Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach
Last inspected: Jan 13, 2026
58
Score
Inspectors have visited Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach 12 times, with records going back to 2023. The most recent report on file is from Jan 13, 2026. When a facility lands in medium risk territory, it usually means a mixed inspection result.
Performance has remained roughly level over recent inspections, averaging near four violations each time.
Looking across the full record, “dead roaches on premises” is the recurring theme, flagged four times.
The city-wide average sits at 75, which Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach's 58 doesn't quite reach. The record is unremarkable in either direction.
12
Inspections
2
Critical latest
1
Major latest
3
Minor latest
Inspection History
Jan 13, 2026
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 1 major violation. 3 minor violations.
View 6 violations
High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Bloated can of pineapple chucks on rack in back storage area. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
01B-13-4
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. shredded cheese (46F - Cold Holding) in pizza make line cooler, per employee bags of cheese where taken from cooler in back storage area and used to fill up pizza make line cooler less then 30 minutes ago. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Open package of cannoli cream in reach in cooler in prep area by pizza oven without a date marking, per employee bags was opened Sunday, cream dated **Corrected On-Site**
02C-03-5
Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer/cooler and/or walk-in freezer. Build up of ice in back of reach in cooler in prep area by hand wash station. **Repeat Violation**
14-69-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Bins of pizza dough under pizza oven , dough moved. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee making pizzas on pizza make line, employee put on hat. **Corrected On-Site**
13-03-4
58
Jul 23, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
View 6 violations
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 6/1/2025
50-17-3
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. liquid eggs (47F - Cold Holding) open container in standing 3 door reach in cooler in storage area, per operator eggs where used yesterday and no one has done anything with the liquid eggs today.
01B-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. liquid eggs (47F - Cold Holding) open container in standing 3 door reach in cooler in storage area, per operator eggs where used yesterday and no one has done anything with the liquid eggs today.
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Ambient air thermometer in holding unit not accurate within plus or minus 3 degrees Fahrenheit. Flip top reach in cooler next to front counter reading -8F, no items in cooler are frozen.
05-05-4
Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Under racks in back of kitchen in storage area.
36-73-4
Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. In reach in cooler by front counter.
14-69-4
52
Feb 11, 2025
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 1 minor violation.
View 3 violations
High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Meatballs in grocery bag inside standing reach in freezer in back storage area.
14-31-5
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. Employee touching pizzas with bare hands while cutting them after taking them out of the oven.
09-01-4
Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Approximately 10 dead roaches under pizza reach in cooler and under front counter, employee cleaned up all dead roaches. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
35A-03-4
70
Dec 7, 2024
Routine - Food
1 major violation.
View 1 violation
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No certified food manager for establishment. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Only manager certification for establishment expired on 5/21/2024 for Daniel Feliciano **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-12-06: 60 day callback from original inspection **Time Extended** - From follow-up inspection 2024-12-07: 60 day callback from original inspection. **Time Extended**
53A-07-6
90
Dec 6, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 1 major violation. 1 minor violation.
View 4 violations
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Roach excrement and/or droppings present. Roach dropping between wall and shelf over triple sink. Also approximately 5 roach egg sacks under prep sink by triple sink in kitchen. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-12-06: Roach droppings along inside frame of front counter behind reach in cooler, employee began to clean up droppings during inspection. **Admin Complaint** **Corrective Action Taken**
35A-23-4
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 16 live roaches under and behind prep sink and triple sink in corner of kitchen area. 1 live roach between shelf and wall above triple sink. Approximately 6 live roaches around pizza make table next to pizza oven. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-12-06: 4 live roaches along walls behind reach in coolers at end of cook line by pizza oven. 1 live roach on front counter at far end of cook line near triple sink. 1 live roach inside crack on the underside of front counter near triple sink. employee began to kill and clean up all live roaches during inspection. **Admin Complaint** **Corrective Action Taken**
35A-05-4
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No certified food manager for establishment. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Only manager certification for establishment expired on 5/21/2024 for Daniel Feliciano **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-12-06: 60 day callback from original inspection **Time Extended**
53A-07-6
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Approximately 10 dead roaches under triple sink and prep sink. Approximately 30 dead roaches under reach in coolers, pizza oven, and prep tables on cook line along walls. **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-12-06: Approximately 8 dead roaches behind pizza oven on cook line. 2 dead roaches behind reach in cooler under display cooler at front counter. 3 dead roaches in bathroom behind toilet. Employee began to clean up all dead roaches during inspection. **Admin Complaint** **Corrective Action Taken**
35A-03-4
64
Dec 3, 2024
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
View 7 violations
High Priority - Roach excrement and/or droppings present. Roach dropping between wall and shelf over triple sink. Also approximately 5 roach egg sacks under prep sink by triple sink in kitchen. **Warning**
35A-23-4
High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 16 live roaches under and behind prep sink and triple sink in corner of kitchen area. 1 live roach between shelf and wall above triple sink. Approximately 6 live roaches around pizza make table next to pizza oven. **Warning**
35A-05-4
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw eggs stored over Parmesan in standing reach in cooler in back storage area, eggs moved. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. pizza sauce (46F - Cold Holding); fresh garlic in oil (49F - Cold Holding) sitting out on pizza make table, per employee both items have been sitting out less then 1 hour, both items placed in reach in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
03A-02-5
Intermediate - No certified food manager for establishment. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Only manager certification for establishment expired on 5/21/2024 for Daniel Feliciano **Warning**
53A-07-6
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Interior of all reach in coolers at front counter and cook line. **Repeat Violation**
22-16-4
Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Approximately 10 dead roaches under triple sink and prep sink. Approximately 30 dead roaches under reach in coolers, pizza oven, and prep tables on cook line along walls. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
35A-03-4
45
Jan 10, 2024
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Dec 19, 2023
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 2 minor violations.
