Las Margaritas Mexican Restaurant, 4405 Nw 39 Ave, Gainesville, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: LAS MARGARITAS MEXICAN RESTAURANT
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 4405 Nw 39 Ave, Gainesville, FL 32605
License #: 1103234
Total inspections: 7
Last inspection: 08/08/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards on cookline reachin and cookline steam table
  • Basic - Employee beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area does not have a lid and a straw or equivalent dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Water bottles by microwave **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Cookline reachin **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. Cookline reachin
  • High Priority - Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Chicken at 49 cooked at 10 pm on 8/7. Cheese sauce 47 cooked at 10 pm on 8/7. Chile rellenos at 45 cooked at 5 pm on 8/7. All were discarded.
  • High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution bucket stored near/on/above food preparation surface or food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Milk **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. Plates on cookline with old food on them **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Paper towel dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense paper towels. Rear prep area handsink near storeroom **Corrected On-Site**
08/08/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Faucet/handle missing at plumbing fixture. Rear handsink
  • Basic - Food stored on floor. Buckets of lettuce **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Bar **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Rice at 117° on steam table returned to oven
2/17/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Beans cooked 7/7 48° in walkin cooler
  • High Priority - Cut lettuce/cabbage/spinach/kale/chard cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Lettuce 70°
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food found greater than 47 degrees Fahrenheit but less than 70 degrees Fahrenheit more than six hours. See stop sale.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Stuffed peppers, chile rellenos pork **Corrected On-Site**
7/8/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting.
  • Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses.
  • Basic - Nonfood-grade plastic to-go/thank you bags used in direct contact to store food. Tortillas
  • Basic - Tong handle in contact with lemons. Wait area
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • High Priority - Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Beans: 49?, 46?, 50?
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food found greater than 47 degrees Fahrenheit but less than 70 degrees Fahrenheit more than six hours. See stop sale. Beans
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Chicken over sausage in walk in cooler
  • Intermediate - Water filter not changed according to manufacturerys instructions. Expired 2012
4/1/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Clean glasses wet nested. Repeat
  • Critical - Cutting boards very soiled.
  • Cutting boards very worn and grooved.
  • Critical - No chemical test strips for quatenary ammonium.
  • Critical - Queso not reheated to 165 degrees F in 2 hours. reheated to 161 degrees F then rapidly reheated to 165 degrees F.
  • Critical - Raw hamburger meat stored over reaty to eat chicken in reach in freezer. COS
  • Critical - Raw scallops stored over cooked shrimp in reach in cooler. COS
  • Scoop handle in ice at bar. Repeat. COS
  • Critical - Unlabeled spray bottle of liquid. Mgr stated it was bleach.
  • Water filters dated 7/26/11.
8/22/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
  • Critical - Sanitizing concentration
  • Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
  • Critical - Cross-contamination, equipment, personnel, storage
10/17/2011Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - No Certified Food Manager for establishment.
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. rear
7/29/2011Food-Licensing InspectionInspection Completed - No Further Action

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