BRANZINO
1430 SAN MARCO BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32207
License #2615924
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Solid Health Score
How is this score calculated? →BRANZINO in JACKSONVILLE currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 90.8 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has one inspection on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on September 3, 2025. Across those visits, inspectors documented 25 total violations — 2 critical, 8 major, 15 minor.
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What stands out in this inspection history
The latest inspection on September 3, 2025 shows 25 observation rows: 2 critical, 8 major, and 15 minor.
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Inspection History
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- Disposition: Administrative complaint recommended
- [08A-05-6] Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw fish on shelf above cooked meat, reach in cooler, employee rearranged
- [11-27-4] 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. Could not find it, email one
- [14-01-5] Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. On mixed chips
- [22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Fryer basket
- [25-05-4] Single-service articles improperly stored. To go containers on box on floor, hallway area
- [29-18-4] Drain cover(s) missing. By prep area and in mop sink
- [40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Jacket above to go containers, employee moved it
- [50-17-3] Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired on 6/1/25 "Establishment observed preparing, serving, or selling food to customers with an expired license."
- [35B-03-4] Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. Rear door
- [02D-01-5] Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. White powder, employee stated its flour
- [06-09-1] 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. Employee punctured them
- [12B-07-4] Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. On prep table, employee moved it to bottom shelf, and one open by cook line
- [13-03-4] Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Working with open foods and cook /manager
- [32-04-4] Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors.
- [51-11-4] Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. At back bar
- [23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gasket in reach in cooler, bar area
- [16-21-4] Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine.
- [31B-03-4] No soap provided at handwash sink. Hand sink at back bar
- [05-08-4] No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. Dead battery
- [02C-02-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Feta cheese opened a couple of days ago, employee wrote date on
- [32-12-6] Covered waste receptacle not provided in womens bathroom.
- [16-37-1] No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Chlorine
- [31B-02-4] No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Hand sink at bar, employee placed some, also hand sink at back bar
- [13-04-4] Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Managed cooking
- [11-26-1] 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. For employee that started today, in kitchen working with food
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