WAYNE HEAD SOUTHERN KITCHEN
1602 Northeast Waldo Road
Gainesville, Florida, 32609
Alachua County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5)
Based on 5 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 2/27/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
3
Basic
2
Total
5
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 prep table across from cook line grill. Manager removed drink during inspection. Corrected On-Site
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Door to reach-in freezer next to kitchen reach-in cooler. Repeat Violation
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on reach-in cooler across from cook line fryer. Repeat Violation
- 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No chlorine test kit available. Repeat Violation
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at hand washing sink next to back door. Manager provided hand towels during inspection. Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/27/2025 revealed 5 total violations (0 high priority, 3 intermediate, 2 basic).
Inspection on 1/16/2025
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 1/16/2025 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 11/14/2024
High Priority
3
Intermediate
3
Basic
4
Total
10
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 06-09-1:Basic - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Fish stored in reach-in cooler next to back door. Manager stated fish placed in container earlier in the day, manager removed fish from packaging. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee bottle of water stored on reach-in cooler across from pass through window. Manager removed drink during inspection. Corrected On-Site
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket of reach-in cooler next to back door. Repeat Violation
- 14-33-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Shelf in reach-in cooler next to back door.
- 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 entered kitchen and began handling clean utensils without washing hands. Manager had employee wash hands. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
- 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed three flies in kitchen area.
- 41-27-4:High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Sanitizer bucket on kitchen prep counter, 200+. Manager added water to bucket, 100 ppm. Corrected On-Site
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on reach-in cooler next to back door. Repeat Violation
- 16-36-4:Intermediate - No color/concentration comparison chart available for chemical test kit used to check sanitizer. No test kit available for chlorine.
- 53B-01-5:Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. No proof of food safety training for employee. Warning
Food safety inspection conducted on 11/14/2024 revealed 10 total violations (3 high priority, 3 intermediate, 4 basic).
Inspection on 2/15/2024
High Priority
2
Intermediate
2
Basic
4
Total
8
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket for reach-in freezer across from three compartment sink.
- 35B-03-4:Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. Door next to hand washing sink. Repeat Violation
- 25-06-4:Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. To go containers stored on reach-in cooler next to back door. Employee turned containers over. Corrected On-Site
- 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloth stored on reach-in cooler next to back door. Employee placed towel in sanitizer bucket. Corrected On-Site
- 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 entered kitchen and began handling bags of food without washing hands. Manager had employee wash hands. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken stored over cheese in reach-in cooler across from dry storage area. Owner removed cheese from reach-in cooler. Corrected On-Site
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on reach-in cooler next to back door stained.
- 27-16-4:Intermediate - Water with a temperature of at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Hand washing sink next to back door, 78F. Owner turned hot water on, 103F. Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/15/2024 revealed 8 total violations (2 high priority, 2 intermediate, 4 basic).
Inspection on 9/15/2023
High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
4
Total
7
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket for reach-in freezer next to back door.
- 33-23-4:Basic - Grease receptacle/dumpster not on proper pad/nonabsorbent surface. Grease container greasy.
- 35B-03-4:Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. No self closer on exit door.
- 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Thawing shrimp while not totally submerged.
- 03F-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. No label for uncooked chicken next to fryer. Owner added label to chicken. Corrected On-Site
- 09-17-4:Intermediate - Employee using bare hand contact with nonready-to-eat food (such as raw animal food or flour) unnecessarily without the use of gloves, deli paper, scoops, tongs or other utensils. Employee deveining and peeling shrimp with bare hands.
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No hand towels at kitchen hand washing sink.
Food safety inspection conducted on 9/15/2023 revealed 7 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 4 basic).