GRILL EXPRESS

808 West University Avenue
Gainesville, Florida, 32601
Alachua County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports

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All Inspection Reports

Inspection on 11/22/2024

High Priority
8
Intermediate
3
Basic
9
Total
20
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required

Inspection Details:

  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink next to toaster on prep table. Employee drink in cooler next to sauce bottles. **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 top of tortilla packs, operator moved. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Cutting board on reach in cooler with deep cut marks. Reach in cooler lid taped with duct tape cooler is on cooks line. **Repeat Violation**
  • 10-06-5:Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container. In rice container the handle was directly touching food, operator moved handle out of food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 51-13-4:Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. Inspector provided, operator posted. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. In restroom to the left. **Repeat Violation**
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Sides of cooking equipment on cooks line. Hood filters above cooks line. Stand up middle reach in cooler the gaskets are soiled. **Repeat Violation**
  • 16-46-4:Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. One plastic container on clean dish rack.
  • 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Boxes of eating utensils on floor at front counter.
  • 03D-02-5:High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. chicken overnight (50F - Cooling) see stop sale.
  • 12A-28-4:High Priority - Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee talking to inspector he was making food spoke to inspector touched his apron strap/shirt then continued making sandwich/wrap.
  • 12A-29-4:High Priority - Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee taking orders at computer terminal at front counter then going back into the kitchen placed on gloves then started cooking, no handwashing observed.
  • 41-05-4:High Priority - Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment. On shelf next to rice cooker, operator removed cans. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over raw beef and both raw items over onions in reach in cooler. Operator moved onions above. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
  • 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. chicken overnight (50F - Cooling)
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. rice(56F - Cold Holding) item sitting on counter for 2 hours, operator placed back in cooler. Retemped at 45F. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 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. Sanitizer bucket chlorine tested over 200ppm, operator remade bucket, 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
  • 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. Inspector provided procedures. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Large cutting board on reach in cooler on cooks line stained. Interior table top toast oven. The back side around the heating element is soiled on the gyro cone cooker(spit). Food racks in middle reach in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Multiple cardboard boxes on top of Handwash sink by mop sink. **Repeat Violation**
Food Inspector #8823144
2024-11-22
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 11/22/2024 revealed 20 total violations (8 high priority, 3 intermediate, 9 basic).

Inspection on 7/3/2024

High Priority
2
Intermediate
4
Basic
6
Total
12
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards

Inspection Details:

  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on cutting board of reach in cooler on cooks line, operator moved drink. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Interior of microwave, operator stated he had microwaved aluminum and it started a small fire causing the black on the inside of microwave.
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Packets of ketchup on floor under front counter.
  • 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. In both bathrooms.
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Sides of fryer. **Repeat Violation**
  • 14-20-4:Basic - Ripped/worn tin foil used as shelf cover. Above Handwash sink on cooks line and around equipment next to fryer.
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over onions and sauce in reach in cooler, operator moved chicken. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 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. Tested sanitizer above 200ppm, operator remade bucket with more water and less bleach, retested at 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Large cutting board on cooks line is stained. The back interior part of gyro heating machine. **Repeat Violation**
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Clean dish rack in front of back Handwash sink, operator moved rack. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 16-32-5:Intermediate - Incorrect chemical test kit provided for measuring the concentration of the sanitizer solution used in the three-compartment sink and/or dishmachine. Utilizing chlorine bleach but has quaternary ammonia kit.
  • 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At both Handwash sinks in kitchen.
Food Inspector #8776022
2024-07-03
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/3/2024 revealed 12 total violations (2 high priority, 4 intermediate, 6 basic).