TACOS 352
8181 NW 39 AVE STE 30, GAINESVILLE, FL 32606
License #1103575
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Mixed Health Record
How is this score calculated? →TACOS 352 in GAINESVILLE currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 84.7 out of 100 — a C grade — a noticeable pattern of violations across recent inspections. This restaurant has 4 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on December 8, 2025. Across those visits, inspectors documented 23 total violations — 3 critical, 8 major, 12 minor.
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Inspection History
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- Administrative complaint recommended
- [13-04-4] Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Male employee on cook line with beard and no beard guard.
- [14-09-4] Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting board on flip-top make table in kitchen with grooves with black stains.
- [21-38-4] Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Sanitizer bucket stored on floor of cookline.
- [41-10-4] Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle of Surface cleaner stored facing serving trays behind front counter.
- [36-22-4] Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Standing water in front of reach in freezer and mop sink.
- [24-08-4] Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Clean stacked (metal bins )not properly air-dried, and stored wet on clean ware rack resulting in wet nesting.
- [08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. In side room used as dry goods storage area box of avocados on the floor, case of plastic water bottles on the floor.
- [33-23-4] Grease receptacle/dumpster not on proper pad/nonabsorbent surface. grease receptacle store behind establishment on two large pavers on soil.
- [25-06-4] Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Single service taco containers not inverted or protected
- [02C-04-5] Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. Three containers of beef in reach in cooler with date mark of 11/19 and 11/21. Employee advised that those dates indicate the date of beef were cooked and frozen, and that those containers had been taken out of the reach in freezer on 12/7, however no tracking is being kept.
- [40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Electric scooter stored on top of bag of sugar and back back stored on cans in dry goods storage area
- [22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on flip-top make table with mold like substance in the grooves in kitchen. Food-contact surface of commercial can opener soiled with food debris, mold-like substance.
- [53B-02-5] No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. No food handler certificates available for any of the employees
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