MAMA B'S DINER

Name: MAMA B'S DINER
Address: 7651 SW SR 200 UNIT 201-204, OCALA, FL, 34476, US
Rating: 68.6

7651 SW SR 200 UNIT 201-204, OCALA, FL 34476

License #5202452

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68.6 Grade F / 100

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MAMA B'S DINER in OCALA currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 68.6 out of 100 — an F grade — a serious pattern of repeat or critical violations. This restaurant has 2 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on March 3, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 27 total violations — 6 critical, 7 major, 14 minor.

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Administrative complaint recommended
[53B-15-4] Employee has not received adequate training related to their assigned duties as evidenced by lack of general knowledge in performing their assigned duties. Male employee tested dish machine with chlorine sanitizer with quaternary ammonium test strip. Inspector educated employee.
[12B-07-4] Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Opened bottle of water on shelf over lemons in walk in cooler. Removed.
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets soiled with mold like substance around reach in chest freezer gaskets. Hood filters over cooking equipment soiled with grease. Handle of oven soiled with grease.
[09-01-4] 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. Male employee touched patty melt with bare hands while cutting sandwich in half and plating food.
[13-07-4] Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Two employees wearing bracelets and hair ties on wrist while preparing food.
[03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sour cream cups 45-46F in reach in cooler at server station. Stop sale issued. Butter cups 45F in reach in cooler at server station. Employee stated they were placed inside from the walk in cooler recently. Butter placed back in walk in cooler.
[08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. Bucket of ice on floor in walk in cooler. Picked up during this inspection.
[14-74-7] 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. Reach in cooler in server station has an ambient tempurature of 45F. All Time/Tempurature Control for Safety food removed from unit and placed in walk in cooler during this inspection.
[01B-02-5] Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Sour cream cups 45-46F in reach in cooler at server station. Stop sale issued for 12 cups.
[21-01-4] Wiping cloths used for occasional spills on tableware (utensils, plates or bowls served to the consumer) not dry and used just for that purpose. One wet towel on cookline. Placed in bucket.
[27-02-4] Well water testing report/documentation is not available upon request. Unable to provide
[31A-11-4] Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Several pitchers with water in hand sink in ware wash area. Removed during this inspection.

Administrative complaint recommended
[24-07-4] Cleaned and sanitized equipment or utensils not properly stored. Plates used for bread on front counter with no overhead protections.
[02C-08-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. In walk in cooler: corned beef pulled from freezer today lacking second date. Manager added.
[16-48-4] Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Lids and dishes on shelf under prep table soiled with food.
[08B-49-4] Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee food bin on shelf over case of lemons in walk in cooler. Moved during this inspection.
[03F-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking. Potatoes on cookline. Employee added time stamp of 10:35 at 11:20AM.
[01B-24-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. 1.) Ham in reach in cooler near hand sink at frozen 7/20 then placed in cooler 7/24. Discard date 7/29. 2.) Chili in reach in cooler near microwave on cookline date marked 7/26. Discard date 8/1. 3.) Taco meat in walk in cooler from 7/26. Discard date 8/1.
[21-12-4] Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. One towel on prep table.
[12A-28-4] 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. Multiple times, employee touched apron and continued to cook.
[13-04-4] Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Two male employees with beards. One male employee no hair restraint.
[14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. Handle of microwave on cookline detached.
[22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of microwave soiled with food debris.
[27-02-4] Well water testing report/documentation is not available upon request. Bacteriological report not available.
[31A-11-4] Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Ice in front sink from employee dumping drink.
[33-23-4] Grease receptacle/dumpster not on proper pad/nonabsorbent surface. Dumpster positioned over grass.
[36-34-5] Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Several ceiling tiles are soiled in kitchen.

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