Huddle House
Last inspected: Apr 6, 2026
100
Score
Huddle House has been inspected 13 times since 2022. The latest inspection on file is from Apr 6, 2026. Low risk indicates the latest report didn't flag anything that would worry the average customer.
Recent inspections have found fewer violations than earlier ones, averaging around two violations lately and about 14 violations before that.
“Food-contact surface soiled with food debris” comes up most often, recorded seven times in the inspection record.
That puts the facility ahead of the local pack: the average Ocala restaurant scores 78. Taken together, the history is a positive one.
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Inspections
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Inspection History
Apr 6, 2026
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Mar 26, 2026
Routine - Food
1 critical violation.
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High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach in make table: sausage (45F - Cold Holding); tomatoes (47F - Cold Holding); tomatoes (48F - Cold Holding); hash browns (50F - Cold Holding); cheese (49F - Cold Holding); cheese (50F - Cold Holding). Employee checked temperatures within the last 2 hours and all were below 41F. Items in drawers of unit are below 41F. Employee began placing items in ice bath during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint** - From follow-up inspection 2026-03-25: Establishment is not currently open, no food in unit. **Time Extended** - From follow-up inspection 2026-03-26: Establishment is not currently open, no food in unit. **Time Extended**
03A-02-5
86
Mar 25, 2026
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 1 minor violation.
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High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Live, small flying insects found Approximately 20 live flies in ware wash area under dish machine. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2026-03-25: One live fly in prep area. **Time Extended**
35A-02-7
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Two live roaches on wall behind reach in freezer on cook line. Approximately 15 live roaches on wall and floor behind make table on cook line. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2026-03-25: No live roaches observed during this inspection. **Time Extended**
35A-05-4
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach in make table: sausage (45F - Cold Holding); tomatoes (47F - Cold Holding); tomatoes (48F - Cold Holding); hash browns (50F - Cold Holding); cheese (49F - Cold Holding); cheese (50F - Cold Holding). Employee checked temperatures within the last 2 hours and all were below 41F. Items in drawers of unit are below 41F. Employee began placing items in ice bath during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint** - From follow-up inspection 2026-03-25: Establishment is not currently open, no food in unit. **Time Extended**
03A-02-5
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Ten dead roaches on floor, wall, and back of reach in cooler in prep area. Five dead roaches on floor under make table on cook line. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2026-03-25: Three dead roaches on floor and back of reach in freezer in prep area. One dead roach on floor under make table on cook line. One dead roach on floor in dry storage room. Manager cleaned dead roaches during this inspection. **Time Extended**
35A-03-4
61
Mar 24, 2026
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 2 major violations. 10 minor violations.
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High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach in make table: sausage (45F - Cold Holding); tomatoes (47F - Cold Holding); tomatoes (48F - Cold Holding); hash browns (50F - Cold Holding); cheese (49F - Cold Holding); cheese (50F - Cold Holding). Employee checked temperatures within the last 2 hours and all were below 41F. Items in drawers of unit are below 41F. Employee began placing items in ice bath during this inspection. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food required to be date marked is not date marked and time of opening/preparation cannot be determined. See stop sale. Pan of turkey in reach in cooler with no date mark . Employees are not aware of when turkey was opened. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
01B-17-5
High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Male employee put on gloves after removing glasses from face and began removing food from reach in make table without washing hands.
12A-07-5
High Priority - Live, small flying insects found Approximately 20 live flies in ware wash area under dish machine. **Warning**
35A-02-7
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In walk in freezer: opened case of raw burgers on shelf over case of bread. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-02-6
High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Two live roaches on wall behind reach in freezer on cook line. Approximately 15 live roaches on wall and floor behind make table on cook line. **Warning**
35A-05-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of two microwaves on cook line soiled with grease. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Pan of turkey in reach in cooler on cook line with no date mark. Employees are not aware of when product was opened. Stop sale issued.
02C-03-5
Basic - Ceiling tile missing. One ceiling tile missing in restaurant entrance. One ceiling tile missing in ware wash area.
36-36-4
Basic - 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. Ambient temperature of reach in make table is 50F. Drawers of unit are not fully closed and unit is leaning forward.
