Franco's Italian Restaurant

1801 E Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, FL 34470
Last inspected: Mar 31, 2026
61
Score
Medium Risk

Franco's Italian Restaurant is a restaurant located at 1801 E Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, FL.

Health inspection records are available below. Check the inspection history and violations section for details on past inspections conducted by the local health department.

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Inspections
2
Critical latest
0
Major latest
4
Minor latest
Inspection History
Mar 31, 2026
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 4 minor violations.
61
Oct 15, 2025
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 4 major violations. 4 minor violations.
41
May 9, 2025
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 2 major violations. 4 minor violations.
27
Jul 8, 2024
Food-Licensing Inspection
No violations found.
100
Sep 27, 2022
Routine - Food
1 minor violation.
95
Violations — Mar 31, 2026 Inspection
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on top of ice machine, employee moved. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee purses on top of cans at the bar area, manager moved. **Repeat Violation**
40-06-5
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Cleaned stacked containers and cups stored above triple sink.
24-08-4
Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. To go containers not inverted at the prep area, manager inverted. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
25-05-4
High Priority - 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. At the server station, female employee touches with barre hand cut lettuce with bare hands, inspector instructed to removed the piece of lettuce, wash hands and use gloves **Corrective Action Taken**
09-01-4
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At the cook line, Alfredo 94F and 80F, Manager placed on time, sauce made at 10:45Am will be discarded at 2:45. **Corrective Action Taken**
03B-01-6
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Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)