TONY & AL'S
14960 MAIN ST, Alachua FL 32615
Last inspected Aug 23, 2023 · 1 visit since August 2023
□ Not on the state's active licence list
This licence isn't in DBPR's current active file, which usually means the business has closed, been sold, or let the licence lapse. Everything below belongs to this licence, not to whoever may be trading here now. The history stays public because it is a public record.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. License expired on 6/1/2023.
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
Awarded on the inspection record alone. What they mean →
Disciplinary actions
4 cases · $3,000
| Case | Violation date | Final order | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5--2023035654 | Apr 12, 2023 | Oct 12, 2023 | $1,600 |
| 5--2023020007 | Feb 9, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $800 |
| 5--2020057660 | Dec 7, 2020 | Feb 23, 2021 | $400 |
| 5--2017006730 | Feb 2, 2017 | Feb 28, 2017 | $200 |
Inspection history
1 visit, newest first
Aug 23, 2023Administrative complaint recommendedRoutine Inspection
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 17 violations recorded, 5 high priority.
5 High priority5 Intermediate7 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 18 findingsThe state's own report →
Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee entered kitchen and began placing food items on shelf in walk-in cooler. Manager had employee wash hands.
Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee picked up paper from floor and began to prepare drinks without washing hands. Manager had employee wash hands.
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. Employee touched lettuce and tomatoes while preparing a salad. Manager instructed employee to use tongs or gloves to prepare salads.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. License expired on 6/1/2023.
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Items stored in reach-in cooler next to pizza oven: tomatoes (47F - Cold Holding); ham (46F - Cold Holding); sausage (47F - Cold Holding); cheese (46F - Cold Holding). Employee stated item placed in cooler one hour prior to temperature being taken. Manager moved items to walk-in freezer to reduce temperature to 41F: ham (41F - Cold Holding); tomatoes (40F - Cold Holding); cheese (41F - Cold Holding).
Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. No written procedure available. Inspector provided written procedure to operator.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on kitchen reach-in coolers. Mixer head of floor mixer across from back door.
No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No chlorine test kit available.
No soap provided at handwash sink. No soap at bar hand washing sink and kitchen hand washing sink next to door across from restrooms.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked noodles stored in walk-in cooler. Manager stated noodles prepared on 8/21/2023. Manager placed proper date mark on item
Cardboard used on floor as anti-slip measure not replaced every day or when heavily soiled, whichever comes first. Cardboard covering floor next to pizza oven.
Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Lids on dish area.
Food stored on floor. Onions stored on floor in walk-in cooler. Manager placed onions on shelf.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Top of dish machine in dish area.
Open dumpster lid. Dumpster behind building.
Single-service articles improperly stored. To go containers stored on floor in dry storage area. Manager placed containers on shelf.
Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Mop stored outside of back door.
Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. Fire extinguisher stored in across from wait station tea machine.
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.