PURPLE ROOTS

Name: PURPLE ROOTS
Address: 4549 SOUTHSIDE BLVD STE 202, JACKSONVILLE, FL, 32216, US
Rating: 85.5

4549 SOUTHSIDE BLVD STE 202, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32216

License #2615776

85.5 Grade B / 100

Solid Health Score

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PURPLE ROOTS in JACKSONVILLE currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 85.5 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has 2 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on March 3, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 15 total violations — 2 critical, 1 major, 12 minor.

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Inspection Completed - No Further Action
[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. Observed employee cutting bak choy on prep table with bare hands and storing in container for later usage. Employee put on gloves
[29-18-4] Drain cover(s) missing. In dry storage hall way area
[36-36-4] Ceiling tile missing. Over walk in freezer and walk in cooler
[35B-01-4] Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back kitchen door with gap
[08B-12-5] Stored food not covered. Noodles in walk in cooler not covered
[22-16-4] Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Interior reach in cooler on cook line with some food debris
[40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee personal phone stored on top of bulk ice machine in kitchen
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler gasket on cook line soiled

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