RIVERPLACE TOWER CAFE

Name: RIVERPLACE TOWER CAFE
Address: 1301 RIVERPLACE BLVD C-102, JACKSONVILLE, FL, 32207, US
Rating: 49.5

1301 RIVERPLACE BLVD C-102, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32207

License #2615750

☕ Café/Breakfast ℹ️

49.5 Grade F / 100

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Latest inspection

October 12, 2026 · 7 findings · 2 critical

Routine - Food

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RIVERPLACE TOWER CAFE in JACKSONVILLE currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 49.5 out of 100 — an F grade — a serious pattern of repeat or critical violations. This restaurant has been inspected 7 times from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on October 12, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 62 total violations — 12 critical, 8 major, 42 minor.

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Disposition: Inspection Completed - No Further Action
[01B-24-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Observed ready to eat cut melon date marked 10/5 not consumed within 7 days from preparation. See stop sale.
[14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. Observed gasket on reach in freezer across from grill area torn. Also, reach-in cooler a rod from stove has torn gasket/ gasket in disrepair.
[22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed cutting boards at reach-in coolers on cook line and front service line, and portable cutting boards in prep area soiled with residue.
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed gasket on walk in cooler soiled with mold like substance.
[41-17-4] Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed two unlabeled Spray bottles containing toxic substance stored under triple sink. Operator labeled both spray bottles of sanitizers.
[14-42-4] Hood filter missing from automatic fire suppression/exhaust system. Observed hood filter missing in hoods at front service area. Filter stored on shelf below hood area.
[03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed sliced cheddar and Swiss cheese (47F-48F - Cold Holding) in flip top reach-in cooler stacked above chill line of cooler. Operator stated cheese was placed in cooler about 1.5 hours ago. Operator removed the excess cheese and placed in bottom of reach-in cooler to chill.

Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
[36-34-5] Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Dust on ceiling tiles and wall by cook line and by storage area close to dish machine
[24-06-4] Clean utensils or equipment stored in dirty drawer or rack. Utensils in drawer that has old build up in back cook line area, manager cleaned it up
[13-04-4] Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cutting onions, no beard guard
[36-24-5] Hole in or other damage to wall. Hole on wall by hand sink next to triple sink and wall panel peeling out in the same area
[14-42-4] Hood filter missing from automatic fire suppression/exhaust system. Three hood filter are broken
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gasket and door frame has blackish build up in reach in freezer by cook line and shelves in walk in cooler with white build up, blackish in canine at coffee station, manager cleaned it
[22-16-4] Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Vent dusty in prep reach in cooler by cook line
[25-06-4] Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Food trays in big storage room not inverted, employee inverted them
[14-17-4] Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
[02D-01-5] Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Spray bottle with water by storage area next to dish machine, discarded by manager
[12A-29-4] Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Manager picked paper from floor and then grabbed coffee filter to put away, he discarded them and washed hands
[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. Touched cooked omelet with hand without glove, explained to him and he got glove on that hand
[29-42-4] Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. One hanging hose side, one on incorrect side, manager placed it on correct side
[32-11-5] Lack of toilet tissue at each toilet. In employee restroom, employee placed one

Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
[31B-02-4] No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Hand sink by triple sink, employee placed some
[36-34-5] Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling dusty by vent at front cook line
[06-09-1] Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Raw fish. Employee removed them from bag, explained new procedure for January
[13-04-4] Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee pulling chicken and no bear guard, he put one on
[36-22-4] Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Water on floor by upright cooler, front counter, cooler dripping on the outside
[14-42-4] Hood filter missing from automatic fire suppression/exhaust system. One hood filter is broken on back cook line, and two missing at front counter not in use
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Handle on hot side with food build up, hand sink at cook line, also food build up on gasket in reach in freezer by cook line, employee cleaned it, blackish gasket in walk in cooler
[25-06-4] Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. To go containers and lids not inverted in storage room, manager inverted them
[21-08-4] Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 0 ppm quat in bucket at cook line, employee made new solution, 300 ppm
[02D-01-5] Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Spray bottle with olive oil on storage shelf, back cook line, employee labeled it
[35A-02-7] Live, small flying insects found. One fly by back prep area
[41-10-4] Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Cleaner wipes with chemical in it on shelf above plates, storage room, employee rearranged