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Florida's restaurant owners are not required to post restaurant inspection results where guests can see them. So every week, we provide that information for you.
For a complete list of local restaurant inspections, including violations not requiring warnings or administrative action, visit our Marion County restaurant inspections site
.Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Marion County, Florida, for the week of July 20-26, 2026. Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.
Disclaimer: The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation describes an inspection report as a 'snapshot' of conditions present at the time
of the inspection. On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment.
For full restaurant inspection details, visit our Marion County restaurant inspection site.
Which Marion County restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?
These restaurants met all standards during their July 20-26 inspections and no violations were found.
- Blue Gator Of Dunnellon, 12189 S. Williams St., Dunnellon**
- Fat Tiki Island Flair, Mobile food dispensing vehicle
- Las Margaritas Mexican Restaurant & Gallery, 4414 SW College Rd Ste 410, Ocala**
- Pizza, 343 NE 1 Ave., Ocala**
- Tropical Species, Mobile food dispensing vehicle
- Warhorse Snack Co, 16770 S. U.S. 441 Unit 601, Summerfield
- Zen Springs Golf Club, Mobile food dispensing vehicle
** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week
Which Marion County restaurants had high priority violations?
Blue Gator Of Dunnellon
12189 S. Williams St., Dunnellon
Routine Inspection on July 21
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
14 total violations, with 4 high-priority violations
- High Priority - 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 open hotdogs with date mark of 7/7-7/14. On shelf inside reach-in cooler at cookline. Stop sale issued.
- High Priority - 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. An employee entered the kitchen from outdoors, rubbed hands on his shirt, then put on gloves and handled sliced lemons. The manager had the employee wash hands and put on new gloves during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken**
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. 1. Five flies flying in kitchen at cookline. 2. Two live flies crawling on shelf at pickup window by cookline. 3. One fly crawling on cutting board at refrigerated make-table in kitchen. 4. Three flies crawling on dirty dishes by dish machine. 5. Three flies crawling on beer cooler jn bar area. 6. Two flies crawling on floor in bar area. Immediate administrative complaint and following day callback per Robert Protomastro. **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Inside beer cooler in bar area: half and half (48F - Cold Holding); half and half (49F - Cold Holding). An employee stated she removed all items from the cooler and placed them outside of refrigeration while she cleaned the cooler this morning, about two hours prior. Manager discarded the half and half during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken**
Blue Gator Of Dunnellon
12189 S. Williams St., Dunnellon
Routine Inspection on July 21
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
5 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - 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 pico with date mark of 7/14 inside reach-in cooler.
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. 1. Four flies crawling on three-compartment sink and prep table. 2. Four flies crawling on prep table and boxes of break in back of kitchen. Manager had an employee sanitize the areas during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
Blue Gator Of Dunnellon
12189 S. Williams St., Dunnellon
Routine Inspection on July 23
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
1 total violation, with 1 high-priority violation
- High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. 1. Four flies crawling on three-compartment sink and prep table. 2. Four flies crawling on prep table and boxes of break in back of kitchen. Manager had an employee sanitize the areas during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2026-07-23: Two flies flying in kitchen by deli slicer. Two flies crawling on prep table. **Admin Complaint**
International Dog House
Mobile food dispensing vehicle
Routine Inspection on July 20
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
2 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation
- High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Establishment operates at Lowe's on Wed-Sun with a license that expired 6/1/2026. Operator provided confirmation number of payment during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken**
Southern Pig and Cattle Co II
6105 SW Hwy 200, Ocala
Complaint Inspection on July 20
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
1 total violation, with 1 high-priority violation
- High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. *Reach in cooler: Fish (50F - Cold Holding); Beef (50F - Cold Holding); hot dogs (48F - Cold Holding); cheese (49F - Cold Holding) Food products iced to drop the temperature. *Salad Bar: ; Cole slaw (47F - Cold Holding); cottage cheese (45-46F - Cold Holding); pasta and potato salad (47F - Cold Holding); peas (46F - Cold Holding). Employee monitoring temperatures at salad bar and will change product in unit.**Corrective Action Taken** **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2026-07-20: In reach in cooler on cook line: beef 46F-47F. Shrimp 47F. Items located on bottom of unit. Two shelves have large trays with food possibly blocking air flow. Ice bags were added to items. **Admin Complaint**
Tropical Smoothie Cafe Fl-302
2505 SW College Rd Ste 101, Ocala
Complaint Inspection on July 22
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
6 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Employee touched bare body part and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. 1. An employee touched her face, then continued to prepare a customers drink and handle the drink cup with the same hand. Manager had the employee wash hands and put on new gloves during this inspection. 2. One employee touched her hair and pulled up pants with gloved hands, then touched food removed from the oven with her bare hands. Manager had the employee wash hands and put on new gloves before continuing to handle food. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. One live fly flying in kitchen at front counter.
What agency inspects restaurants in Florida?
Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.
How do I report a dirty restaurant in Florida?
If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online.
Get the whole story at our restaurant inspection database.
What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?
Basic violations are those considered against best practices.
A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.
An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: "Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over."
An emergency order when a restaurant is closed by the inspector is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.
A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.
This article originally appeared on Ocala Star-Banner: 4 Marion County restaurants cited for high-priority violations
