CARRABBA'S ITALIAN GRILL #6027
3021 SW 34 ST, Gainesville FL 32608 · 352.692.0083
Last inspected Nov 3, 2025 · 6 visits since July 2023
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5 inspections trending up, 16 points better than where it started.
Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed: 1 fly by the office door adjacent to the kitchen.
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Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
Nov 3, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority0 Intermediate4 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 6 findingsThe state's own report →
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed : a yellow milk jug in the reach-in cooler, 48°. After being moved to the walk in freezer, it dropped 3° in 12 minutes. It was placed back in the walk-in freezer. The milk had been used to fill orders/recepies over the last 35 minutes.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Observed : a purse on the wait station line, stored over the salt and pepper shakers. The purse was moved to the office.
Equipment in poor repair. Observed : the walk-in freezer lower hinge is compromised and the door will not stay sealed shut.
Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Observed : standing on the back prep line and front line cooking area.
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Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. Observed : the self closer for the kitchen exit door has been disconnected.
Marked exit/path to marked exit blocked. For reporting purposes only. Observed : the marked exit door by the office, has accumulated items along the wall, reducing the full exit path.
Jul 18, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 10 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority3 Intermediate5 Basic
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed sliced cheese on the prep line, 46-54°. Other items below 41°. The cheese was placed in the walk-in freezer and dropped 8° in 10 minutes.
Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Observed: lack oF a vacuum breaker at the hose connection by the dish wash machine.
Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Observed: Artavia has a certificate that expired in May of 2025.
No measuring device available for measuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishmachine. Observed: the test strip for the hi-temp dish wash machine is for 180°, when the surface temperature required is 160°.
Wash solution in spray type hot water sanitizing dishmachine not reaching proper temperature according to manufacturer's specifications. Observed the hi-temp dish wash machine reaching 199° according to the Eco lab digital display.
Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Observed standing water on the cook line, prep line, dish wash machine area.
Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Observed cracked/broken tiles throughout the kitchen.
In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. Observed: a cloth used under a cutting board on the prep line.
No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. Observed: lack of a visible posted choking poster. One was emailed.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed the area over the soda nozzle has an accumulation of splash up.
Aug 28, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority2 Intermediate4 Basic
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Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Observed: back wall hand wash sink, rolling cart in front of it. The cart was moved for access.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed prep hand wash sink, no drying device available. The batteries are being replaced.
Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Observed: standing water at the entrance to the walk-in freezer. ALSO, standing water on the display cook line floor.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed the area above the soda nozzles is soiled.
Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Observed: old labels on clean food pans on the shelf, clean end of the dish wash machine.
Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Observed: chicken in a sink, attempting to be in a thawing process, water not draining. The valve was opened, the water then flowed down the overflow tube.
Jul 15, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
3 High priority0 Intermediate1 Basic
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Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed: Reduced oxygen packaged item not removed from environment in less than 48 hours, bags of marinara! Production dated 7-12-2024.
Time/temperature control for safety food controlled by time and required to be marked with the use by time is not marked and the required time of disposal cannot be determined. See stop sale. Observed: pasta on the cook line, held under time as a public health control, date sticker from a prior day.
Time/temperature control for safety food held using time as a public health control marked with a time that exceeds the 4-hour limit. See stop sale. Observed: pasta on the cook line, sticker states pasta was over 4 hours.
Time/temperature control for safety food packaged using a reduced oxygen method without a HACCP plan not removed from its package within 48 hours after packaging. Observed: marinara sauce in the walk-in cooler, under reduced oxygen packaging, not removed from the environment prior to 48 hours. Sauce was made on the 7-13-24.
Oct 5, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
3 High priority1 Intermediate1 Basic
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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. Observed: wait staff handle bread with bare hands, which was not going to be heated to 145F,(just came out of the bread warming device). The staff member followed the directions of management and washed and added gloves.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed breaded cheese stick on the cook line 44F. Ice bags were added
Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed at the bar, a supply hose for sanitizer, hanging from an alcohol bottle. The supply tube was moved to hang on a non food area.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed the soda diffusers with build up, in the wait station. ALSO, multiple cutting boards have deep cuts/stains.
Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Observed: multiple instances throughout the kitchen, cracked/crumbled floor tiles.
Jul 31, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority3 Intermediate3 Basic
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Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed: 1 fly by the office door adjacent to the kitchen.
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. Observed: squid and milk wash lacking their time as a public health control time stamps. Adjusted stickers were put in place.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed the cutting boards on the cook line are stained. ALSO, the tea nozzles are soiled.
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed the hand wash sink at the bar had ice in it.
No measuring device available for measuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishmachine. Observed: no strips or measuring device to determine rinsing temperature. Hi temp machine.
Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. Observed the employees restroom is lacking a closed receptacle.
Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Observed: floor tiles in the kitchen and cook line are is disrepair.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed: the area over the soda nozzles is soiled.
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.