CLOCK RESTAURANT
2010 N MAIN ST · GAINESVILLE · Alachua County · FL 32609
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
26 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 6
12A-25-4High 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 face and continued to work with food without washing hands. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
35A-02-7High Priority – Live, small flying insects found Two live flies in kitchen area.
01B-24-5High Priority – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Vegetable soup and broccoli soup in walk in cooler made 7/2/25, discard date 7/8/25.
01B-14-4High Priority – Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. One egg in reach in cooler on cook line.
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Pooled shell eggs 68F on prep table at cook line. Manager placed in freezer. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03F-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control. Pancake batter and home fries on cook line with wrong date.
Intermediate 6
12A-03-4Intermediate – Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Male employee in ware wash area washed hands in triple sink. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade soiled with food debris. Slicer blade soiled with food debris. Mixer heads soiled with food debris. Gasket soiled in ice cream freezer. Manager began cleaning. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
16-37-1Intermediate – No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No quaternary ammonium test strips for wiping cloth buckets.
31B-03-4Intermediate – No soap provided at handwash sink. Sink in ware wash area. Also, no hand wash sign at sink at front counter. Refilled towels during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken**
53B-14-5Intermediate – Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Three employee training certificates expired.
27-16-4Intermediate – Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Water at hand wash sink in server station 77F.
Basic 14
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Cup in seasoning on cook line. Cup in croutons at front line.
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Coffee on prep table in kitchen. Moved. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-49-4Basic – Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Gatorade and skittles on shelf in reach in cooler on cook line. Two boxes of cookies on prep table in kitchen.
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Glasses in server station.
10-02-4Basic – In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment. Knife in cardboard at toaster on front line.
21-04-4Basic – In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. One towel under red cutting board on cook line.
14-36-5Basic – Interior of refrigerator or freezer in disrepair/has exposed insulation. Freezer door on cook line has exposed insulation. Walk in freezer has ice buildup up around door.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood vents soiled with grease. Exterior of reach in freezer soiled with food debris. Gasket on ice cream chest freezer soiled with black substance. Employees began cleaning. **Corrective Action Taken**
35B-04-4Basic – Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation. Crack at bottom of back door.
29-20-5Basic – Standing water or very slow draining water in handwash sink, three-compartment sink, or mop sink. Handwashing sink on cook line has a slow drain.
08B-12-5Basic – Stored food not covered. Ice cream with no lid in chest freezer. Covered. **Corrected On-Site**
14-17-4Basic – Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Shelves in walk in cooler rusted. **Repeat Violation**
08B-74-1Basic – Water softener salt (food) stored in a location that is not clean and dry. Bags of salt on floor in dry storage.
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. No label on bin of flour in kitchen.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 8, 2026 11:53 AM.
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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.