GATOR BAY BAR & GRILL
10320 COUNTY RD 44, Leesburg FL 34788 · 352.365.2177
Last inspected Apr 3, 2026 · 6 visits since August 2023
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APR 26
— STEADY
5 inspections within 11 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
Awarded on the inspection record alone. What they mean →
Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
Apr 3, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority0 Intermediate3 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 5 findingsThe state's own report →
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. -Raw tuna over sauce.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -Coleslaw 56f. Less than 4 hours. Cook placed on ice.
Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. -Standing water in prep cooler.
Stored food not covered. -Pickles in walk in cooler.
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Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. -Bulk container of sugar.
Sep 19, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority0 Intermediate1 Basic
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Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. -Raw ahi over sauces.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -Cut tomato 58f, Cut lettuce 60f. Less than 4 hours. Advised to rapid chill.
Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. -Stored by flour and over hot sauce.
Apr 18, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority2 Intermediate2 Basic
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -Coleslaw 68f. Less than 4 hours. Advised to rapid chill.
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. John.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. -Chili.
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. -Partially frozen tuna.
Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. -Bagged French fries in cardboard chicken box.
Aug 16, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority0 Intermediate5 Basic
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -Cut tomato 66f, Ham 61f. Less than 4 hours. Advised to rapid chill.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. -Potato salad scoop.
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. -Tuna.
Fly sticky tape hanging over food/food preparation area/food-contact equipment.
Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. -Chest freezers.
Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. -Behind flat grill and fryers.
Mar 21, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority2 Intermediate3 Basic
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut tomato 51f, Ham 57f. Less than 4 hours. Advised to rapid chill.
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.
Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. -Potato salad scoop.
Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. -By fryers.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. -Bulk container of sugar.
Aug 25, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority1 Intermediate3 Basic
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut lettuce 58f, Cut tomato 62f. Less than 4 hours. Advised to rapid chill. Manager added ice.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Chili, cooked shrimp.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Chili scoop.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. In reach in cooler
Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. -By fryers.
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.