14-74-7
Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Ten dead roaches on floor, wall, and back of reach in cooler in prep area. Five dead roaches on floor under make table on cook line. **Warning**
35A-03-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on shelf over clean dishes. Employee removed drink. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Two knifes on cooking between prep table and cooking equipment. **Repeat Violation**
10-17-4
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Hand wash sink in ware wash area missing sign. Manager added sign during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-04-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled with dust and grease. Behind cooking equipment heavily soiled with grease Around gaskets of two reach in coolers soiled with mold like substance. Exterior of reach in freezer in prep area soiled with grease and dust. Shelves in prep area soiled with food debris. Shelves under cooking equipment soiled with grease. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Several white bins in ware wash area on clean dish shelf have food debris.
16-48-4
Basic - Unclean building components, attachments or fixtures. Wall in ware wash area soiled with mold like substance. Floor soiled with grease and food debris under all equipment in kitchen and prep area. **Repeat Violation**
36-50-4
Basic - Unnecessary items/unused equipment on the premises. Unused reach in unit in prep area.
33-31-5
20
Oct 3, 2025
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 2 major violations. 7 minor violations.
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High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 0 ppm. Manger primed machine then 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
22-41-4
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In walk in cooler: containers of waffle batter with raw shell eggs on shelf over pans of ham and macaroni and cheese. Moved during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. In hot holding drawer unit, 3 sausage patties 125-127. Employee not aware of length of time in drawer.
01B-02-5
High Priority - Food with mold-like growth. See stop sale. Pack of cheddar cheese with black, green, and white growth.
01B-07-4
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach in four door cooler at end of cook line: pan of hash browns 46F. Waffle batter 45F. Items were moved to walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. In hot holding drawer unit, 3 sausage patties 125-127. Employee not aware of length of time in drawer. Stop sale issued.
03B-01-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of small oven in prep area soiled with grease. Interior of two microwaves on cook line soiled with food debris. Employee began cleaning microwave. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Employee dumped water in hand washing sink located in prep area.
31A-11-4
Basic - Water draining onto floor surface. Condensation leaking onto floor in walk in cooler.
29-03-4
Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Brown board on reach in make table. Green boards in prep area.
14-09-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Drink on prep table in prep area. Drink removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife between toaster and prep table in kitchen area.
10-17-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Top of sanitizer bucket soiled with brown liquid. Top of dish machine soiled with food debris. Gaskets on make table soiled with food debris. Gaskets on 4 door reach in cooler soiled with good debris. Exterior of drawers under cooking equipment soiled with grease. Exterior of two microwaves on cook line soiled with food debris. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Sanitizing solution for wiping cloths not free of food debris and visible soil. Bucket near hand sink in ware wash area.
21-11-4
Basic - Unclean building components, attachments or fixtures. Floor soiled with grease under flat top grill. Vents in kitchen area soiled with dust.
36-50-4
23
Jun 24, 2025
Food-Licensing Inspection
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 5 minor violations.
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High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In walk-in cooler, raw steak stored on top of cooked ham and cheese, employees moved. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach-in cooler at the cook line, up tomatoes stored in a double container at 44F, manager moved to freezer, temperature dripped to 41F. **Corrected On-Site**
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. At the server station, juice nozzles heavily soiled with mold like substance.
22-02-4
Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. For chlorine.
16-37-1
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Soda machine (base) soiled with mold like substance, also reach-in coolers gaskets soiled. Walk-in cooler shelves heavily soiled with mold like substance
23-03-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. At the server station, drink on prep table, employee moved. **Repeat Violation**
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 jackets stored above soda bags, manager moved. **Corrected On-Site**
40-06-5
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Cleaned stacked containers.
24-08-4
Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Cleaned stacked containers with old food residue.
16-48-4
47
Mar 18, 2025
Complaint Partial
1 minor violation.
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Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Several ceiling tiles in dining room soiled with water marks and a black substance. Dust on several vents in dining area. **Warning**
36-34-5
95
Jan 7, 2025
Food-Licensing Inspection
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
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High Priority - Establishment operating without a license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Upon arrival, establishment is open and operating. Licensing inspection has not been conducted with new owner. Preformed licensing inspection today. Issued temporary license. **Corrected On-Site**
50-08-7
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Reach in freezer has food debris on bottom.
22-02-4
Basic - Open dumpster lid. Lid on dumpster is open.
