Saint Italian Restaurant
44 Avenida Menendez, St Augustine, FL 32084
How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Passed 5 of 7 graded inspections since 2024.
- Keeps coming up: Time and temperature control for safety foods, cited 4 times, plus 9 other repeat issues.
- #11 in St Augustine's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Last inspected Sep 23, 2026: failed with 10 violations, 3 critical.
- 8 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 7 visits
- 2026
- Failed Sep 23
Routine Inspection
10 violations, 3 critical
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
- Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Passed May 7
Routine Inspection
8 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor Food management certification valid / employee training verification
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- 2025
- Passed Dec 19
Callback Reinspection
No violations
- Failed Dec 10
Routine Inspection
7 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
- Minor Approved source
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Food management certification valid / employee training verification
- Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
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BiteKarma scores around Saint Italian Restaurant, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.