HUDDLE HOUSE
331 NW 20 ST · OCALA · Marion County · FL 34475
Inspection Summary
Emergency Closure Summary
Violation Summary
Counts reported for this inspection visit.
See what changed since the last inspection.
Sign in or create a free account to browse without ads and see newly cited, repeated, and no-longer-cited violation categories.
All DBPR Inspector Observations
18 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 6
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Male employee put on gloves after removing glasses from face and began removing food from reach in make table without washing hands.
35A-02-7High Priority – Live, small flying insects found Approximately 20 live flies in ware wash area under dish machine. **Warning**
08A-02-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. In walk in freezer: opened case of raw burgers on shelf over case of bread. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
35A-05-4High Priority – Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Two live roaches on wall behind reach in freezer on cook line. Approximately 15 live roaches on wall and floor behind make table on cook line. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach in make table: sausage (45F – Cold Holding); tomatoes (47F – Cold Holding); tomatoes (48F – Cold Holding); hash browns (50F – Cold Holding); cheese (49F – Cold Holding); cheese (50F – Cold Holding). Employee checked temperatures within the last 2 hours and all were below 41F. Items in drawers of unit are below 41F. Employee began placing items in ice bath during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
01B-17-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food required to be date marked is not date marked and time of opening/preparation cannot be determined. See stop sale. Pan of turkey in reach in cooler with no date mark . Employees are not aware of when turkey was opened. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 2
02C-03-5Intermediate – Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Pan of turkey in reach in cooler on cook line with no date mark. Employees are not aware of when product was opened. Stop sale issued.
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of two microwaves on cook line soiled with grease. **Repeat Violation**
Basic 10
36-36-4Basic – Ceiling tile missing. One ceiling tile missing in restaurant entrance. One ceiling tile missing in ware wash area.
14-74-7Basic – Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Ambient temperature of reach in make table is 50F. Drawers of unit are not fully closed and unit is leaning forward.
35A-03-4Basic – Dead roaches on premises. Ten dead roaches on floor, wall, and back of reach in cooler in prep area. Five dead roaches on floor under make table on cook line. **Warning**
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on shelf over clean dishes. Employee removed drink. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Two knifes on cooking between prep table and cooking equipment. **Repeat Violation**
31B-04-4Basic – No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Hand wash sink in ware wash area missing sign. Manager added sign during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled with dust and grease. Behind cooking equipment heavily soiled with grease Around gaskets of two reach in coolers soiled with mold like substance. Exterior of reach in freezer in prep area soiled with grease and dust. Shelves in prep area soiled with food debris. Shelves under cooking equipment soiled with grease. **Repeat Violation**
16-48-4Basic – Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Several white bins in ware wash area on clean dish shelf have food debris.
36-50-4Basic – Unclean building components, attachments or fixtures. Wall in ware wash area soiled with mold like substance. Floor soiled with grease and food debris under all equipment in kitchen and prep area. **Repeat Violation**
33-31-5Basic – Unnecessary items/unused equipment on the premises. Unused reach in unit in prep area.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 10, 2026 2:06 AM.
Violation category totals
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
3 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.