J NEWS BBQ AND GRILL
3320 22ND AVENUE SOUTH, Saint Petersburg FL 33712
Last inspected May 29, 2026 · 3 visits since September 2023
SEP 23
FEB 25
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3 inspections, swinging between A and C. Consistency is the problem here, not any single visit.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Establishment open and operating. License expired on 02-01-2025.
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
Awarded on the inspection record alone. What they mean →
Inspection history
3 visits, newest first
May 29, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority1 Intermediate3 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 5 findingsThe state's own report →
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw meat stored above frozen bread sticks in reach-in freezer. Manager removed items and stored properly.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked collard greens and rice in reach-in cooler not date marked.
Ceiling not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas.
Floors not maintained smooth and durable.
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Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Interior of oven and microwave with build up of debris Cutting boards stained/soiled
Feb 7, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 11 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority5 Intermediate4 Basic
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Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee leave kitchen area and go outside of establishment then return and dining gloves without washing hands. Discussed with operator proper hand-hygiene techniques.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Establishment open and operating. License expired on 02-01-2025.
Certified Food Manager or person in charge failed to notify the division of employee diagnosed with Norovirus, Hepatitis A, Shigella spp., Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Typhoid fever (caused by Salmonella Typhi) or Salmonella (nontyphoidal). Will email DBPR Form 5030-104. Cleanup Of Vomit and Diarrheal Events.
Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. All cutting boards in kitchen are soiled with food buildup.
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Plastic containers stored inside bowl of hand wash sink on cooks line. Employee removed pans.
No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths.
All cutting boards in kitchen has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Open employee beverages on prep table on cooks line. Operator discarded beverages cleaned and sanitized prep table.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Soiled gaskets on reach-in cooler doors on cooks line.
Stored food not covered. Multiple containers of raw chicken not covered in reach-in freezer near cooks line.
Sep 13, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate1 Basic
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Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. Kitchen, operator has plans to redo floor this month.
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.