Restaurant Report
Thanks for checking out the Restaurant Report. Here you will find a weekly list of restaurants in our area with the most violations - as well as our "clean plate" awards. A clean plate is given to the restaurant with zero violations during an inspection.
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Tera Barz
Reports
A long standing Jacksonville seafood restaurant made the top of the list this week with critical violations. (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla. - A long standing local seafood restaurant made the top of the list this week with critical violations.
Tera Barz was given the cold shoulder by a manager at an Atlantic Beach restaurant (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla. - Tera Barz visits a restaurant in Atlantic beach and gets quite the cold shoulder from the manager.
A popular seafood restaurant at the beach is shut down temporarily for roaches (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla. - A popular seafood restaurant at the beach is shut down temporarily for roaches.
Tera Barz heads to China One on the southside to ask the owner about critical health violations (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla. - The state health department doesn't stand for restaurants not supplying their employees with handsoap to wash with - and neither does Tera Barz. She's checking out three local restaurants with this repeat violation in the Original Restaurant Report.
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A local food court if shut down because of live rats and roaches (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla. - Roaches and a live rat in a pot of grease... that's what a state health inspector found at a local food court.
Several local restaurants are temporarily shut down for roach problems (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla. - Roaches and lots of them...are big problems at two local restaurants this week.
A local crab shack gets temporarily shut down by the state health inspector (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla. - A popular local crab shack gets shut down by the state health inspector and there are clean plates a plenty this week.
A local Burger King is shut down temporarily because of dozens of roaches found in the icee machine (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla. - Dozens of live roaches were found inside the icee machine at a local Burger King.
The state health inspector found two dozen critical violations at a local bakery currently having its grand opening (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla. - Seven local restaurants get a clean plate award this week.... but a local bakery celebrating its grand opening tops the list with two dozen critical violations.
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Two times in two weeks-  a local BBQ restaurant is on the top end of the violations list with several critical write-ups (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla. - Two times in two weeks... a local BBQ restaurant is on the top end of the list with critical violations.
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A popular local Mexican spot is written up by the state health inspector for having several repeat, critical violations. (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla. - Tera Barz is checking in on a repeat violator for critical violations like ice cream contaminated with blood and no hand soap at the employee handwash sink.
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Flies and roaches cause problems at two popular local restaurants (Tera Barz)
Live flies and a kitchen crawling with roaches were problems cited by inspectors at one of our restaurants.
JACKSONVILLE--This week, businesses, churches and schools around Jacksonville are piling up shoeboxes filled with toys and hygiene items for children around the world.
Sewage at a seafood restaurant and warm, raw chicken wings don't fly in this week's Restaurant Report (Tera Barz)
Sewage seeping through floor drains and warm, raw chicken wings? Two local restaurants are visited.
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Mislabeling seafood on the menu is against the law... (Tera Barz)
Mislabeling seafood on the menu is against the law but the state health inspector says it was happening at a Jacksonville sushi restaurant.
Old food stuck to clean dishes is just one reason a popular Mexican spot is in trouble with health inspectors (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla. - Old food stuck to clean dishes is just one reason a popular local Mexican spot is in trouble with food inspectors. So Tera Barz went to check it out. When she asked tough questions - the owner threatened to call the police.
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Jacksonville, Fla. - A popular breakfast and lunch spot got a critical violation for storing a needle full of insulin next to food.
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Mi Tierra Mexican, The Conch House and a place known for its Southern food top the list for violations this week.
Sushi House at the Saint Johns Town Center is shut down because of live and dead roaches (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla - Live roaches, dead roaches and even cigarette butts were found in the kitchen at The Sushi House located at the Saint Johns Town Center. For your safety - it was temporarily shut down by the state inspector.
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Restaurant Report visits Golden Corral, First Wok and Peking Chinese Restaurant (Tera Barz)
A popular local buffet in Jacksonville rounds out the top three restaurants this week with the worst violations. It was so bad at a Chinese restaurant in Middleburg that the State inspector reported finding 'flies everywhere'.
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Fire Wok in Orange Park had 16 critical violations  (Tera Barz)
An Orange Park restaurant and two Jacksonville joints top the list for having the worst inspections this week. Tera Barz tried to get inside the kitchen at Fire Wok - but it's just wasn't happening.
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We had to call the police doing the Restaurant Report this week. One of our photographers was attacked by a mad restaurant owner. Three Chinese restaurants top the list for having the worst inspections.
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Mizu Sushi, Dick's Wings in Jax Beach and The Blue Fish Restaurant all received the most critical violations this week (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla - Three restaurants had major violations this week including operating without a valid license and live insects.
Third Street Diner gets 29 violations including roaches (Tera Barz)
Jacksonville, Fla - A Jacksonville Beach diner is written up for having roaches and a Lake City restaurant is given a violation for having local jelly-fish in the kitchen.
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Restaurant Report
Check back every week as Tera Barz investigates the restaurants in your area that have the most violations, and restaurants that are violation free! And watch her reports live every Thursday night on FOX30 Action News at 10pm, and CBS47 Action News at 11pm.
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Tera Barz
Action News's Tera Barz investigates the restaurants in your area that have the most violations, and restaurants that are violation free!
Watch the Restaurant Report Thursday nights on Action News at 10pm on FOX30 and Action News at 11pm on CBS47.
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