Town Hall
Last inspected: Oct 8, 2025
52
Score
Town Hall appears in inspection records nine times, starting in 2023. The newest entry in the record is dated Oct 8, 2025. The high risk label is a heads-up that the most recent visit didn't go well.
Violation counts have ticked up lately, averaging around 10 violations per visit versus roughly two violations earlier in the record.
Looking across the full record, “nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease” is the recurring theme, flagged five times.
The city-wide average sits at 74, which Town Hall's 52 doesn't quite reach. Diners may want to scan the inspection details before deciding to visit.
9
Inspections
1
Critical latest
1
Major latest
8
Minor latest
Inspection History
Oct 8, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 8 minor violations.
View 10 violations
High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee just arrived and helped with plastic wrap for food and then washed hands, explained to her **Corrected On-Site**
12A-16-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Toaster oven and on fryer basket, food buildup **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Basic - Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. Not closing all the way, one bathroom
32-04-4
Basic - Clean utensils or equipment stored in dirty drawer or rack. In drawer at bar, utensils in drawe
24-06-4
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. Raw tuna, employee punctured it **Corrected On-Site**
06-09-1
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. Opened employee drink, he placed it in cup with lid and straw **Corrected On-Site**
12B-12-5
Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Cracked container for pasta in walk in cooler
14-38-4
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. On hand sink at front prep, complete faidad, emailed one
31B-04-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Vents in walk in cooler **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On prep table, placed in sanitizer bucket by manager **Corrected On-Site**
21-12-4
52
Apr 28, 2025
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 2 major violations. 6 minor violations.
View 12 violations
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Bread pudding
01B-02-5
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Seared-raw tuna on shelf above cold cut, manager rearranged reach in cooler **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. One by cook line
35A-02-7
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 52f bread pudding above fill line in prep cooler, overnight, stop sale, manager discarded them **Corrective Action Taken**
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Toaster ledge and fryer basket
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. Cooked octopus on Saturday, manager dated it **Corrected On-Site**
02C-02-5
Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. By cook line and walk in cooler, employee cleaned it **Corrected On-Site**
36-22-4
Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. In walk in cooler
36-73-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. By hand sink at cook line, under ticket printing machine, faucet on stove and ledge on grill
23-03-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. Cooked mushrooms and gravy, 41f, covered by manager **Corrected On-Site**
08B-12-5
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Brown powder, labeled by manager **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
02D-01-5
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. By cook line and dish machine **Repeat Violation**
36-34-5
33
Nov 4, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 6 minor violations.
View 9 violations
High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. +400 ppm, test strip turned light blue, explained to him and he diluted it to 300 ppm **Corrected On-Site**
41-27-4
Intermediate - Ambient air thermometer in holding unit not accurate within plus or minus 3 degrees Fahrenheit. Red line not readable in one door cooler, server area
05-05-4
Intermediate - Chemical test kit not used to ensure proper sanitization of equipment and utensils when using a chemical sanitizer. For bucket
16-33-4
Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine.
16-21-4
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Vent by dish washing area **Repeat Violation**
36-34-5
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. Open can drink in prep area, employee discarded it **Corrected On-Site**
12B-12-5
Basic - No copy of latest inspection report available.
51-18-6
Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Prep sink at cook line
29-11-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. White powder on shelf by prep area
02D-01-5
52
Aug 23, 2024
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Jul 3, 2024
Routine - Food
1 major violation.
View 1 violation
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
90
Apr 29, 2024
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 4 minor violations.
View 5 violations
Intermediate - Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Sous vide and ROP for some foods, gave information for submitting procedures **Warning**
03G-50-1
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Good splatter by cook line **Repeat Violation**
36-34-5
Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Microwave
22-08-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Faucet by stove, gasket in walk in cooler and vent in walk in cooler **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. Couscous and cooked mushrooms 40f in walk in cooler **Repeat Violation**
08B-12-5
74
Dec 12, 2023
Routine - Food
9 minor violations.
View 9 violations
Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. **Repeat Violation**
16-21-4
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Cook line and hallway by kit
36-34-5
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. Open drink at bar, discarded **Corrected On-Site**
12B-12-5
Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Walk in freezer
36-73-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Boxes with food in walk in freezer, **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4
Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. By dish machine
36-24-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gasket in drawer unit and drawer under grill **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. Cooked veggies at 40f
08B-12-5
Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Dust build up, hallway by kitchen
36-27-5
64
May 10, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 6 major violations. 9 minor violations.
View 16 violations
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw salmon on shelf above cooked chicken in drawer unit, cook rearranged **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Basic - Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination different than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Cured raw egg yolk here, also does ROP for mashed potatoes **Repeat Violation**
03G-50-1
Intermediate - Menu contains an item made with a raw/undercooked animal food as an ingredient and description of item does not inform consumer of raw/undercooked animal food ingredient. Cured raw egg yolk for loaded fries on menu, employee placed asterisk **Corrected On-Site**
02B-04-5
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. One new employee
11-26-1
Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Cured raw egg yolk not in procedure, mgr wrote them in **Corrected On-Site**
03F-10-5
Intermediate - Person in charge unable to answer basic Food Code questions pertaining to safe operation of establishment. Reheating time, explained to him
53A-14-4
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Front counter, soapy water labeled by employee **Corrected On-Site**
41-17-4
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Handling bacon
13-03-4
Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Container for pepper, employee changed containers **Corrected On-Site**
14-38-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Two boxes with food in walk in freezer
08B-38-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Faucet by stove, hood filters,
23-03-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Not immersed, front counter prep area, mgr pushed it in **Corrected On-Site**
21-12-4
Basic - Clean linens stored on floor. In plastic container on floor, by beer walk in cooler
21-17-4
Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine.
16-21-4
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. For raw pasta, employee removed it **Corrected On-Site**
14-01-5
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. On prep table
12B-07-4
30
Jan 10, 2023
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 1 minor violation.
View 5 violations
Adequate Handwashing Facilities Supplied and Accessible
FL-10
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Equipment Adequate to Maintain Product Temperature
FL-29
Food Properly Stored/Protected
FL-48
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Town Hall last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Town Hall on file is from Oct 8, 2025. The public record contains nine inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Town Hall?
Across the inspection record, “nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease” has been cited five times, more than any other issue at Town Hall.
How does Town Hall compare to other restaurants in Jacksonville?
Town Hall most recently scored 52 out of 100, which is lower than the Jacksonville average of 74.
Has Town Hall's inspection record improved over time?
No. Recent inspections at Town Hall have averaged around 10 violations per visit, up from roughly two earlier in the record.
What does a high risk rating mean?
A high risk rating at Town Hall 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 Town Hall inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Town Hall is inspected around three times per year on average.
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