JACKSONVILLE, FL. A Jacksonville billiards bar and grill was serving food without following parasite destruction procedures, without demonstrated allergen awareness, and on food contact surfaces inspectors found improperly cleaned and sanitized, according to state inspection records from September 11, 2026. Perfect Rack Billiards at 1186 Edgewood Ave S drew six high-severity violations and two intermediate violations that day. Inspectors did not close it.
What Inspectors Found
The parasite destruction violation is among the most specific dangers in the inspection report. When fish, pork, or wild game is served without proper freezing or cooking protocols in place, parasites including Anisakis, tapeworm, and Trichinella can survive and reach a customer's plate.
Inspectors also found that food was not cooked to the required minimum temperature. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and a single undercooking event is enough to cause illness in anyone who eats the food.
The allergen violation adds a separate layer of risk. Food allergies affect 32 million Americans, and allergic reactions send 30,000 people to emergency rooms each year. When no allergen awareness is demonstrated by staff, a customer with a peanut, shellfish, or dairy allergy has no reliable way to make a safe choice from the menu.
Food contact surfaces were found improperly cleaned and sanitized. Cutting boards, prep tables, and utensils that are not properly sanitized between uses become transfer points for bacteria from one food to the next. That failure compounds the undercooking and parasite violations.
Inspectors also cited improper handwashing technique and no employee health policy. The handwashing citation is notable because it does not mean employees skipped washing entirely. It means the technique used was insufficient to remove pathogens, so the act of washing provided a false assurance. Without a written health policy, there is no formal mechanism to keep sick employees out of the kitchen.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of violations at Perfect Rack Billiards on September 11 describes a kitchen where multiple independent safeguards had failed at the same time. Parasite destruction, minimum cooking temperature, and allergen awareness are not overlapping protections. Each addresses a different category of harm. When all three fail in a single inspection, the risk is not additive. It is simultaneous.
The improperly maintained toilet facilities carry a specific downstream consequence. When restroom infrastructure is inadequate or in disrepair, employees are less likely to use facilities properly, which feeds directly into the handwashing failure already cited. The two intermediate violations are not separate from the high-severity ones. They describe conditions that make the high-severity violations more likely to recur.
Inadequate ventilation, also cited as intermediate, allows grease-laden vapors and smoke to accumulate in food prep areas. Beyond air quality, it degrades visibility and increases the likelihood that food temperatures and surface conditions go unmonitored.
The Longer Record
The September 2026 inspection is not an outlier for this address. State records show 24 inspections on file for Perfect Rack Billiards, with 193 total violations across that history. The facility has never been emergency-closed.
The pattern of high-severity violations at this location is consistent going back years. In May 2023, inspectors cited nine high-severity and two intermediate violations. In December 2023, six high-severity violations were recorded. The facility had a clean inspection in January 2024, with zero violations at either severity level. But by April 2024, five high-severity violations had returned.
The most recent inspections before September 2026 follow the same arc. In November 2025, inspectors found seven high-severity and one intermediate violation. In August 2025, four high-severity. In March 2025, three high-severity. The September 2026 inspection, with six high-severity violations, is the worst result in nearly a year.
Perfect Rack Billiards: Recent Inspection History
Still Open
Of the 24 inspections on record, not one has resulted in an emergency closure. The state's threshold for shutting a facility on the spot typically involves imminent hazard, such as sewage backup, live pest infestation, or loss of water. The violations documented at Perfect Rack Billiards, including the failure to destroy parasites and the failure to cook food to minimum temperature, did not cross that threshold on September 11.
The facility was open for business when inspectors left.