View 6 violations
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Food Obtained from Approved Sources
FL-11
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Food and Non-Food Contact Surfaces Designed and Constructed
FL-50
Equipment, Food and Non-Food Contact Surfaces Approved
FL-35
52
Oct 14, 2023
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Oct 13, 2023
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 4 major violations. 7 minor violations.
View 14 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking. At time of inspection pizza and spinach rolls in the display case listed as held on time as public health control with no time marking.
03F-02-5
High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed 8 rodent droppings on the storage shelf in the prep area used to store clean linens and chemicals. Observed 1 rodent dropping on the water heater next to the storage shelf. **Warning**
35A-04-4
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. At time of inspection current license expired 06/01/2023. **Admin Complaint**
50-17-3
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 bodily fluid clean up kit or written procedures available. Inspector provided written procedures. **Corrective Action Taken**
11-27-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener has build up of food debris around the blade area. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels available at hand wash sink by the pizza oven.
31B-02-4
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 the reach in cooler, lasagna previously cooked then held frozen not date marked with time placed back into refrigeration.
02C-04-5
Basic - Ceiling tile missing. Ceiling tile missing over the storage shelf in the prep area.
36-36-4
Basic - Establishment increased seating without providing written approval from the local fire authority and wastewater provider. At time of inspection 10 seats available in establishment while listed as a No Seat establishment. **Warning**
51-15-4
Basic - In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment. Metal pizza paddle stored on top of the pizza oven with build up of dust.
10-02-4
Basic - Interior of refrigerator or freezer in disrepair/has exposed insulation. Reach in cooler on the main pizza make line has exposed insulation on the door closest to the pizza oven.
14-36-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Flip top reach in cooler and two door reach in cooler have debris build up on the door gaskets.
23-03-4
Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Hand wash sink by the pizza oven has a leak in the pipe when the water is running.
29-08-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk sugar and salt containers on the bottom shelf of the prep table with no product labeling.
02D-01-5
30
Mar 31, 2023
Routine - Food
3 major violations. 4 minor violations.
View 7 violations
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 bodily fluid clean up kit or written procedures available. Inspector provided written procedures. **Corrective Action Taken**
11-27-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Plastic container stored over the three compartment sink have build up of black spots around the sides of the containers.
22-02-4
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. In the flip top reach in cooler, lasagna and chicken parmigiana stored with no product date marking. Operator states chicken parmigiana made the day before and lasagna previously frozen with no pull from freezer date. Operator placed date marker on the chicken parmigiana. **Corrective Action Taken**
02C-02-5
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Removable white marble type cutting board on the pizza make line has crack running through the cutting board from being dropped by the cleaning company. Wooden pizza paddle in window has chipped edges. Flip top reach in cooler at the pizza make line has exposed cooler insulation on the inside of the door closest to the oven.
14-11-5
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee beverage stored on the back side of the flip top reach in cooler. Operator voluntarily disposed of the employee beverage. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
Basic - Dead roaches on premises. One dead roach between the hand wash sink and the three compartment sink. Operator had pest services out this morning per operator. Employee swept and disposed of the dead roach. **Corrected On-Site**
35A-03-4
Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. License currently displayed in the window is the previous years license expired 06/01/2022. **Repeat Violation**
50-09-4
61
Mar 16, 2023
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach on file is from Jan 13, 2026. The public record contains 12 inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach?
Across the inspection record, “dead roaches on premises” has been cited four times, more than any other issue at Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach.
How does Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach compare to other restaurants in Ponte Vedra Beach?
Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach most recently scored 58 out of 100, which is lower than the Ponte Vedra Beach average of 75.
Has Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach's inspection record improved over time?
Results have been roughly steady. Inspections at Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach have averaged around four violations per visit across the recent record.
What does a medium risk rating mean?
A medium risk rating at Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach 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 Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Tony's of Ponte Vedra Beach is inspected around four times per year on average.
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