Gringos Tacos
125 King St Ste C, Saint Augustine, FL 32084 · Permanent Food Service · License 6502414
What drove the grade
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse.
How the score was calculated
- Starting score100
- Violations at the Jul 8 routine inspection4 high priority (2 repeats), 8 basic (3 repeats)-39
- Administrative complaint on Jul 8Counts in full until a follow-up finds the problems fixed-20
- Safety score41
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Inspection history
1 inspection · 1 visitRoutine inspection
- First visitJul 8, 2026 Administrative complaint
Serious or repeated problems led the inspector to recommend formal action by the state, which can include fines.
12 violations found:
Official report, on the Florida DBPR websiteWhat the inspector cited
High priority4
Code 01, Approved source; food safe and unadulterated: Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse.
Salsa 52°F, ranch 51°F; ( - Cold Holding). In reach in cooler overnight. Person in charge discarded both.
Repeat violation
Code 03, Food out of temperature: Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41°F.
Salsa 52°F, ranch 51°F; ( - Cold Holding). In reach in cooler overnight. Person in charge discarded both.
Repeat violationAdministrative complaint
Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb.
Missing on hose at mop sink.
Code 50, Current license displayed: Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
License expired 6.1.26.
Basic8
Code 08, Food protection and cross-contamination: Food stored on floor.
Vinegar and bottled water on floor.
Repeat violation
Code 14, Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained: Nonfood-contact equipment exposed to splash/spillage not constructed of materials that are corrosion resistant, non-absorbent, smooth and easily cleanable.
Fan on kitchen floor is soiled.
Code 22, Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized: Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.
Microwave is soiled with food debris.
Code 23, Non-food contact surfaces clean: Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust.
Gaskets on reach in cooler are soiled. Person in charge wiped clean.
Fixed on the spotRepeat violation
Code 25, Single-service items: Single-service articles improperly stored.
Single service to go containers on floor in outside dry storage.
Code 33, Garbage and refuse: Unnecessary items/unused equipment on the premises.
Old greasy rags out by back door on outside.
Code 36, Floors, walls, ceilings and ventilation: Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed.
Floor behind stove is soiled.
Code 42, Premises and cleaning equipment: Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
Wet mop face down in bucket.
Repeat violation
Reporting only1
Code 49, Flammable materials: Flammables stored near a source of ignition.
For reporting purposes only. Gas powered sprayer and gas can sitting next to dry storage materials in outside shed.
Reading this report
Priority levels
- High priority The problems most likely to make someone sick directly.
- Intermediate Could lead to a high-priority problem if not fixed.
- Basic Best practices and general upkeep.
Terms in the inspectors’ reports
- Time/temperature control for safety food
- Food that has to be kept hot, at 135°F or above, or cold, at 41°F or below, to stay safe: meat, seafood, eggs, dairy, cooked rice and beans, cut melons and the like.
- Nonfood-contact surface
- Surfaces food doesn’t touch, such as the outsides of equipment, handles and door gaskets.
- Stop sale
- An order that the food can’t be sold or served.
- Vacuum breaker, backflow
- Plumbing parts that keep dirty water, such as from a mop sink hose, from flowing back into the clean water supply.