La Nopalera Mexican Restaurant
Last inspected: Mar 31, 2026
21
Score
La Nopalera Mexican Restaurant, located at 9734 Crosshill Boulevard in Jacksonville, FL, had a high-risk inspection on March 31, 2026, with a score of 21. This inspection identified 3 critical, 2 major, and 18 minor violations. The facility has a history of mostly high-risk inspections over its 11 recorded evaluations.
10
Inspections
3
Critical latest
2
Major latest
18
Minor latest
Inspection History
Mar 31, 2026
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 2 major violations. 18 minor violations.
21
Sep 15, 2025
Routine - Food
5 critical violations. 3 major violations. 17 minor violations.
15
Jun 2, 2025
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Jul 29, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 3 major violations. 8 minor violations.
23
Feb 12, 2024
Routine - Food
5 critical violations. 3 major violations. 9 minor violations.
22
Sep 12, 2023
Complaint Full
1 critical violation.
86
May 18, 2023
Complaint Full
No violations found.
100
Nov 21, 2022
Complaint Full
7 critical violations. 3 major violations. 16 minor violations.
12
Jul 25, 2022
Complaint Full
No violations found.
100
Jul 22, 2022
Complaint Full
5 critical violations. 2 major violations. 4 minor violations.
32
Violations — Mar 31, 2026 Inspection
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of ice machine soiled with black mold-like substance. **Repeat Violation**
22-20-5
Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Current license not displayed. License in display case expired June 1 2025. Operator logged online to try and print out license. **Corrective Action Taken**
50-09-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on top shelf of cook line above equipment. Manager removed drink. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee cellphone on shelf of cook line next to food and single service items. Employee removed phone. **Corrected On-Site**
40-06-5
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. At server station, plastic cups stacked before properly air drying. Also, in back storage room, multiple pans stacked before properly air drying.
24-08-4
Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Multiple floor tiles on cook line broken/missing. **Repeat Violation**
36-17-5
Basic - Floor, wall and/or ceiling soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floor under cook line soiled with food debris. Also, ceiling vents and surrounding tiles soiled with dust on cook line and in back dry storage room. Also, floor in walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer soiled with food debris. Also, floor under shelving in dry storage soiled with food debris. **Repeat Violation**
36-73-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. At end of cook line, bucket of cut lettuce on floor. Manager moved bucket. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4
Basic - Grease receptacle lid open, broken, or missing. Grease trap lid open. Manager had employee shut lid. **Corrected On-Site**
33-29-4
Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Interior of microwave on cook line soiled with food debris.
22-08-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Multiple gaskets throughout establishment soiled with debris/torn. Also, hood filters above cook line soiled with grease build up. Also, fan covers in walk-in cooler soiled with dust. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Open dumpster lid. Lid open. Manager had employee shut. **Corrected On-Site**
33-16-4
Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. In back storage room near ice machine, boxes of to go cups, lids and bowls on floor.
25-05-4
Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. On top shelf of cook line, multiple stacks of to go bowls not inverted. Manager flipped all containers over. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
25-06-4
Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Standing water in flip top reach in cooler on cook line and in keg cooler behind bar. **Repeat Violation**
29-49-6
Basic - Stored food not covered. In back dry storage room, container of beans stored uncovered. Manager had employee cover with lid. Also, in walk-in freezer multiple buckets of raw meat stored uncovered. Manager had employee cover all buckets with lids. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08B-12-5
Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. At expo, Sanitizer Bucket (Chlorine 10ppm). Manager had employee add more bleach and rechecked at 50ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
21-07-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. On bottom shelf of prep table in middle room, container of sugar and flour not labeled. Manager put labels on containers. Also, at server area, container of sugar not labeled. Manager had employee label container. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
02D-01-5
High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dishwasher (Chlorine 0ppm). Manager ran dishwasher a few times and rechecked at 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
22-41-4
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In flip top reach in cooler on cook line, raw shrimp stored in bag over open heavy cream. Manager moved heavy cream to top shelf. Also, in walk-in cooler case of raw shelled eggs stored on top of case of bagged sour cream. Manager moved raw shelled eggs. Also, in walk-in freezer commercially packaged shrimp stored over ziplock bags of cooked chicken wings. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On cook line, cut lettuce (50F - Cold Holding). Lettuce is in metal pan with whole inside another deep metal pan in top part of reach in cooler. Operator stated the lettuce has been in cooler approximately 20 minutes and that it will be gone quickly. Manager put it on time and added time marking. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. At handwash sink in dish area, yellow bucket filled with liquid stored in sink. Manager removed bucket from sink. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
31A-11-4
Intermediate - Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification. Both certified food manager Victor C and Rodolfo G certificate expired 7/23/2025. No other certified food managers. **Warning**
53A-01-7
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