HAVANA-JAX CAFE

Name: HAVANA-JAX CAFE
Address: 2578 ATLANTIC BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL, 322073666, US
Rating: 77.8

2578 ATLANTIC BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 322073666

License #2611412

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77.8 Grade C / 100

Mixed Health Record

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HAVANA-JAX CAFE in JACKSONVILLE currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 77.8 out of 100 — a C grade — a noticeable pattern of violations across recent inspections. This restaurant has 3 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on March 18, 2026. Across those visits, DBPR recorded 31 total findings; InspectFL has imported detailed violation rows for 26 of them so far.

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Latest clean pass

September 25, 2025

The latest inspection on March 18, 2026 included 1 critical violation, 3 major, and 9 minor.

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Inspection coverage

67%

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Disposition: Administrative complaint recommended
[14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. Gasket torn in prep cooler by prep sink
[29-11-4] Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Faucet in prep sink by cook line
[53B-14-5] Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. One expired in 3/1/23
[16-21-4] Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. Whitish build up on top of dish machine
[13-03-4] Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Scooping beans, no hair restraint
[32-04-4] Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. Private/guest bathroom by storage room close to bar
[16-37-1] No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. For chlorine sanitizer
[14-17-4] Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
[31B-04-4] No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Hand sink by dish washer, employee placed one
[03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Pastry with guava and cheese on counter at 60f, employee placed them in cooler
[21-07-4] Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 10 ppm chlorine, employee added more, 100 ppm
[02C-02-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Flan, tres leches cake and rice pudding made on Saturday, employee dated them
[22-16-4] Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Vent and shelf in milk cooler by dish washer, employee cleaned it

Disposition: Warning Issued
[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. Raw fish, employee puncured it
[31B-03-4] No soap provided at handwash sink. Hand sink at bar by restaurant, employee placed one
[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." Paid now
[22-46-4] Food-contact surfaces sanitized with a chlorine solution not exposed to the sanitizer solution for at least seven seconds. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Employee dipped lid 4 seconds, explained to employee and she placed it back
[16-10-4] Abrasives and detergents not removed during the rinse process. Employee washed lid and placed in sanitizer, explained to her proper procedure
[08B-17-4] Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed tomatoes on shelf above picked in bucket, walk in cooler
[41-27-4] Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. +200 ppm chl in bucket, test strip almost black and then turned white, employee diluted it
[03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 46f milk and butter in glass upright cooler, brought them from walk in cooler at 10:30 am, moved them back to walk in cooler, less than 4 hrs,
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Vent in walk in cooler
[14-38-4] Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Lid for slat and pepper at cook line is cracked
[29-34-4] Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Faucet outside back door
[27-11-4] No running water at mop sink. Employee turned both on,
[16-33-4] Chemical test kit not used to ensure proper sanitization of equipment and utensils when using a chemical sanitizer. For bucket

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