Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cook at flat grill with no beard guard. **Repeat Violation**
13-04-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Shelf below grill/cooking equipment with grease build up. Fronts of cabinets and drawers have greasy build up. Cabinet below waffle irons is soiled. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall to right of flip top reach in cooler in kitchen is soiled.
36-27-5
67
Dec 12, 2023
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 7 violations
High Priority - Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Observed cook crack shell eggs into a bowl, stir the eggs with gloved hand then wipe gloved hand on cloth and continued cooking without a glove change and handwash. Also observed cook crack shell eggs into a bowl and then handle utensils/spatulas without changing gloves and washing hands. Inspector spoke with employee, employee washed hands after cracking shell eggs. **Corrective Action Taken**
12A-27-4
High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Vacuum breaker missing from right threaded faucet at mop sink outside back exit.
29-42-4
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. Only one food handler reporting agreement completed. Provided and discussed DBPR Form HR 5030-103 with operator.
11-26-1
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. Manager certification for Moses O. expired 12/5/2023. Employee states training/testing already scheduled for this month. Establishment has several other certified food managers. **Corrective Action Taken**
53A-03-7
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee jacket stored on top of hot chocolate and sugar packets. Employee moved jacket to appropriate location. **Corrected On-Site**
40-06-5
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cook in back prep area preparing food with no hair restraint and beard guard.
13-03-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Underplating around soda nozzles on left soda machine is soiled. Shelving below main grill has debris. Counter area under countertop flat grill has debris. Interior cabinets under countertop grill, steam table and right soda machine are soiled.
23-03-4
52
Oct 6, 2023
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Oct 5, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 minor violation.
View 2 violations
High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed 29 rodent droppings: 7 along wall under front customer counter 1 at right side of server stand across from storage reach in cooler 2 under corner table by storage reach in cooler 4 on shelving holding packaged breads 1 at fire extinguisher at back door 3 under bag in box soda rack 7 in front lobby 3 inside to left of front door 1 on booth seat in dining room at front entrance **Warning**
35A-04-4
Basic - Dead roaches on premises. One dead roach under bag in box soda rack. **Warning**
35A-03-4
82
Oct 4, 2023
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 3 major violations. 8 minor violations.
View 14 violations
High Priority - Server handled soiled dishes or utensils and then picked up plated food, served food, or prepared a beverage without washing hands. Observed employee handling dirty dishes at three compartment sink then went to customer table then prepared customer beverages without washing hands. Observed employee handle dirty dishes at three compartment sink then got ice bucket and scooped ice to refill front ice bin.
12A-02-4
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw bacon on plate on counter in kitchen at 51F. Per cook, bacon on counter for approximately 45 minutes. Cook placed all bacon on flat grill and cooked all bacon. Cut tomato at 46F and sliced cheese at 45F in reach in cooler in kitchen. Per cook, both products in reach in cooler overnight. See stop sale. **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. Gravy on steam table at 124F. Per cook, gravy placed on steam table at approximately 6:00. Temperature taken at 8:45. Cook placed gravy on the stove to reheat. Temperature taken approximately 20 minutes later at 177F. **Corrective Action Taken**
03B-01-6
Intermediate - Soap dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense soap. Unable to dispense soap at hand wash sink by back door. Operator states new dispenser to be installed. **Corrective Action Taken**
31B-06-4
Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Operator using time as a public health control for shell eggs. No written plan available. Provided DBPR Form HR 5022-090 to operator.
03F-10-5
Intermediate - Non-pitting surface rust on food-contact equipment. Can opener blade at prep table has rust. Walk in cooler shelving has rust. Cutting board at utility sink has black staining.
22-31-4
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl used as scoop in potatoes in reach in cooler by grills.
14-01-5
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents/walls/floors soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Floor around/under bag in box soda rack is soiled. Vent above bag in box soda rack is soiled. Ceiling tiles above three compartment sink are dusty.
36-34-5
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Observed employee remove plastic cups from dish machine, stack wet and bring to service line without allowing cups to air dry.
24-08-4
Basic - Grease on the ground and/or pad around grease receptacle. Grease and debris on ground around grease container.
33-20-4
Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Chef knife between reach in cooler in kitchen and prep table.
10-17-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Fronts of all drawers under grills have grease build up. Shelf under grills has grease build up. Under plating around nozzles on soda machine is soiled. Walk in cooler and walk in freezer gaskets are soiled.
23-03-4
Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Case of to go boxes on the floor in dry storage room.
25-05-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container on shelf at entrance to back prep with dry product not labeled.
02D-01-5
32
Apr 4, 2023
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
View 5 violations
High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Ham and turkey dated 3/28.
01B-24-5
High Priority - Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. Two eggs in reach in cooler on line with cracked shells.
01B-14-4
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. No written plan during inspection. Provided during inspection. **Corrective Action Taken**
11-27-4
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Dust on ceiling in kitchen.
36-34-5
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee jackets stored on bag in box soda and food shelving. Person in charge removed. **Corrected On-Site**
40-06-5
61
Oct 11, 2022
Complaint Partial
1 critical violation.
View 1 violation
Food Received at Proper Temperature
FL-12
86
Sep 16, 2022
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 1 minor violation.
View 4 violations
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed one fly on cook line near juice dispenser. **Repeat Violation**
35A-02-6
High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In walk-in freezer, observed open box of raw chicken stored over boxes of pork. In walk-in freezer observed raw hamburger portions stored over sliced ham. Operator rearranged items during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-17-6
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed in walk-in cooler, ham (49F - Cold Holding); cut tomatoes (50F - Cold Holding). Operator stated items had been removed from cooler multiple times for stocking the cook line within two hours prior to temperature. Items were placed in walk-in freezer. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
03A-02-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed juice dispenser with buildup around top of nozzles.
23-03-4
61
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Sunrise to Sunset last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Sunrise to Sunset on file is from Dec 15, 2025. The public record contains 12 inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Sunrise to Sunset?
Across the inspection record, “nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease” has been cited five times, more than any other issue at Sunrise to Sunset.
How does Sunrise to Sunset compare to other restaurants in Green Cove Springs?
Sunrise to Sunset most recently scored 70 out of 100, which is lower than the Green Cove Springs average of 83.
Has Sunrise to Sunset's inspection record improved over time?
Results have been roughly steady. Inspections at Sunrise to Sunset have averaged around seven violations per visit across the recent record.
What does a medium risk rating mean?
A medium risk rating at Sunrise to Sunset 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 Sunrise to Sunset inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Sunrise to Sunset is inspected around four times per year on average.
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