EAT AT TINKER
502 South Main Street
Gainesville, Florida, 32601
Alachua County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 1/8/2025
High Priority
2
Intermediate
2
Basic
8
Total
12
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl with no handle in rice container. **Repeat Violation**
- 24-05-4:Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Ice bucket on top of ice machine not inverted.
- 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting board on cooler on cooks line that has a burn mark making cutting board no longer smooth.
- 36-22-4:Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Behind the bar.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Beef on floor in walk in freezer, employees placed on shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
- 10-08-5:Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. In ice machine on server alley. **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Food racks in walk in cooler.
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container on shelf in server alley, manager stated the item is flour.
- 12A-16-4:High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee walked into kitchen from outside no glove change or Handwash then he began touching lids on food containers in reach in cooler on cooks line. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Threaded hose Bibb under Handwash sink in prep area. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on cooks line reach in cooler stained.
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Handwash sink on server alley with ice inside indicating Handwash sink used as dump sink. Handwash sink by dish area with container inside sink and sink behind bar with ice trays inside. **Repeat Violation**
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/8/2025 revealed 12 total violations (2 high priority, 2 intermediate, 8 basic).
Inspection on 7/16/2024
High Priority
5
Intermediate
2
Basic
7
Total
14
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl inside salt container.
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee water bottle on prep table, employee moved item to the bottom. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Phone on shelf above reach in cooler and prep area on cooks line. **Repeat Violation**
- 10-14-5:Basic - Ice bucket/shovel stored on floor between uses. On floor next to ice machine.
- 10-08-5:Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. In ice bin at server station, handle was placed off of ice. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Frozen sausage thawing at room temperature on counter.
- 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Pipe under Handwash sink behind bar is in disrepair, when water is turned on the water just falls onto the floor.
- 12A-16-4:High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed multiple employees go outside back door then when they returned none of them washed hands before going back to working with food.
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee placed raw chicken on grill, placed on new gloves before washing hands. Spoke to him about washing hands in between glove change.
- 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 1 fly on top part of hot warmer on cooks line.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. ham (49F - Cold Holding) item in shallow pan placed inside larger pan in top of reach in cooler on cooks line, spoke to manager about adding ice to larger pan, ice was added to pan. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Under Handwash sink at entrance to kitchen.
- 11-27-4:Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment.
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Large jug of soap in Handwash sink by dish area, inspector moved jug below sink to wash hands. **Repeat Violation**
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/16/2024 revealed 14 total violations (5 high priority, 2 intermediate, 7 basic).