BLUE WATER GRILL
400 B NOCATEE CENTER WAY, Ponte Vedra FL 32081 · 904.924.6850
Last inspected Jun 24, 2026 · 5 visits since September 2023
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5 inspections, swinging between A and D. Consistency is the problem here, not any single visit.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 6/1/2024
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
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Inspection history
5 visits, newest first
Jun 24, 2026Administrative complaint recommendedRoutine Inspection
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 9 violations recorded, 2 high priority.
2 High priority3 Intermediate4 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 9 findingsThe state's own report →
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Pass thru line, cut lettuce (47F - Cold Holding). Cut lettuce held in cooler overnight. Ambient temperature 41f. Manager discarded.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At Pass thru line, cut lettuce (47F - Cold Holding). Cut lettuce held in cooler overnight. Ambient temperature 41f. Manager discarded.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. In dry storage room, on clean dish shelf, green cutting board has stains.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. At dish area, drink urns stored in front of handwash sink. Manager moved urns.
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Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Two spray bottles identified as sanitizer, not labeled. Manager labeled both bottles.
Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. At soda room by ice machine, one tank not secured. Manager secured tank.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. At cook line area, bulk salt container on lower shelf has soiled exterior. At cook line, gaskets on reach-in cooler drawers under flat top have black stains.
Single-service articles improperly stored. At cook line area, plastic togo containers on top shelf not inverted. Employee inverted containers.
Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. In walk-in cooler, multiple unwashed produce items on shelf above cases of bread/buns.
Jun 16, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority0 Intermediate4 Basic
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cut lettuce (55F - Cold Holding); chicken (55F, 54F, 56F- Cold Holding); shredded cheese (56F - Cold Holding) in reach in cooler under service window in kitchen, per manager lids and doors have consistently been open for several hours, all items placed in walk in freezer, all items rechecked at or below 41F.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink stored with to go straws on counter at beverage stand, drink moved.
Food stored on floor. Bags of popcorn kernels at front counter, kernels moved. Box of French fries in walk in freezer.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Underside of slushy machine at front counter.
Single-service articles improperly stored. Boxes for popcorn to go containers at front counter on floor. Boxes for to go containers in outside storage shed on floor. All items moved off floor.
Aug 30, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority1 Intermediate4 Basic
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Comminuted meat not reaching a minimum internal temperature of 155 degrees Fahrenheit for 17 seconds or equivalent time/temperature combination as specified in cooking chart. hamburgers (136F - Cooking) hamburgers cooked to 109 on grill on cook line, per employee burgers finish cooking after placing them in steam well with bouillon temperature of hamburger stoped rising at 136F in steam well, employee added more bouillon, second temperature reached 167F.
Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 1 dented can of pizza sauce in dry storage area.
No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No chlorine test strips
Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of large ice machine in kitchen.
Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. One employee on cook line, employee corrected during inspection.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Around nozzles of soda machines at bar area. Underside of slushy machine near nozzles at bar area,
Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Stacks of to go trays in kitchen area. Also multiple boxes of single service items on floor in outside storage shed. Also box of to go cups in floor at bar area. employee corrected during inspection.
Jun 3, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
3 High priority1 Intermediate3 Basic
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Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Two employees touched their hair with bare hands then continued to handle equipment without washing hands between tasks.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 6/1/2024
Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle of CLR stored over and with clean equipment and pans on rack by large ice machine in kitchen, bottle removed
Paper towel dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense paper towels. At multiple hand wash station throughout kitchen, manager corrected during inspection.
Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of large ice machine in kitchen around chute.
Food stored on floor. Bucket of pickles in walk in cooler. Boxes of pretzel in walk in freezer.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Underside of slushy machine at bar area, near nozzles.
Sep 29, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority2 Intermediate4 Basic
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Food debris build up on the can opener, operator cleaned the can opener. Build up of food debris in the reach of the pizza oven, operator has maintenance scheduled for cleaning and repair of the oven.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at hand wash sink at the entrance to the kitchen from the front counter. Operator provided paper towels.
Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Metal pots on top of the reach in freezer and blue ice buckets on push cart not inverted or covered for protection. Operator inverted the ice buckets.
Equipment in poor repair. Stand up reach in freezer missing the door handle. Build up of ice on the walk in freezer door.
Food stored on floor. In the walk in cooler container of shredded cheese stored on the floor. Operator relocated the cheese.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler on the main cook line opposite the grill has mold like substance build up on the door gasket.
This record follows the licence, not the owner. Restaurants change hands and the licence history normally does not, so an older entry may describe people who no longer run the place. Every inspection above links to the state's own report. Something wrong? Tell us.