DirtyFLRestaurant Inspection Data

THE CLUB AT OCALA PRESERVE

4021 NW 53 AVE RD

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5)
Based on 5 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 5/21/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8875940

  • 13-07-4:Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Several employees working with food in kitchen with bracelets on wrists.
  • 14-38-4:Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Several chipped and/or cracked pans on shelf in kitchen.
  • 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No handwash sign at handwash sink near dish machine.
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. 1. Area around nozzles of fountain machine in kitchen soiled with mold-like substance. 2. Gaskets on keg cooler doors in indoor bar area soiled with mold-like substance.
  • 01B-28-5:High Priority - Date marked combined ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days of preparing/opening the earliest ready-to-eat time/temperature for safety ingredient. See stop sale. Pan containing cooked black bean and corn relish with date mark of 5/10 on shelf inside wall-in cooler. Manager discarded the relish during this inspection. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 35A-02-7:High Priority - Live, small flying insects found 1. One fly on lid of refrigerated make-table at fro t counter. 2. One fly flying in indoor bar area.
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Sheet pan containing wrapped portions of raw salmon on shelf directly above pan containing cooked shrimp and wrapped portions of cooked crab meat inside wall-in cooler. Manager moved the cooked items to a higher shelf during this inspection. Corrected On-Site
  • 01C-02-4:Intermediate - Establishment not maintaining clam/mussel/oyster tags for 90 days. Mussel tags not maintained since 06/2024. Inspector reviewed process for maintaining shell stock tags during this inspection.
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Two drink cans stored down inside handwash sink in outdoor bar area.
  • 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at handwash sink in indoor bar area.

Inspection Date: 9/6/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8875553

  • 02C-01-5:High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. The following items in the Walk-in Cooler with dates more than 7 days earlier: Three bags of wings, One container for Mushroom soup, One tray of cooked potatoes Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-06: The following items in the Walk-in Cooler with dates more than 7 days earlier: soup, tomato sauce, gazpacho. Manager removed items. Corrective Action Taken Admin Complaint

Inspection Date: 8/29/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8789846

  • 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting board on flip-top make table with mold like substance in the grooves in kitchen.
  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Hat on front prep table. Manager removed hat Corrected On-Site
  • 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Utensils stored in water at 120F. Manager instructed employee to keep at 135F or higher. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 16-46-4:Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Old labels not removed from food containers before cleaning, stored on the clean ware rack. Manager stricter dishwasaher to removed labels. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of food removed ( red sauce ) from original container not labelled with name of contents. Manager instructed employee to label **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 50-08-7:High Priority - Establishment operating without a license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Operator must obtain a public food service license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants within 60 days. Submit a license application and payment to DBPR/Bureau of Central Intake Unit, 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783. To apply online or obtain an application for license visit http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/ Establishment operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license dated 6/1/2024 Admin Complaint
  • 02C-01-5:High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. The following items in the Walk-in Cooler with dates more than 7 days earlier: Three bags of wings, One container for Mushroom soup, One tray of cooked potatoes Warning
  • 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. The following items and cold holding temperatures in the Reach-in Cooler: Icing (56F - Cold Holding); Cheesecake (50F - Cold Holding) Ambient Temperature 50F. Both items had been in the reach in cooler overnight
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. The following items and cold holding temperatures in the Reach-in Cooler: Icing (56F - Cold Holding); Cheesecake (50F - Cold Holding) Ambient Temperature 50F. Both items had been in the reach in cooler overnight
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on flip-top make table with mold like substance in the grooves in kitchen. Mold like substance on the inside food contact surface of the nozzles on the soda gun dispensing machine at bar. Manager cleaned nozzle. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation

Inspection Date: 12/27/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8482440

  • 51-11-4:Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Observed Carbon dioxide tanks not adequately secured the bar.
  • 13-04-4:Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed male employee on cook line with beard and no beard guard.
  • 36-22-4:Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Observed standing water by ice machine.
  • 10-14-5:Basic - Ice bucket not stored inverted or in a protected manner between uses. Observed ice bucket used to transport ice not stored inverted or in a protected manner by ice machine. Manager had buckets inverted Corrected On-Site
  • 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed ice build up behind cooling unit and on shelves in walk-in-freezer
  • 25-06-4:Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Observed coffee filters not protected by coffee station. Manager covered filters Corrected On-Site
  • 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Observed unwashed produce (strawberries) stored over ready-to-eat food ( cake frosting ) in reach in cooler. Observed unwashed produce (asparagus ) stored over ready-to-eat food ( cooked eggs ) in walk in cooler
  • 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. Observed employee on the cook line adjust their hat and then put on gloves without washing their hands and proceeded to prepare food orders. Discussed with chef. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed cutting board on flip-top make table with mold like stains in grooves in kitchen.

Inspection Date: 8/24/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8349859

  • 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. Observed commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that product is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package.
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed mold like substance on the underside of the non food contact surface of the nozzles on the soda dispensing machine at server station.
  • 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. Observed employee unloading clean dishes and equipment from dishmachine pull up his pants from the waistband, touch his hat visor and then continue to remove clean dishes. Also observed employee that was unloading clean dishes pass clean equipment to a server, and the employee that was loading the dirty dishes was between them and put fingers in the clean equipment to assist in passing the clean equipment to the server without washing his hands prior to putting them in the clean equipment.