Huddle House
Last inspected: Mar 24, 2026
20
Score
The Huddle House, located at 331 Nw 20Th Street, Unit #2, Ocala, FL, underwent a high-risk inspection on March 24, 2026, with a score of 20. This inspection identified six critical, two major, and ten minor violations. The facility has a history of mostly high-risk inspections across its eleven recorded evaluations.
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Inspections
6
Critical latest
2
Major latest
10
Minor latest
Inspection History
Mar 24, 2026
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 2 major violations. 10 minor violations.
20
Oct 3, 2025
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 2 major violations. 7 minor violations.
23
Jun 24, 2025
Food-Licensing Inspection
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 5 minor violations.
47
Mar 18, 2025
Complaint Partial
1 minor violation.
95
Jan 7, 2025
Food-Licensing Inspection
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
70
Jul 18, 2024
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 2 major violations. 3 minor violations.
17
Jan 29, 2024
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 1 major violation. 6 minor violations.
37
Jul 11, 2023
Routine - Food
3 minor violations.
86
Apr 7, 2023
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 4 minor violations.
74
Dec 12, 2022
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
61
Violations — Mar 24, 2026 Inspection
Basic - Ceiling tile missing. One ceiling tile missing in restaurant entrance. One ceiling tile missing in ware wash area.
36-36-4
Basic - Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Ambient temperature of reach in make table is 50F. Drawers of unit are not fully closed and unit is leaning forward.
14-74-7
Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Ten dead roaches on floor, wall, and back of reach in cooler in prep area. Five dead roaches on floor under make table on cook line. **Warning**
35A-03-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on shelf over clean dishes. Employee removed drink. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Two knifes on cooking between prep table and cooking equipment. **Repeat Violation**
10-17-4
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Hand wash sink in ware wash area missing sign. Manager added sign during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-04-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled with dust and grease. Behind cooking equipment heavily soiled with grease Around gaskets of two reach in coolers soiled with mold like substance. Exterior of reach in freezer in prep area soiled with grease and dust. Shelves in prep area soiled with food debris. Shelves under cooking equipment soiled with grease. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Several white bins in ware wash area on clean dish shelf have food debris.
16-48-4
Basic - Unclean building components, attachments or fixtures. Wall in ware wash area soiled with mold like substance. Floor soiled with grease and food debris under all equipment in kitchen and prep area. **Repeat Violation**
36-50-4
Basic - Unnecessary items/unused equipment on the premises. Unused reach in unit in prep area.
33-31-5
High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Male employee put on gloves after removing glasses from face and began removing food from reach in make table without washing hands.
12A-07-5
High Priority - Live, small flying insects found Approximately 20 live flies in ware wash area under dish machine. **Warning**
35A-02-7
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In walk in freezer: opened case of raw burgers on shelf over case of bread. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-02-6
High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Two live roaches on wall behind reach in freezer on cook line. Approximately 15 live roaches on wall and floor behind make table on cook line. **Warning**
35A-05-4
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach in make table: sausage (45F - Cold Holding); tomatoes (47F - Cold Holding); tomatoes (48F - Cold Holding); hash browns (50F - Cold Holding); cheese (49F - Cold Holding); cheese (50F - Cold Holding). Employee checked temperatures within the last 2 hours and all were below 41F. Items in drawers of unit are below 41F. Employee began placing items in ice bath during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food required to be date marked is not date marked and time of opening/preparation cannot be determined. See stop sale. Pan of turkey in reach in cooler with no date mark . Employees are not aware of when turkey was opened. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
01B-17-5
Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Pan of turkey in reach in cooler on cook line with no date mark. Employees are not aware of when product was opened. Stop sale issued.
02C-03-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of two microwaves on cook line soiled with grease. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
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Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)
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