J & J BAR-B-QUE & SOUL FOOD

1720 NW 38 AVE, OCALA, Marion County. DBPR licence 5250435. 3 inspection visits from 2025-05-27 to 2026-02-20.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-02-20: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

0 of 2routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Marion County average that year (1 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

0inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Marion County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-02-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.76	1 area 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed
2025-06-26	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-05-27	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	3	0	1.42	4 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification

A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.