ALVA COUNTRY DINER
21200 SR 80, ALVA, FL 33920
License #4604104
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Mixed Health Record
How is this score calculated? →ALVA COUNTRY DINER in ALVA currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 77.6 out of 100 — a C grade — a noticeable pattern of violations across recent inspections. This restaurant has 2 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on March 18, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 19 total violations — 2 critical, 2 major, 15 minor.
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Inspection History
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- Inspection Completed - No Further Action
- [10-17-4] In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knives was removed from between equipment on cook line.
- [12A-07-5] Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed cook change gloves several times without washing hands when changing tasks on the cook line. Educated cook on properly washing hands after changing tasks on cook line.
- [13-03-4] Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
- [14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. Observed reach-in cooler across from cook line gasket torn.
- [29-49-6] Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler front counter.
- [32-23-5] Toilet/urinal not flushing/functioning properly.
- [50-09-4] Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Observed business license displayed but was 2025.
- [08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. Observed boxes of French Fries on floor in walk-in freezer.
- [33-16-4] Open dumpster lid.
- [16-46-4] Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Observed old label date on meatloaf in walk-in cooler.
- [53A-03-7] Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/
- [36-17-5] Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair.
- [02C-02-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed prime rib and top round in walk-in cooler not date marked.
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