TEXAS ROADHOUSE
3015 SW 32 AVE · OCALA · Marion County · FL 34474
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
17 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 6
08B-02-4High Priority – Displayed food not properly protected from contamination. Opened cups of butter on top of meat case across from hostess stand where customers walk to enter dining room. Butter was removed during this inspection. Baskets with uncovered bread under heat lamps on top of glass case next to meat case where customers walk through to enter dining room. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Female employee stepped up to meat display case from dining area and placed butter cups inside basket of bread without washing hands. **Repeat Violation** **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. Female employee scooped ice with scoop then filled drink and used bare hand to push ice back into cup. Manager spoke with employee. **Corrective Action Taken**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach in drawer cooler on cookline: beef 45F. Beef 46F. Reach in cooler has an ambient temperature of 45F. Manager began moving steak into walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
29-34-4High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Hose Bibb behind dump sink in ware wash area under blue hose has no device.
03B-04-5High Priority – Whole meat roast hot held at less than 130 degrees Fahrenheit. In alto sham in server station: prime rib 122F-125F on second and third shelf down. Manager began reheating. **Corrective Action Taken**
Intermediate 1
13-06-4Intermediate – Employee with artificial nails/nail polish working with exposed food without wearing intact gloves. Several employees making drinks and picking up exposed food from pass thru window with nail polish and/or fake nails.
Basic 10
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Around ice chute on top wall inside ice machine.
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. Steak drawer on cookline has an ambient temperature of 45F. Unit is not fully closing and several pans are missing from drawer. TCS foods were moved to a different unit. **Corrective Action Taken**
12B-09-5Basic – Employee chewing gum while preparing food or while in a food prep/food storage/warewashing area. Female employee holding basket of bread while chewing gum in server station. Manager instructed employee to spit out gum. **Corrective Action Taken**
13-07-4Basic – Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Several employees on cookline wearing watches. Several employees making drinks and scooping ice with multiple rings and bracelets.
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Several clean pans wet nested on clean dish shelf. **Repeat Violation**
36-22-4Basic – Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Several areas in kitchen with standing water. **Repeat Violation**
28-15-4Basic – Liquid waste leakage from dumpster onto ground/dumpster pad. Yellow liquid substance on pad around dumpster and grease receptacle.
16-48-4Basic – Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Food debris on clean dishes located on clean dish shelves on cookline. Manager removed soiled dishes. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
29-03-4Basic – Water draining onto floor surface. Water draining onto floor while water running at hand sink behind bar.
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. One wet towel on cookline. One wet towel in server station. Both were placed in sanitizer bucket. **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 9, 2026 2:48 PM.
Violation category totals
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
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.