PRIMOHOAGIES

Name: PRIMOHOAGIES
Address: 211 S MAIN ST STE 10, GAINESVILLE, FL, 32601-7196, US
Rating: 84.9

211 S MAIN ST STE 10, GAINESVILLE, FL 32601-7196

License #1103759

🍽️ American ℹ️

84.9 Grade C / 100

Mixed Health Record

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Latest inspection

December 23, 2025 · 7 findings · 5 critical

Routine - Food

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PRIMOHOAGIES in GAINESVILLE currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 84.9 out of 100 — a C grade — a noticeable pattern of violations across recent inspections. This restaurant has been inspected 5 times from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on December 23, 2025. Across those visits, inspectors documented 23 total violations — 13 critical, 3 major, 7 minor.

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March 26, 2025

The latest inspection on December 23, 2025 shows 7 observation rows: 5 critical, 0 major, and 2 minor.

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Disposition: Warning Issued
[14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. Metal pot with cracked bottom on clean drying rack, manager discarded container.
[29-11-4] Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Pipes under Handwash sink on cooks line is leaking water when water is turned on.
[01B-01-4] Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 1 can of roasted red peppers.
[14-15-4] Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Cardboard box used to store bread, bread directly touching cardboard located on bottom shelf under meat slicer on cooks line.
[02C-01-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Turkey dated 12/16 and ham dated 12/15.
[03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. mozzarella (46F - Cold Holding); rice pudding (46F - Cold Holding); coleslaw (48F - Cold Holding); macaroni salad (48F - Cold Holding) items in open air grab and go reach in cooler at front counter, the back of the cooler thermometer reads 42F, the front of cooler reads over 50F. Manager stated he stores the food in the back of the unit with curtain pulled down over night, when he comes in the morning the curtain is lifted and foods pulled forward, manager moved items to freezer to rapidly drop in temperature. Retemped bread pudding 42, coleslaw 44, Mac salad 45, mozzarella 42.
[29-34-4] Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Backflow missing at the end of the splitter with black hose attached at mop sink.

Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
[14-09-4] Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Brown cutting board with deep cut marks, manager stated they use those cut marks as a bread ruler to know how many inches the bread is so they can cut accordingly. Spoke to manager about possibly using a different ruler indicated rather than deep cut marks.
[36-73-4] Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Inside walk in cooler and walk in freezer.
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. The top splash area of meatball hot holding steam table.
[16-48-4] Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. On dicer, old onion bits are still stuck in between small blades, item located on clean dish rack across from Three compartment sink.
[02C-01-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. All deli meats and cheeses dated 2/10-2/14 on large chart on wall, manager stated all meats and cheeses were restocked this past weekend, he changed all date marks to 2/22-2/24.
[03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. mozzarella (44F - Cold Holding); pasta salad (46F - Cold Holding); macaroni salad (45F - Cold Holding); potato salad (44F - Cold Holding) items in open air cooler at front counter, digital thermometer reads 36F, ambient thermometer located at the front bottom of cooler 45F, inspector placed thermometer in bottom back of cooler 42F. Manager moved items to walk in freezer to rapidly cool items to below 41F. All items retemped below 41F.
[41-10-4] Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Bleach spray bottle by box of paper sandwich wrappers under front line prep counter. Sanitizer spray bottle by bags of chips in prep area.
[29-34-4] Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. At the end of splitter with black hose attached at mop sink.
[22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior toaster oven on front line.

Disposition: Warning Issued
[12B-07-4] Observed: Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Opened drink container on prep table above single service catering containers. Employee moved drink to the bottom.
[50-08-7] Observed: Establishment operating without a license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Operator must obtain a public food service license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants within 60 days. Submit a license application and payment to DBPR/Bureau of Central Intake Unit, 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783. To apply online or obtain an application for license visit http:// www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/ Observed a change of ownership.
[22-02-4] Observed: Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade soiled attached to prep table.
[02C-08-5] Observed: Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. Chicken dated 10/29 in reach in cooler on front line. employee stated that the chicken is thawed, prepped, then some is placed back in walk in freezer, when needed it is pulled and placed on the line, spoke to employee about putting the date on the container of when the chicken was pulled from freezer and placed on line to accurately date track the food items. The chicken dated 10/29 was pulled from the freezer this morning 11/5 employee dated as such.
[03A-02-5] Observed: Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. coleslaw (46-48F - Cold Holding) item in the open air cooler, all other items were 41 or below, employee moved items to walk in freezer to rapidly chill during inspection. roast beef (45F - Cold Holding); roast pork (45F - Cold Holding); turkey (45F - Cold Holding) items in reach in cooler across from slicers, employee stated during lunch rush the large chunks of meat are in and out of cooler being sliced, employee put items in freezer to rapidly chill during inspection. Retemped all items 41F or below.
[29-34-4] Observed: Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. At the mop sink end of the splitter with black hose attached.