HOOK FISH & CHICKEN
1340 East University Avenue
Gainesville, Florida, 32641
Alachua County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 1/8/2025
High Priority
2
Intermediate
3
Basic
7
Total
13
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 on top of reach in cooler on cooks line.
- 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 reach in cooler on cooks line and shoes on shelf above bags of flour on shelves in the back.
- 35B-01-4:Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back door in kitchen. **Repeat Violation**
- 36-17-5:Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. In front of walk in cooler a tile is missing. **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. The gasket areas of both reach in freezers. Bulk seasoning bins stored in the back. Fan guard in walk in cooler. Walk in cooler and walk in freezer door handles. **Repeat Violation**
- 14-17-4:Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Walk in cooler shelving.
- 36-27-5:Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Under front counter.
- 12A-12-4:High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Employee battered raw fish changed gloves then placed cooked chicken in togo box no Handwash in between raw and ready to eat foods.
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Opened package of raw fish over breaded mushrooms in chest reach in freezer nearest walk in cooler, manager moved mushrooms to the top. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior reach in cooler on cooks line. Hot water spout near Three compartment sink. **Repeat Violation**
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Or Handwash sign at sink next to walk in cooler, operator placed paper towels at sink. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
- 27-16-4:Intermediate - Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. The breaker was flipped for the hot water heater, manager turned hot water heater back on. Also the water is turned off at Handwash sink on cooks line due to pipes under sink are leaking. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 45-02-4:Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. Extinguisher in outside storage room and extinguisher by back door both in the recharge zone.
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/8/2025 revealed 13 total violations (2 high priority, 3 intermediate, 7 basic).
Inspection on 8/2/2024
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 8/2/2024 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 7/30/2024
High Priority
6
Intermediate
7
Basic
13
Total
26
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Throughout kitchen.
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket on reach in cooler door is torn. **Repeat Violation**
- 14-72-4:Basic - Exhaust system operated with filters removed. No means to capture grease and/or condensation to prevent dripping. Hood filters were removed previous day for cleaning, fryers are in operation without hood filters being placed back in system.
- 35B-01-4:Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. When the back door is closed sunshining through at the bottom of door indicating a gap. **Repeat Violation**
- 36-17-5:Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Multiple areas in kitchen the tiles are cracked.
- 51-13-4:Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
- 05-09-4:Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. In reach in cooler on cooks line.
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Handwash sink handles. Sides of fryers. Walk in cooler racks. Interior dry storage in kitchen. Safe box by Three compartment sink. Exterior chest reach in freezer in hallway between front and back kitchen. Reach in cooler gaskets soiled on cooks line. Walk in cooler ceiling and fan guards. Gasket area of chest reach in freezer outside of walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
- 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Stack of togo boxes on floor in outside storage room.
- 38-04-4:Basic - Ten (10) foot-candles of light at least 30 inches from floor not provided in walk-in cooler. Operator stated light quit working yesterday.
- 33-31-5:Basic - Unnecessary items/unused equipment on the premises. Old fryer, storage rack, and fryer basket outside of back door.
- 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Under both Handwash sinks in kitchen and at Three compartment sink. **Repeat Violation**
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk containers on bottom shelf of prep table in back kitchen.
- 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 came from outside walked inside and started putting together plated food to hand to customer. **Warning**
- 12A-19-4:High Priority - Employee washed hands with cold water. Inspector stood at Handwash sink for approximately 10 minutes waiting on hot water to finally work, employees were already cooking/prepping food. **Warning**
- 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 2 flies flying around and landing on dining tables. 1 fly landing on rolling carts in kitchen. **Warning**
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw fish over cooked chicken wings in reach in cooler on cooks line. Raw fish over precooked hush puppies in chest reach in freezer. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 35A-05-4:High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. One live roach crawling in and out of electrical panel on back wall in kitchen. **Warning**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. livers (46F - Cold Holding); fish (46,47F - Cold Holding); chicken raw (47F - Cold Holding); shrimp (47F - Cold Holding) items in reach in cooler on cooks line, employee stated doors were opened often during morning prep. Ice was added to items to rapidly drop food temperature. Retemped all items and everything dropped below 41F other than livers at 45F. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 12A-03-4:Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee washed hands at Three compartment sink. **Warning**
- 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.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior racks in reach in cooler on cooks line. Interior top sides of ice bin at front counter. **Repeat Violation**
- 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Employees have pH test kit but using chlorine bleach as a sanitizer.
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At Handwash sink in back of kitchen, employee placed paper towels at Handwash sink. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Coleslaw made 2 days prior. Cheesecakes in reach in cooler at front counter no date mark.
- 53B-10-4:Intermediate - Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. 1 certificate missing employees name.
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/30/2024 revealed 26 total violations (6 high priority, 7 intermediate, 13 basic).