RESTAURANT-INSPECTIONS

5 Alachua County restaurants cited for high-priority violations; 1 temporarily closed

Staff reports
The Gainesville Sun

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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 for the week of April 8-14, 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 April 8-14 inspections and no violations were found.

** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week

Which Alachua County restaurants were temporarily closed by inspectors?

These restaurants failed their April 8-14 inspections and were temporarily closed. Follow-upinspections are required.

Filipino Flavors Bistro & Bakery

25740 W. Newberry Rd, Newberry

Routine Inspection on April 12

Facility Temporarily Closed: Operations ordered stopped until violations are corrected.

21 total violations, with 6 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 from outside and began handling clean dishes in dish area. Manager had employee wash hands. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 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 touched register behind front counter and began wrapping food items in pans without washing hands. Manager had employee wash hands. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • High Priority - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Three compartment sink, 0 ppm. Manager added sanitizer to water, 250 ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw pork stored over cooked rice in reach-in cooler next to kitchen entrance from front counter. Manager placed pork beneath cooked rice. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed 3 rodent droppings on floor beneath hand washing sink next to three compartment sink. Observed 9 rodent droppings on floor in front corner of kitchen next to three compartment sink. Observed 15 rodent droppings on floor in air handler closet next to cook line. Observed 4 rodent droppings on floor in dry storage closet behind restaurant. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Item stored on stove top on cook line: rice (105F - Hot Holding). Manager stated rice placed on stove top 30 minutes prior to temperature being taken. Manager had employee place item in reach-in cooler to cool down. **Corrective Action Taken**

Which Alachua County restaurants had high priority violations?

Codfathers LLC

14841 Main St., Alachua

Complaint Inspection on April 10

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

30 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. Male employee touched hair then clean dishes without washing hands. Male employee touched hair then began preparing food without washing hands. **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. Male employee touched hat then put on gloves and began cooking without washing his hands. Male employee adjusted shirt then put on gloves and moved clean pan without washing hands. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Lowe's bucket being used for ice on top of ice machine.
  • High Priority - Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. One live ant on wall in back prep area. Spider webs along walls in back rooms containing soda machine, prep area, and dry storage.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Opened case of raw bacon on shelf over bucket of pickles in reach in cooler. Moved during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
  • High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Lemon cream made with heavy cream has a date mark of 3/16, discard date is 3/22.

Jersey Mike's Subs

2803 SW 42nd St., Gainesville

Routine Inspection on April 9

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

8 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations

  • High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Observed: 2 quaternary amonia sanitizer buckets testing at 400+ ppm for quaternary amonia. Both were diluted to 300 ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Observed: quaternary amonia sanitizer stored next to gloves for food service on the front line. Quaternary amonia over 400+ ppm. The sanitizer was diluted and moved. **Corrected On-Site**

Los Avina

201 W. SR 24, Archer

Routine Inspection on April 8

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

12 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations

  • High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Employee at cookline handled raw shrimp with gloved hands, then handled tortillas and utensils at the steam table with same gloved hands. Manager had employee stop and wash hands before continuing to work at cookline. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw ground pork (chorizo) stored in sane pan and in-contact with whole in-tact beef steaks inside reach-in cooler at kitchen entrance. Manager moved chorizo away from beef steaks during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Three packages of fish thawed inside reduced oxygen packaging that does have a label indicating that it must be removed from packaging before thawing inside reach-in cooler near ice machine. Manager stated the fish began thawing the previous day. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Red Wok

24204 W. Newberry Rd Ste F, Newberry

Routine Inspection on April 9

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

22 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations

  • 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 picked up cooking utensil from floor and proceeded to handle clean pans on cook line. Manager had employee wash hands. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Container of raw chicken stored above biscuits in reach-in cooler across from dish machine. Manager placed biscuits on top shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **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.