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Florida's restaurant owners are not required to post restaurant inspection results where guests can see them. So every week, we provide that information for you.
For a complete list of local restaurant inspections, including violations not requiring warnings or administrative action, visit our Alachua County restaurant inspections site .
Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Alachua County, Florida, for the week of Aug. 12-18, 2024. Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.
Disclaimer: The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation describes an inspection report as a 'snapshot' of conditions present at the time of the inspection. On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment.
For full restaurant inspection details, visit our Alachua County restaurant inspection site .
Which Alachua County restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?
These restaurants met all standards during their Aug. 12-18 inspections and no violations were found.
- Dave & Buster's , 3023 SW 45th St., Gainesville**
- Moes Southwest Grill #1083 , 15652 NW US Highway 441, Ste A, Alachua**
- New York Pizza Plus , 15202 NW 147th Drive, #100, Alachua**
- Scuola 2 , 931 SW Second Ave., Gainesville**
- Spurrier's Gridiron Grille , Mobile food dispensing vehicle
- The Paper Bag , 5750 SW 75th Court, Suite 20, Gainesville**
- Volcanic Sushi+Sake , 5212 SW 91st Terrace, Ste A, Gainesville**
- Yamato Japanese Restaurant , 526 NW 60th St., Gainesville**
** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week
Which Alachua County restaurants had high priority violations?
826 W. University Ave., Gainesville
Routine Inspection on Aug. 14
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
16 total violations, with 6 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee wiped nose with back of gloved hand then continued putting together ham and cheese.
- High Priority - Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee pulled pants up with gloved hands then continued putting ham and cheese together.
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shrimp over cooked potatoes in walk in cooler, manager moved potatoes. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. chicken wings (48F - Cold Holding) item sitting on counter on cooks line, no time mark and time application was not filled out, manger filled out application and decided to put wings on time. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Packets of wing dust by floor cleaner in mop sink area, manger discarded wing dust packets. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. 4 way splitter added to mop sink faucet 2 of hose bibbs is missing backflows.
1005 NW 13th St., Gainesville
Routine Inspection on Aug. 14
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
11 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee touched mouth with gloved hands then continued putting food in fryers and plating foods. -Prep employee washed hands then wiped face with paper towel and adjusted glasses on face then started portioning broccoli, no hand wash after wiping face and glasses. **Warning**
- High Priority - Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. -Employee adjusted hat then put on gloves on and started cooking chicken. **Warning**
- High Priority - Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. -Manager dropped wrapped frozen pizza crust on floor, placed it to the side then grabbed other pizza crust unwrapped it and put on cooking equipment no Handwash or glove change in between. -Employee had sticker label in mouth then placed label on food container in salad reach in cooler with gloved hands then started cooking food no glove change or handwash. **Warning**
Mobile food dispensing vehicle
Routine Inspection on Aug. 16
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
14 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed approximately 6 flies in food truck. **Warning**
50 NW 13th St., Ste 20, Gainesville
Routine Inspection on Aug. 15
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
11 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee used tobacco, ate, or drank then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee took sip of drink changed gloves no hand wash then started building a customers food bowl.
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Undercooked beef over fully cooked chicken in hot box. Operator moved chicken above beef. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. Both under the table hot boxes missing time stamps, operator stamped boxes. **Corrected On-Site**
1216 N. Main St., Gainesville
Routine Inspection on Aug. 16
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
12 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee wiped hands on pants then continued cooking chicken at wok station.
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over raw shrimp and bok choy vegetable in walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
3023 SW 45th St., Gainesville
Complaint Inspection on Aug. 12
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
7 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed: on the cook line, chicken bread area chicken 47, fish 51, chicken 55. These items were brought from the walk-in cooler to stock after lunch. Theses items were iced down and were reaching 41F in 18 minutes. **Corrected On-Site* **Warning* ALSO, the reach-in cooler Thai chili sauce 44F, cut tomato 57(cut after lunch), tomato mix 47. All items were originally in plastic food pans, and due to lack of spacer bars were double panned. Other time/temperature control for safety items were at 42° and below. Icing was being accomplished at this unit also. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed Dawn spray stored on a prep table on the back line. This was moved to cleaning. **Corrected On-Site**
Mobile food dispensing vehicle
Routine Inspection on Aug. 16
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
8 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 1 fly flying in truck.
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over canned/bottled drinks. Raw bacon over bottled water and soda in reach in cooler.
