CHAMBLIN'S UPTOWN
215 N LAURA ST, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32202
License #2613973
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Mixed Health Record
How is this score calculated? →CHAMBLIN'S UPTOWN in JACKSONVILLE currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 79.8 out of 100 — a C grade — a noticeable pattern of violations across recent inspections. This restaurant has 2 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on February 11, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 25 total violations — 7 critical, 4 major, 14 minor.
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What stands out in this inspection history
The latest inspection on February 11, 2026 shows 14 observation rows: 5 critical, 3 major, and 6 minor.
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Inspection History
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- Disposition: Administrative complaint recommended
- [08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. Sugar in storage, placed on shelf by employee
- [10-01-5] In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. On sugar in back storage
- [13-03-4] Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Making sandwiches without a hair restraint, employee got a pony tail
- [16-37-1] No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Quat, he couldnt find it
- [31A-11-4] Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Ive in hand sink by triple sink
- [36-24-5] Hole in or other damage to wall. By mop sink
- [41-10-4] Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Winder and sanitizer in spray bottles by plastic wrap used for food, front counter, employee removed chemicals
- [02D-01-5] Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. White powder, employee wrote sugar
- [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 one new employees that makes sandwiches, has blank form, she read it and signed it
- [08B-02-4] Displayed food not properly protected from contamination. Cookies cooling down at front counter by entrance, close to people walking in, employee removed them
- [01B-24-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. Stop sale Goat cheese opened on 2/3, upright cooler, goat cheese opened on 1/25 in prep reach in cooler, employee discarded it
- [40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employees lunchbox above customer foods, in upright cooler, employee moved it
- [12A-13-4] Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee washing dishes then grabbed clean dishes without washing hands, explained to her and she washed hands
- [08A-05-6] Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw smoked salmon on shelf above cut onions and mayonnaise, upright cooler, raw smoked salmon on shelf above dressing in prep reach in cooler, employee rearranged
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CHAMBLIN'S UPTOWN has some meaningful issues on record. Would you still eat here?
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