PIZZA IN THE HOOD
14212 NW 154 AVE · ALACHUA · Alachua County · FL 32615
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
24 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee entered kitchen from dining room and began handling food and to go containers on cook line. **Admin Complaint**
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. Employee placed cheese sticks in to go container with bare hands.
01B-07-4High Priority – Food with mold-like growth. See stop sale. 2 pieces of cheesecake stored in walk-in cooler.
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. Cheesecake stored in walk-in cooler dated 8/21 and 9/8.
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 has no time marking. Pizza stored on front counter. Manager stated pizza placed out at 11:30 am. Manager placed proper date mark on pizzas. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 4
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Blade of can opener on kitchen prep table. Shelves in reach-in freezer stored in walk-in cooler. Water nozzle of front counter tea machine. **Repeat Violation**
05-08-4Intermediate – No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. No probe thermometer for establishment.
53B-13-5Intermediate – Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Two employees on duty missing training certificates.
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle of window cleaner stored in kitchen. Manager placed label on bottle. **Corrected On-Site**
Basic 15
36-34-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling vent in middle of kitchen.
35A-03-4Basic – Dead roaches on premises. Two dead roaches on floor at end of bar.
36-17-5Basic – Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Floor tiles missing in corner of kitchen at end of cook line.
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Case of margarine stored on walk-in cooler floor. Manager placed margarine on shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
33-23-4Basic – Grease receptacle/dumpster not on proper pad/nonabsorbent surface. Dumpster behind building halfway off pad.
36-24-5Basic – Hole in or other damage to wall. Wall tiles below three compartment sink missing.
14-69-4Basic – Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Reach-in freezer at end of cook line.
33-11-4Basic – Missing drain plug at dumpster. Dumpster behind building.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Shelves across from cook line soiled with old food debris. Fan covers in walk-in cooler dusty. **Repeat Violation**
16-46-4Basic – Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Containers stored above three compartment sink.
33-16-4Basic – Open dumpster lid. Dumpster behind building.
25-06-4Basic – Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. To go containers stored on kitchen shelf. Manager turned containers over. **Corrected On-Site**
14-17-4Basic – Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Walk-in cooler shelves rusty.
29-11-4Basic – Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Faucet for three compartment sink.
36-10-4Basic – Worn, torn and/or soiled floors/carpeting. Floor beneath fryers greasy.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 23, 2026 12:03 PM.
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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.