LIQUID GINGER
101 SE 2 PL STE 118 · GAINESVILLE · Alachua County · FL 32601
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 3
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. Operator removed half of the bean sprouts with bare hands and placed in another container due to sprouts being overfilled in reach in cooler on cooks line. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef over sauces in reach in cooler on the other side of reach in cooler and raw liquid egg in walk in cooler over sauces. Operator moved beef. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. bean sprouts (42-45F – Cold Holding) item was overfilled in container, operator moved half of the sprouts to the bottom of cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 3
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior ice machine. Cutting boards heavily stained on rack by reach in freezer. Water dispensing nozzle in tea making area. **Repeat Violation**
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. All Handwash sinks in kitchen, sushi bar, and bar. No soap at Handwash sink on cooks line and bar area.
02C-08-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. Sushi pieces in reach in cooler, employee stated some pieces are 2 days old, no date mark.
Basic 14
16-03-4Basic – Accumulation of debris inside warewashing machine.
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl in panko crumbs, operator removed bowl. **Corrected On-Site**
24-07-4Basic – Cleaned and sanitized equipment or utensils not properly stored. Knife and sheet pans stored on floor leaning on wall next to Handwash sink on cooks line.
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Plastic and metal containers on clean dish rack in dish machine area.
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler gasket torn by frying station. Cutting boards on rack with deep cut marks. Dessert reach in freezer and stand up reach in freezer at the end of cooks line ice build up. **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Bag of carrots on floor in walk in cooler and large soy sauce containers on floor outside of walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
36-24-5Basic – Hole in or other damage to wall. In storage room with 2 large chest freezers.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler gasket soiled on cooks line. The top of walk in cooler interior. Soda nozzle backsplash soiled on drink machine. **Repeat Violation**
16-48-4Basic – Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. 1 plastic container with black substance in the corner of container.
29-08-4Basic – Plumbing system in disrepair. Under Handwash sink by prep sink, operator fixed pipes so the sink no longer leaks on floor. **Corrected On-Site**
35B-09-4Basic – Screen in door torn/in poor repair. Door in kitchen kept open the screening in door is torn.
36-27-5Basic – Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Behind dish machine and under counter at sushi area. Ceiling tiles soiled in side room with 2 large chest freezers. Floor soiled in the back corner under counter at sushi area and in tea making room. **Repeat Violation**
21-07-4Basic – Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 0ppm, operator added more bleach, 100ppm. Bucket located by soda drink machine.
21-38-4Basic – Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. By drink machine in server alley. **Repeat Violation**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 25, 2026 12:34 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.