ZABAS CAFE
701 A1A BEACH BLVD STE C, Saint Augustine FL 32080 · 9045970782
Last inspected Apr 9, 2026 · 6 visits since August 2023
5 inspections within 6 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 6.1.23 operator renewed during inspection.
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Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed. Behind and underneath equipment soiled with old food debris.
Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach in freezer interior soiled with food debris.
Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Walls near cook station soiled with food splash.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach in refrigerators interior soiled in kitchen.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach in refrigerators in kitchen shelves and bottom interior soiled.
Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Coffee filters not protected. Operator covered.
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed knives on magnet that is attached to the wall on cook line with debris buildup.
Ice buildup in reach-in cooler. Observed ice buildup at cooling plate in reach in cooler on top of front counter.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed exterior of presses on cook line with debris buildup. Observed 3 compartment sink with debris buildup. Coffee counter is soiled with coffee grounds.
Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Observed walls by back door soiled.
Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Observed wet cloth on cook line by steam table.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Floors, walls, and or ceiling soiled/has accumulation of debris. Wall behind cooking equipment is soiled with grease.
Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. In kitchen, Sanitizer Bucket (Chlorine 0ppm); operator replaced bucket with a fresh Sanitizer Bucket (Chlorine 150ppm)
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 6.1.23 operator renewed during inspection.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At reach in cooler by coffee counter, milk (45F - Cold Holding) milk was taken in and out of reach-in cooler multiple times to make drinks. Placed back in reach-in cooler to get cold. At front reach-in cooler individual butters (46F - Cold Holding); individual cream cheese (46F - Cold Holding) Operator took items out of drawers and placed on shelf inside reach-in cooler
Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. Operator did not have time marked on eggs. He placed time control on the eggs.
Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. In reach in cooler, ham and cheese not dated. Operator stated they had been opened yesterday and dated them.
Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Glass top reach-in freezer has ice buildup.
Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Both microwaves had debris inside.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Glass top reach-in freezer has debris on gaskets. Coffee counter is soiled with coffee grounds.
Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Back wall in kitchen behind grills is soiled.
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.