LA MARACUCHA FOOD & SERVICES
1025 West University Avenue
Gainesville, Florida, 32601
Alachua County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★½☆☆ (2.6/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection Date: 1/24/2025
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8826633
- 08B-02-4:High Priority - Displayed food not properly protected from contamination. Food prepared in food truck, operator takes plated food from truck into store front building with no cover on food, spoke to operator about placing food in togo boxes or adding a cover to food.
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee stepped from outside to inside truck no hand wash, placed on gloves, then started preparing food for a customer.
- 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. 6/1/2024. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
- 28-13-5:High Priority - Raw sewage on ground of establishment. Plumbing waste line not fully closed, water leaking onto ground, operator capped off line. Corrected On-Site
- 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. The stove top soiled.
- 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. Sliced ham, cooked beef, pork, and chicken. Operator date marked items prepared a few days ago. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 45-02-4:Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. Extinguisher by reach in freezer in the red recharge zone. Repeat Violation
Inspection Date: 7/11/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8716238
- 12B-13-4:Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Opened water bottle and Gatorade in reach in cooler above/next to food to be served to the public.
- 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. 6/1/2024.
- 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Bottle of sanitizer tablets by single service forks and knives. Operator moved tablets to under the Three compartment sink. Corrected On-Site
- 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. Multiple items such as beef and chicken made 2-3 days ago in reach in coolers no date mark.
- 45-02-4:Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. Fire extinguisher on floor at back of truck. Repeat Violation
Inspection Date: 2/29/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8580098
- 45-02-4:Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. In the recharge zone the extinguisher by the microwave and reach in freezer. Repeat Violation
Inspection Date: 12/21/2023
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8336040
- 50-04-4:Basic - Mobile food dispensing vehicle license number not permanently affixed on the side of the unit in figures at least 2 inches high and in contrasting colors from the background of the vehicle.
- 25-06-4:Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Red and white striped containers.
- 01A-03-4:High Priority - Food prepared in a private home. See stop sale. Meats cooked at home.
- 45-02-4:Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. Fire extinguisher in the recharge zone. Repeat Violation