AIRPORT RESTAURANT AND GIN MILL LLC
1120 AIRPORT TERMINAL DR, Deland FL 32724 · 386-734-9755
Last inspected Sep 17, 2025 · 7 visits since August 2023
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5 inspections trending up, 12 points better than where it started.
Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Food worker slicing lemons without wasting gloves. Educated operator.
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
Awarded on the inspection record alone. What they mean →
Disciplinary actions
1 case · $160
| Case | Violation date | Final order | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4--2023038851 | Apr 11, 2023 | Aug 9, 2023 | $160 |
Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Sep 17, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority1 Intermediate5 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 8 findingsThe state's own report →
Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Kitchen cold holding unit, Container stacked sour cream (43-47F - Cold Holding); ranch (43-47F - Cold Holding); placed over night. Operator instructed to discard, top level and reduced amount. raw chicken (47F - Cold Holding). Less than 4 hours.
Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
Dining room ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair.
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Employee drinking in a food preparation or other restricted area. Educated operator.
Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
Kitchen ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance.
Wash ware wall, soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust.
Jul 30, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority2 Intermediate4 Basic
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Establishment conducts non-continuous cooking of raw animal foods without monitoring and documenting initial heating time and temperature, cooling times and temperatures, cold holding temperature and final cooking temperature.
Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Blue liquid in spray bottle at outside bar area. Operator placed label.
Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the outside ice machine/bin.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Opened water bottle in kitchen reach in cooler..
Ice buildup in freezer chest,
Ice scoop handle in contact with ice, at outside bar. Operator repositioned.
Feb 20, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate3 Basic
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Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.
Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of sugar, flour not labeled in storage area. Operator labeled..
Aug 6, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate3 Basic
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Equipment in poor repair. Kitchen make table lid, detaching.
Hole in or other damage to outside shed wall.
Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Opened water bottle in kitchen reach in cooler.
Feb 26, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
4 High priority0 Intermediate4 Basic
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Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale.
Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Food worker slicing lemons without wasting gloves. Educated operator.
Medicine not labeled properly. Visible stored on food storage shelf.
Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to outside hose bibb.
Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Food worker wearing watch while slicing lemons at bar.
Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside.
Shed Floor area(s) covered with standing water.
Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Mushrooms on top of cole slaw in cookline make table.
Oct 27, 2023Call Back - Admin. complaint recommendedRoutine Inspection
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 1 violations recorded.
0 High priority1 Intermediate0 Basic
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No plan review submitted and approved - bar area added. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. The direct link to the Plan Review page is https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. Outside bar added and has no Plan Submitted..
Aug 28, 2023Warning IssuedRoutine Inspection
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 5 recorded, 1 high priority.
1 High priority2 Intermediate2 Basic
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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. Food worker wiped soiled gloved hands on pants and then m handled tongs, without having changed gloves and wash hands. Educated operator.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. + Bar Soda gun holster soiled with grime,
No plan review submitted and approved - bar area added. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. The direct link to the Plan Review page is https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. Outside bar added and has no Plan Submitted..
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Opened water bottle on kitchen counter top.
Kitchen Avantco Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
This record follows the licence, not the owner. Restaurants change hands and the licence history normally does not, so an older entry may describe people who no longer run the place. Every inspection above links to the state's own report. Something wrong? Tell us.