Pimento Palace Catering Services
Last inspected: Sep 26, 2025
52
Score
Pimento Palace Catering Services, located at 1850 Emerson St, Jacksonville, FL, had a high-risk inspection on 2025-09-26. This inspection identified three critical, one major, and two minor violations. While most previous inspections for Pimento Palace Catering Services have been low-risk, the most recent one noted repeat and corrected-on-site violations.
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Inspection History
Sep 26, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
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High Priority - Employee touched bare body part and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Manager touched forehead and then stirred cooking veggies, explained to her and she washed hands **Corrected On-Site**
12A-10-4
High Priority - Employee used tobacco, ate, or drank then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Manager opened bottle of water, drank, closed it and then stirred cooking veggies, explained to her and she washed hands **Corrected On-Site**
12A-05-4
High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. One fly by cook line
35A-02-7
Intermediate - Employee with artificial nails/nail polish working with exposed food without wearing intact gloves. Polished nails and is stirring food, explained to manager, got gloves **Corrected On-Site**
13-06-4
Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. **Repeat Violation**
50-09-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. On prep table, manager moved her drink to bottom shelf **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
52
Mar 27, 2025
Routine - Food
2 minor violations.
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Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Old one
50-09-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filter
23-03-4
90
Oct 17, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation.
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High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. On 6/1/24 **Admin Complaint**
50-17-3
86
Oct 4, 2023
Food-Licensing Inspection
1 major violation.
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Intermediate - No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products.
05-08-4
90
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