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FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES GAINESVILLE SOUTHWEST

3877 SW 37 BLVD, Gainesville FL 32608 · 352 745 7777

Last inspected Aug 18, 2026 · 4 visits since August 2023

Licence typeRestaurant
Seats56
Risk levelRisk Level 1
LicenceSEA1103515
Grade history
AUG 23
SEP 24
AUG 25
AUG 26
— STEADY

4 inspections within 23 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.

Worst finding on record
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed: cream cheese packs in the reach-in cooler, 53°. ALSO, the butter packs in the same reach-in cooler, 54°. Both items had been out for breakfast service and returned to the reach-in cooler.
High priority/01B-02-5
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Inspection history

4 visits, newest first

Aug 18, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

0 High priority0 Intermediate3 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 3 findings
Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Ice bucket not inverted or protected. Manager inverted.
Basic/24-05-4/Corrected On-Site
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Opened employee drink on clean dish rack. Employee removed.
Basic/12B-07-4/Corrected On-Site
Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice buildup in reach-in-freezer in back storage room.
Basic/14-69-4
Aug 14, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

0 High priority0 Intermediate1 Basic
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Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Observed : a purse in dry storage stored over guest dry goods.
Basic/40-06-5
Sep 18, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

3 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
Show 3 findings ▾
Dishmachine not sanitizing properly. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Observed the hi temp dish wash machine only reached 173° on the digital read out. After the initial run, it did not go over 148°. ALSO, the 160° surface test strip did not change color.
High priority/22-49-4
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed: cream cheese packs in the reach-in cooler, 53°. ALSO, the butter packs in the same reach-in cooler, 54°. Both items had been out for breakfast service and returned to the reach-in cooler.
High priority/01B-02-5
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed: cream cheese packs in the reach-in cooler, 53°. ALSO, the butter packs in the same reach-in cooler, 54°. Both items had been out for breakfast service and returned to the reach-in cooler. See stop sale.
High priority/03A-02-5
Aug 28, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

0 High priority2 Intermediate1 Basic
Show 3 findings ▾
Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Observed: open gallon of milk, no date.
Intermediate/02C-03-5
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed the kitchen hand wash sink lacked paper towels. These were added.
Intermediate/31B-02-4/Corrected On-Site
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed the left end of the juice dispenser has an accumulation of dried splash up.
Basic/23-03-4

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.