FLACOS CUBAN BAKERY AND COFFEE SPOT
200 West University Avenue
Gainesville, Florida, 32601
Alachua County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 2/26/2025
High Priority
3
Intermediate
3
Basic
6
Total
12
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Cup with no handle in salt and sugar containers.
- 36-32-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. In bathroom. **Repeat Violation**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. -Cutting boards on reach in coolers with cut marks. -2 container lids cracked. -knife on cooks line the tip of blade has chipped. -rice container lid is cracked on cooks line. -Aluminum foil torn lining shelves in reach in cooler on cooks line. -exposed insulation on reach in freezer doors in back prep area.
- 35B-01-4:Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Door in the back prep area.
- 38-07-4:Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Light over back prep area has no shield or covering.
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler gasket soiled in storage side kitchen. Fan blades soiled over the back prep kitchen. **Repeat Violation**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. butter (64F - Cold Holding) items on cooks line at room temperature, operator placed in reach in freezer to rapidly drop in temperature. tempeh (44F - Cold Holding); pork (52F - Cold Holding) items in storage reach in cooler, spoke to operator about using metal instead of plastic. Retemped tempeh at 42. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. 2 bottles hanging on rack above prep area on cooks line.
- 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. At the mop sink. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Coke dispenser. Interior oven. **Repeat Violation**
- 27-19-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink does not have enough water pressure to properly wash hands. The hot water nozzle when turned on doesn't have enough pressure behind prep kitchen.
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. In bathroom. Unable to dispense paper towels on cooks line, employee placed a different roll of paper towels by sink.
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/26/2025 revealed 12 total violations (3 high priority, 3 intermediate, 6 basic).
Inspection on 10/3/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Food safety inspection conducted on 10/3/2024 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 7/30/2024
High Priority
3
Intermediate
3
Basic
9
Total
15
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 51-11-4:Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Tank located at entrance of prep kitchen.
- 36-32-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. In hallway between main kitchen and prep kitchen.
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Air vent area soiled in front of prep kitchen.
- 14-36-5:Basic - Interior of refrigerator or freezer in disrepair/has exposed insulation. Silver reach in freezer in prep kitchen. **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Door jam on reach in cooler in prep kitchen. Window seal behind oven in prep kitchen. **Repeat Violation**
- 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Togo box on floor upstairs, employee placed boxes on floor. **Repeat Violation**
- 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Reach in cooler in prep kitchen. **Repeat Violation**
- 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Arepas thawing at room temperature. **Repeat Violation**
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container containing white substance in dry storage room, employee labeled as sugar. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. 6/1/2024.
- 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Above the mop sink area.
- 41-15-5:High Priority - Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Quaternary ammonia spray bottle over 500ppm, operator added more water retested at 200ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Reach in cooler in storage room the racks are soiled. Interior dough proofed.
- 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Quaternary ammonia.
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle containing purple liquid located by Three compartment sink, employee labeled is fabuloso. **Corrected On-Site**
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/30/2024 revealed 15 total violations (3 high priority, 3 intermediate, 9 basic).