GATORS DEN SPORTS GRILL
4210 NW 97 BLVD · GAINESVILLE · Alachua County · FL 32606
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
18 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 hotel lobby and proceeded to handle cooked fish without washing hands. Manager had employee wash hands. **Corrective Action Taken**
12A-13-4High Priority – Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee handled dirty dishes in dish area and proceeded to handle clean utensils without washing hands. Manager had employee wash hands.
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. Cooked shrimp stored in cook line reach-in cooler, item dated 9/12.
41-10-4High Priority – Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Case of quaternary sanitizer stored next to clean bowls on bottom shelf of prep table at end of cook line.
29-42-4High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Hose side of splitter missing vacuum breaker. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 3
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Blade of can opener on kitchen prep table. Cutting board on cook line reach-in cooler stained. **Repeat Violation**
27-19-4Intermediate – Handwash sink does not have enough water pressure to properly wash hands. Hand washing sink in dish area.
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No hand towels at kitchen hand washing sink. No soap at all kitchen hand washing sinks except hand washing sink outside of office. **Repeat Violation**
Basic 10
16-03-4Basic – Accumulation of debris inside warewashing machine. Dish machine in dish area.
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Cup used to scoop auju gravy in cook line reach-in cooler.
36-34-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Vents throughout the kitchen.
21-05-5Basic – Cloth used as a food-contact surface. Employee using cloth to dry dishes.
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. Fish stored in cook line reach-in cooler.
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Cups stored in wait station.
10-12-5Basic – In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface between uses. Ice scoop stored on top of ice machine.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Area around milk nozzle of milk dispenser in wait station. Area around soda nozzles of wait station soda machine. Hood vents above grill on cook line. **Repeat Violation**
33-16-4Basic – Open dumpster lid. Dumpster behind building. Drain plug missing. **Repeat Violation**
08B-12-5Basic – Stored food not covered. Pan of butter chips in walk-in freezer. Manager placed lid on pan. **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 21, 2026 1:26 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.