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cheese (50F - Cold Holding) item in reach in cooler with other foods at 41F, operator placed in freezer. Retemped at 41F. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
220 NW 8th Ave., Ste 10, Gainesville
Routine Inspection on Aug. 12
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
1 total violation, with 1 high-priority violation
- High Priority - From initial inspection : High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 0ppm, machine only hooked up with detergent and rinse aid, no sanitizer available for dishwashing machine. Manager originally stated machine was high temperature sanitizing but machine only reached 115F. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-31: **Time Extended** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-12: No change, operator stated technician is supposed to come out to fix machine but has not yet. **Admin Complaint**
7070 SW Archer Street, Ste 3102, Gainesville
Routine Inspection on Aug. 14
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
5 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Observed: the dish wash machine at 0 ppm for chlorine. The unit was primed, and reached 50 ppm at 102°. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed: queso on the oven, not covered, 126°. This was placed on the flattop for reheating to 165°. **Corrective Action Taken**
15202 NW 147th Drive, #100, Alachua
Routine Inspection on Aug. 12
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
20 total violations, with 4 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee entered kitchen and began rolling silverware without washing hands. Manager had employee wash hands. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee handled dirty dishes and proceeded to handle clean dishes without washing hands in dish area. Manager had employee wash hands and rewash dishes. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Items in reach-in cooler across from cook line: noodles (51F,48F - Cold Holding). Manager stated items placed in cooler the previous night. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Items in reach-in cooler across from cook line: noodles (51F,48F - Cold Holding). Manager stated items placed in cooler the previous night. Items in reach-in cooler across from cook line: chicken (57F - Cold Holding); cheese (48F - Cold Holding). Manager stated items placed in cooler three hours prior to temperature being taken. Manager moved items to reach-in freezer to reduce temperature to 41F. Item in kitchen walk-in cooler: mozzarella cheese (44F,44F - Cold Holding). Manager stated the items were at proper temperature at 11:00 am and the door to walk-in cooler was opened and closed often. Manager moved cheese to back of cooler to reduce temperature to 41F. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
1800 W. University Ave., Gainesville
Routine Inspection on Aug. 16
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
10 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Observed: kitchen staff cutting raw salmon, no gloves.(They have a Consumer Advisory posted) The MANAGER had the employee wash hands and add gloves. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed: Clorox wipes stored with the bulk soy sauce.
110 NE 16th Ave., Gainesville
Routine Inspection on Aug. 16
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
8 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee walked outside of main kitchen to the prep kitchen and started scooping ice no handwash before scooping ice.
- High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. 6/1/2024., operator paid during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. tomato (46F - Cold Holding); tuna (44F - Cold Holding) items in prep cooler next to/near foods that are cooling. All other temps in cooler were 41F or below. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
931 SW Second Ave., Gainesville
Routine Inspection on Aug. 13
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
18 total violations, with 5 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee scratched face with gloved hands then continued adding toppings to sandwich. **Warning**
- High Priority - Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee took customers order on iPad, then put on gloves and placed pita on flat top. **Warning**
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 2nd flip top reach in cooler: Taziki sauce (58F - Cold Holding); feta (58F - Cold Holding); pizza sauce (58F - Cold Holding); mozzarella (57F - Cold Holding); tomatoes (59F - Cold Holding); Stand up cooler by three comp sink: chicken raw (49F - Cold Holding); chicken (50F - Cold Holding); ricotta (49F - Cold Holding); spinach cheese pastry (49F - Cold Holding) 1st flip top cooler: ranch (buttermilk) (54F - Cold Holding); taziki sauce cup (51-54F - Cold Holding) All items was placed in units a little less then 4 hours ago, employee moved all time/temperature control for safety food items into reach in freezers and other working reach in coolers to rapidly drop food temperature. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Chemical spray bottle on shelf above reach in cooler, employee moved spray bottle. **Corrected On-Site**
15935 NW US Highway 441, Alachua
Routine Inspection on Aug. 12
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
5 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed three flies in kitchen area.
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Item stored in cook line steam table: pork (113F - Hot Holding). Manager stated item was prepared one hour prior to temperature being taken. Item was served within thirty minutes. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
5750 SW 75th Court, Suite 20, Gainesville
Complaint Inspection on Aug. 12
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
2 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed: the front line cold make table: items prepped, cooked or cut today: tuna 52, roast beef 53, slice cheese 48, pork 54, pastrami 51. All items moved to the chest freezers. **Warning* Later Tuna 42, roast beef 38, pork 40. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Mobile food dispensing vehicle
Routine Inspection on Aug. 16
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
7 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cabbage mix (49F - Cold Holding) item in cups in reach in cooler, all other foods are 41F or below. Items were placed in reach in freezer to rapidly cool. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. chicken (120F - Hot Holding) item in hot box, employee stated item has been in hot box for 2 hours. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
What agency inspects restaurants in Florida?
Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.
How do I report a dirty restaurant in Florida?
If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online .
Get the whole story at our restaurant inspection database .
What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?
Basic violations are those considered against best practices.
A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.
An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: "Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over."
An emergency order — when a restaurant is closed by the inspector — is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.
A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.
This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Alachua County restaurant inspections: 16 have high-priority violations
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