SOUTHERN GROUNDS & CO

124 KING STREET, ST AUGUSTINE, St. Johns County. DBPR licence 6502588. 6 inspection visits from 2024-12-26 to 2026-10-07.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2026-10-07: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

2 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the St. Johns County average that year (2 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, St. Johns 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
2026-10-07	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2026-09-29	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	7	1	7	1.86	11 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature (x3) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed (x2) 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2026-05-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	1	3	1.52	6 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2025-10-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	4	1.52	5 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2025-05-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	1.64	3 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2024-12-26	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0

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.