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PEPPERS COCINA MEXICANS & TEQUILA BAR

72 SPANISH ST, ST AUGUSTINE, FL 32084

License #6502175

🍺 Bar/Pub ℹ️
80 Grade C / 100

Mixed Health Record

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Latest inspection
October 14, 2026 · 12 findings · 3 critical
Routine - Food
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Inspections on file
2
Clean inspections
1
Callback visits
0
Latest clean pass
June 11, 2026

The latest inspection on October 14, 2026 shows 12 observation rows: 3 critical, 2 major, and 7 minor.

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  • Disposition: Warning Issued
  • [03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sitting out; butter 53F; ( - Cold Holding). Person in charge discarded.
  • [03B-01-6] Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Re-fried beans 117F; ( - Hot Holding) person in charge reheated to proper temperature.
  • [10-14-5] Ice bucket/shovel stored on floor between uses. Ice buckets on floor by ice machine. Person in charge picked up.
  • [40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Purse hanging from a storage rack by ice machine. Person in charge moved purse.
  • [42-01-4] Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Two wet mops on floor. Person in charge hung up to dry.
  • [53B-01-5] No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Establishment can not provide proof of training.
  • [08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. Oil on floor. Person in charge moved oil to store properly.
  • [09-01-4] Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Cook was cook tortillas with bare hands and pulling them off the flat top with her bare hands. Addressed and she washed hands and placed gloves on.
  • [45-05-4] Portable fire extinguisher missing from its designated location. For reporting purposes only. Fire extinguisher on floor by door outside.
  • [02D-01-5] Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Salt, powdered sugar not labeled. Rice and beans not labeled. Person in charge labeled.
  • [25-05-4] Single-service articles improperly stored. Case of single service containers on floor in upstairs dry storage. Person in charge moved items.
  • [31A-09-4] Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Cloth in sing by dish machine, misc. stuff in hand washing sink next to ice machine at the bar. Person in charge cleared bot sinks.
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