Inspection Report

Florida DBPR Inspection Report
Completed

GATOR'S DOCKSIDE LAKE CITY

313 NW COMMONS LOOP · LAKE CITY · Columbia County · FL 32055

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateNovember 3, 2023
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionInspection Completed – No Further Action
Resultmet_inspection_standards
Inspection number3340081
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID8359340
DBPR license2200688

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
1 High Priority0 Intermediate4 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical5 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

5 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.

High Priority 1

#5High Priority12A-18-4

High Priority – Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. Observed employee on cook line wipe hand on soiled cloth on waistband and not remove gloves, wash hands and put on new gloves prior to handling food orders. Observed employee leave cook line to get food items from walk-in-cooler and return to cook line and begin preparing food orders without washing hands and changing gloves

Basic 4

#1Basic14-71-4

Basic – Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Observed duck tape used on the corner of a shelf above hand wash sink on the cook line.

#2Basic13-04-4

Basic – Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed male employee on cook line with beard and no beard guard.

#3Basic14-69-4

Basic – Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed ice build up behind cooling unit in walk-in-freezer

#4Basic23-03-4

Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed mold like substance on the underside of the non food contact surface of the nozzles on the soda dispensing machine at server station. Observed exterior handles of microwave on cookline soiled with grease and food.

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 19, 2026 2:07 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 12 · Handwashing and hygienic practices
1 observation(s)
Category 13 · Clothing, hair restraints, jewelry and fingernails
1 observation(s)
Category 14 · Food-contact and nonfood-contact surface design/maintenance
2 observation(s)
Category 23 · Non-food-contact surfaces clean
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.