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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 Oct. 13-19, 2025. 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 Oct. 13-19 inspections and no violations were found.
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Gator Btw, 8181 NW 39th Ave., Ste 80, Gainesville**
** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week
Which Alachua County restaurants had high priority violations?
3205 Clark Butler Blvd., Ste 10, Gainesville
Routine Inspection on Oct. 13
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
9 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation
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High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed : front line staff adjust headset microphone, then add gloves, no hand wash.
Mobile food dispensing vehicle
Routine Inspection on Oct. 16
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
9 total violations, with 5 high-priority violations
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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 to talk on phone, came back into truck, no Handwash, placed on gloves and started bagging food.
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High Priority – Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Employee cracked raw shell eggs on flat top, change gloves no handwash, continued cooking touching clean utensils handles.
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High Priority – Establishment operating with no potable running water. Food truck operating with no running water. **Warning**
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High Priority – Nonfood-grade hose conveying potable water. Green garden hose used to fill potable water tank. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
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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. Spray bottle with quaternary ammonia tested over 500ppm.
2 E Univ. Ave., Gainesville
Routine Inspection on Oct. 16
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
6 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
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High Priority – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Smoked tofu prepped 10/3, in walk in cooler.
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High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. roast beef (45F – Cold Holding) tofu (45F – Cold Holding) ham (46F – Cold holding) items in middle double door reach in cooler on back wall on cooks line, thermometer says cooler is 40F, operator stated she was going to put in a maintenance request and monitor cooler temperature. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
203 NE 39th Ave., Gainesville
Complaint Inspection on Oct. 14
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
8 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation
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High Priority – Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. three-compartment sink at 0ppm Quat. Manager changed solution and read at 200 ppm quat. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
526 NW 60th St., Gainesville
Complaint Partial Inspection on Oct. 14
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
17 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
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High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Two plastic trays of Chicken prepped the day before in reach in cooler in prep area at 48F. Chicken had been there overnight.
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High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food removed from cold holding for necessary preparation rose above 41 degrees Fahrenheit during the preparation process and was not cooled back down to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Two plastic trays of Chicken prepped the day before in reach in cooler in prep area at 48F. Chicken had been there overnight.
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High Priority – Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Three spray bottles with cleaning solution and sanitizer stored over bottles of beer in office.. Spray bottle of sanitizer stored with clean dishes that will be placed on the table for customers.
3033 SW 34th St., Gainesville
Routine Inspection on Oct. 13
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
8 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation
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High Priority – Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. Observed : a line of ants going across the back front line counter, by the hand wash sink. Per Robert P. **Warning**
3033 SW 34th St., Gainesville
Routine Inspection on Oct. 14
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
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High Priority – – From initial inspection : High Priority – Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. Observed : a line of ants going across the back front line counter, by the hand wash sink. Per Robert P. **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-10-14: Observed : ants still present on the sink area and cabinet. Bait station by the front door and by the sink. **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: Gainesville area restaurant and food truck inspections Oct. 13-19 2025
