FLYING BOAT TAP ROOM
9672 SE 58 AVE · OCALA · Marion County · FL 34420
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
20 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 7
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 beard guard to put on face multiple times and did not wash hands before continuing to prepare pizzas. Male employee wiped nose then placed spatula under pizza slice without washing hands. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
12A-28-4High 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 adjusted clothes then continued to plate and serve food without washing hands multiple times. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
22-46-4High Priority – Food-contact surfaces sanitized with a chlorine solution not exposed to the sanitizer solution for at least seven seconds. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. At bar, female employee placing glasses and pitchers in sanitizer for 2-3 seconds.
35A-02-7High Priority – Live, small flying insects found Three flying insects observed in kitchen area. One fly landed on pizza being made. Stop sale issued. **Warning**
01B-03-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to adulteration of food product. Fly landed on pizza at front counter. Employee discarded pizza. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Wings and wedges held at room temperature for more than 4 hours. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On speed rack near pizza oven: Potato wedges 60F. Wings 65F. Items were placed out at 12:30. Employee stated they get discarded in four or five hours. No filled out Time as a Public Health Control (TPHC) documents available. At 4:45 establishment using same product at room temperature. Stop sale issued. **Warning**
Intermediate 3
13-06-4Intermediate – Employee with artificial nails/nail polish working with exposed food without wearing intact gloves. Male employee at front counter portioning dressing and placing utensils on plates of food without wearing intact gloves over painted nails.
03D-15-4Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. On prep table in kitchen: 1.) Bin of corn dip 115F at 3:20 then, 122F at 3:35. Dip is cooling in a large deep bucket with lid over it. 2.) Bin of chicken breasts 96-103F at 3:20 then 96-102F at 3:35. Chicken is in a large deep container. Manager placed items in thin layer on sheet pans and placed in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
41-21-4Intermediate – Original container of toxic substance or chemical does not bear the manufacturer's label. Blue bottle of soap in ware wash area.
Basic 10
51-11-4Basic – Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. One tank not secured.
36-34-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Vent over walk in cooler soiled with dust.
06-09-1Basic – Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Ahi tuna in walk in cooler bears label to remove fish from package prior to thawing. **Repeat Violation**
12B-12-5Basic – Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Opened can drink on shelf under prep table at cookline. Plastic cup with drink on prep table. All were moved during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
13-04-4Basic – Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. One male employee at front counter. Also, male employee washing dishes with no hair restraint.
36-73-4Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Under ice machine. Also, area near dish machine has standing water.
33-23-4Basic – Grease receptacle/dumpster not on proper pad/nonabsorbent surface. Two dumpsters in grass. Manager provided letter from contracted company that will lay new pad for dumpster. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
29-49-6Basic – Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. In the bottom of two make tables on cookline.
08B-12-5Basic – Stored food not covered. Meatballs in metal pan in cooler.
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. One on clean dish shelf. Also, one wet towel under cutting board on prep table.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 2, 2026 12:39 PM.
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1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.