PERKINS RESTAURANT AND BAKERY
6825 W NEWBERRY RD · GAINESVILLE · Alachua County · FL 32605
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
11 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 3
09-01-4High 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. Server grabbed plated food from pass through window placed plate on tray then moved the cooked potatoes around with her bare hands, spoke to employee about not touching any cooked or ready to eat foods with her bare hands hands.
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw fish and pork over cooked ribs in walk in cooler, employee moved ribs above raw items. **Corrected On-Site**
41-15-5High 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. Sanitizer bucket quaternary ammonia tested stronger than 400ppm, operator added water and retested at 200ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 2
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Multiple cutting boards on reach in coolers of cooks line and server alley that are stained. The top of reach in cooler on cooks line there is a crease in the metal causing old food debris to build up.
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle hanging by dish machine area, operator labeled as pine sol cleaner. **Corrected On-Site**
Basic 6
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Door on cold display cooler repaired with duct tape. Cutting boards on cook line and server alley reach in coolers with deep cut marks. Reach in freezer on cooks line the interior left door has exposed insulation and exposed insulation on the outside of right door due to handle being broken.
36-73-4Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Under cooking equipment on cooks line.
36-17-5Basic – Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. In front of the dish machine area and on the cooks line. Hole in wall located in back storage room.
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. 1 knife between work table and reach in cooler on cooks line and 5 knives between wall and work table at back prep area, employee moved all knives. **Corrected On-Site**
14-47-4Basic – Nonfood-contact equipment exposed to splash/spillage not constructed of materials that are corrosion resistant, non-absorbent, smooth and easily cleanable. Wooden wall attachments at back prep area not sealed.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Interior pie reach in freezer is soiled in storage area. Food racks in walk in cooler. Fan guard in walk in cooler. Unused/broken coolers on cooks line used for counter space are soiled.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 17, 2026 12:34 PM.
Violation category totals
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2 observation(s)
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.