CLUB AT OCALA PRESERVE
4021 NW 53 AVE RD, Ocala FL 34482 · 904-219-0712
Last inspected Mar 27, 2026 · 10 visits since August 2023
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5 inspections, swinging between A and F. Consistency is the problem here, not any single visit.
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.
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
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Inspection history
10 visits, newest first
Mar 27, 2026□ Call Back - CompliedRoutine Inspection
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
0 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
Mar 26, 2026Administrative complaint recommendedRoutine Inspection
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 13 violations recorded, 4 high priority.
4 High priority3 Intermediate6 Basic
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Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee handled dirty dishes then proceeded to handle clean dishes without washing hands. Manager had employee wash hands.
Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Shell eggs stored over tomatoes in walk-in cooler. Manager placed eggs on bottom shelf.
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Items stored in wait station reach-in cooler: sour cream (48F,45F - Cold Holding); slaw (47F - Cold Holding); butter (48F - Cold Holding); creamer (49F - Cold Holding). Manager stated items are stored in cooler overnight.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Items stored in wait station reach-in cooler: sour cream (48F,45F - Cold Holding); slaw (47F - Cold Holding); butter (48F - Cold Holding); creamer (49F - Cold Holding). Manager stated items are stored in cooler overnight. Items stored in front counter reach-in cooler across from cook line fryer: blue cheese (45F - Cold Holding); feta cheese (46F - Cold Holding); eggs (46F - Cold Holding). Manager stated items placed in cooler one hour prior to temperature being taken. Manager placed items in reach-in cooler to reduce temperature to 41F.
No certified food manager for establishment. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/. No certified food manager for establishment.
No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation/handling. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/. No certified food manager with seven employees working.
Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained. Five employee certificates are copies.
Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Pans stored on reach-in cooler next to kitchen ice machine. Manager turned pans over.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on shelf in dish area. Manager had employee remove drink during inspection.
Employee chewing gum while preparing food or while in a food prep/food storage/warewashing area. Server in bar area chewing gum.
No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No hand washing sign at bar hand washing sink.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood vents above front counter grill greasy.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Containers of food on kitchen shelf not labeled.
Dec 2, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation (Partial)
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
0 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
Oct 9, 2025□ Call Back - CompliedComplaint Investigation
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
0 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
Oct 8, 2025Administrative complaint recommendedComplaint Investigation
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 15 violations recorded, 3 high priority.
3 High priority4 Intermediate8 Basic
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Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Shell eggs stored on top of pasteurized eggs in walk-in cooler. Manager moved shell eggs to bottom shelf in walk-in cooler.
Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. 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. Salmon stored in walk-in cooler.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Items stored in reach-in cooler next to ice machine: taziki (44F - Cold Holding); butter (44F - Cold Holding); coleslaw (45F - Cold Holding); ranch dressing (44F - Cold Holding); milk (44F - Cold Holding). Manager stated items were at proper temperature at 11:00 am. Manager moved items to walk-in cooler to reduce temperature to 41F.
Establishment conducts non-continuous cooking of raw animal foods without written procedures approved by the division. Pork chops are partially cooked then cooled and stored in cook line grill drawer to finish cooking at a later date. Inspector provided operator with paperwork for non-continuous cooking.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on reach-in cooler across from pizza oven behind front counter.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand washing sink next to kitchen ice machine blocked by ice bucket. Manager moved ice bucket to top of ice machine.
No measuring device available for measuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishmachine. No measuring device for high temperature machine.
Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. CO2 tanks behind building. Manager placed strap around CO2 tanks.
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. Salmon stored in walk-in cooler.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on dish area shelf. Employee removed drink during inspection.
Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee working in dish area. Manager had employee put on beard guard.
Ice bucket not inverted between uses. Ice bucket stored on kitchen ice machine. Manager turned ice bucket over during inspection.
In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface between uses. Ice scoop stored on top of kitchen ice machine. Manager washed, rinsed and sanitized scoop then placed scoop in pan.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Area behind soda nozzles of soda machine in wait station. Gasket of reach-in freezer next to cook line grill.
Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Sanitizer bucket in wait station, 0 ppm. Manager changed water, 200 ppm.
May 21, 2025Administrative complaint recommendedRoutine Inspection
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 10 violations recorded, 3 high priority.
3 High priority3 Intermediate4 Basic
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Two drink cans stored down inside handwash sink in outdoor bar area.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at handwash sink in indoor bar area.
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.
Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Several chipped and/or cracked pans on shelf in kitchen.
No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No handwash sign at handwash sink near dish machine.
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.
Sep 6, 2024Call Back - Admin. complaint recommendedRoutine Inspection
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 1 violations recorded, 1 high priority.
1 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
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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
Aug 29, 2024Administrative complaint recommendedRoutine Inspection
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 10 violations recorded, 4 high priority.
4 High priority1 Intermediate5 Basic
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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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Dec 27, 2023Administrative complaint recommendedRoutine Inspection
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 9 violations recorded, 1 high priority.
1 High priority1 Intermediate7 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. 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.
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.
Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Observed Carbon dioxide tanks not adequately secured the bar.
Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed male employee on cook line with beard and no beard guard.
Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Observed standing water by ice machine.
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
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
Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Observed coffee filters not protected by coffee station. Manager covered filters
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
Aug 24, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority0 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. 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.
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.
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.
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.