PIMENTO PALACE CATERING SERVICES
1850 EMERSON ST, Jacksonville FL 32207 · 904-619-5872
Last inspected May 22, 2026 · 5 visits since October 2023
5 inspections, swinging between A and C. Consistency is the problem here, not any single visit.
Live, small flying insects found. One fly by cook line
Awarded on the inspection record alone. What they mean →
Inspection history
5 visits, newest first
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee touched bare body part and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Manager touched forehead and then stirred cooking veggies, explained to her and she washed hands
Employee used tobacco, ate, or drank then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Manager opened bottle of water, drank, closed it and then stirred cooking veggies, explained to her and she washed hands
Live, small flying insects found. One fly by cook line
Employee with artificial nails/nail polish working with exposed food without wearing intact gloves. Polished nails and is stirring food, explained to manager, got gloves
Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. On prep table, manager moved her drink to bottom shelf
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Old one
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filter
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 1 violations recorded, 1 high priority.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. On 6/1/24
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products.
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.