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BONEFISH GRILL

4701 SW COLLEGE RD · OCALA · Marion County · FL 34474

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateNovember 1, 2024
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionAdministrative complaint recommended
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3460671
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID8768341
DBPR license5202567

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
5 High Priority3 Intermediate11 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical19 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

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

High Priority 5

#12High Priority12A-13-4

High 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. Male employee working at the dish machine area with dirty dishes jump to cook line and handle clean utensils and placed food in fryer.

#13High Priority09-01-4

High 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. Observed Female server touching cut lemons, inspector instructed to use utensils or gloves.

#14High Priority01B-02-5

High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Also underneath, (overnight products) tune 50F, raviolis 48F Stop Sale.

Stop Sale
#15High Priority03A-02-5

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach-in cooler at the cook line, cut tomatoes 48F, cheese sauce 49F, scallop mix 50F, goat cheese 53F, sauce 55 and 49F, all items placed in cooler at 10:45am, Manager moved to freezer to dropped temperatures down, temperatures reached 42F. Also underneath, (overnight products) tune 50F, raviolis 48F Stop Sale. At the salad station, tuna 44F, 48F, 46F and 45F **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Repeat ViolationAdmin ComplaintStop Sale
#16High Priority03B-01-6

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At the service window, soup 77F, overnight product, Stop sale. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Repeat ViolationAdmin ComplaintStop Sale

Intermediate 3

#17Intermediate22-02-4

Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. At the bar area, soda gun soiled, employee cleaned during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**

Corrected On-SiteRepeat Violation
#18Intermediate31A-11-4

Intermediate – Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Handwash sink at the salad cooler area used to dumped ice. **Repeat Violation**

Repeat Violation
#19Intermediate16-62-1

Intermediate – No measuring device available for measuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishmachine.

Basic 11

#1Basic14-01-5

Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. At the server station, cup no handle inside sugar container, manager removed the cup. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site
#2Basic14-74-7

Basic – 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. Reach-in cooler at the cook line, ambient air temperature 50F. **Warning**

Warning
#3Basic06-09-1

Basic – 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. In walk-in cooler, observed raw salmon loins in vacuum sealed bags at 30F, salmon was moved 10/31/24 pm from freezer to cooler, manager immediately opened all loins. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site
#4Basic12B-07-4

Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Multiple employee drink on prep tables and above prep tables, no straw no lid Manager discarded all. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site
#5Basic13-04-4

Basic – Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Two male employees at the cook line.

#6Basic14-38-4

Basic – Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Multiple containers and lids cracked **Repeat Violation**

Repeat Violation
#7Basic10-14-5

Basic – Ice bucket/shovel stored on floor between uses. Ice bucket stored on floor in front of ice machine, manager moved. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site
#8Basic22-08-4

Basic – Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Interior of all microwaves soiled.

#9Basic22-16-4

Basic – Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach-in coolers at the cook line heavily soiled.

#10Basic29-49-6

Basic – Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Reach-in coolers at the cook line **Repeat Violation**

Repeat Violation
#11Basic02D-01-5

Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. At the server station container with white substance not labeled, manager labeled sugar. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**

Corrected On-SiteRepeat Violation

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 22, 2026 12:39 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 1 · Approved food source
1 observation(s)
Category 2 · Original container, labeling, date marking and consumer advisory
1 observation(s)
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
2 observation(s)
Category 6 · Proper thawing of TCS food
1 observation(s)
Category 9 · Bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food / AOP
1 observation(s)
Category 10 · In-use food dispensing utensils
1 observation(s)
Category 12 · Handwashing and hygienic practices
2 observation(s)
Category 13 · Clothing, hair restraints, jewelry and fingernails
1 observation(s)
Category 14 · Food-contact and nonfood-contact surface design/maintenance
3 observation(s)
Category 16 · Dishwashing facilities, test kits and gauges
1 observation(s)
Category 22 · Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
3 observation(s)
Category 29 · Plumbing, mop sink, filters and backflow prevention
1 observation(s)
Category 31 · Handwash sinks, supplies and signage
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.