33-16-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Phone on prep table in kitchen. Moved. **Corrected On-Site**
40-06-5
70
Jul 18, 2024
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 2 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 11 violations
Supervisor/Person in Charge Present
FL-01
Certified Food Manager Identification
FL-02
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Adequate Handwashing Facilities Supplied and Accessible
FL-10
Food Received at Proper Temperature
FL-12
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Approved Thawing Methods Used
FL-31
Personal Cleanliness
FL-40
Wiping Cloths Properly Used and Stored
FL-41
Toilet Rooms Maintained
FL-53
17
Jan 29, 2024
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 1 major violation. 6 minor violations.
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High Priority - Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Observed three-compartment sink sanitizer at 0ppm. Manager drained and set up again and concentration was at 200 ppm Quat. **Corrected On-Site**
22-42-4
High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. Observed sausage gravy cooked 4 hours earlier in walk-in-cooler at 107F. Manager reheated sausage gravy. **Corrective Action Taken**
03D-01-5
High Priority - Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Observed cook on cookline crack two eggs then handle cooking utensils without washing his hands and put on new gloves. Discussed with Manager.
12A-27-4
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed open box of raw steak stored over bread in walk-in-freezer. Manager moved bread to top shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed food-contact surface of commercial can opener soiled with food debris, mold-like substance. Manager took can opener to dishwash area **Corrective Action Taken**
22-02-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Observed employee jacket and hat stored over soda syrup boxes. Manager removed items off boxes. **Corrected On-Site**
40-06-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed vent over ice machine soiled with dirt and rusting with paint peeling off. Observed exterior handle of reach in freezer soiled with grease.
23-03-4
Basic - Open dumpster lid. Observed dumpster lid open **Repeat Violation**
33-16-4
Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Observed two open container employee drinks in a reach in cooler not identified as employee drinks. Manager discarded drinks. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-13-4
Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Observed coffee filters stored uncovered under the coffee machine.
25-05-4
Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Observed wet mop not in use stored in wringing device.
42-01-4
37
Jul 11, 2023
Routine - Food
3 minor violations.
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Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed employee covered drink on prep table and Observed employee drink stored on top of soda syrup boxes. Manager removed drinks **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
Basic - Open dumpster lid. Observed dumpster lid open
33-16-4
Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Observed wet mop stored in a manner not allowed to dry.
42-01-4
86
Apr 7, 2023
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 4 minor violations.
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Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed foreign substance on the lower edge of the ice maker shroud.
22-02-4
Basic - Clean equipment and utensils not separated from soiled equipment and utensils at warewashing area. Observed a stack of metal pans on the clean dish rack, that still had food debris. These were placed back in dish to be soaked. **Corrective Action Taken**
24-03-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed a coffee mug with liquid stored over the prep table. This was moved below. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Observed the floor behind the fryers has an accumulation of grease.
36-73-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed the equipment tables(waffle maker tables) have an accumulation of dried food debris.
23-03-4
74
Dec 12, 2022
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
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High Priority - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer in spray bottle/bucket not at proper minimum strength. Observed quaternary amonia sanitizer bucket on the wait line, 0 ppm. When refreshed, 150 ppm was observed. **Corrected On-Site**
22-40-4
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed on the cook line, reach in drawers, raw hamburger stored over cut melon/fruit. The items were adjusted. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed the tomato slicer has dried food between the pusher head leaves. This is being cleaned now. **Corrective Action Taken**
22-02-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Observed employee jacket stored on the bulk sodas. This was moved below. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
40-06-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed dried food crumbs under the kitchen microwaves. Shelf is being cleaned. ALSO, the area around the juice nozzles is soiled. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
61
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Huddle House last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Huddle House on file is from Apr 6, 2026. The public record contains 13 inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Huddle House?
Across the inspection record, “food-contact surface soiled with food debris” has been cited seven times, more than any other issue at Huddle House.
How does Huddle House compare to other restaurants in Ocala?
Huddle House most recently scored 100 out of 100, which is higher than the Ocala average of 78.
Has Huddle House's inspection record improved over time?
Yes. Recent inspections at Huddle House have averaged around two violations per visit, down from roughly 14 earlier in the record.
What does a low risk rating mean?
A low risk rating at Huddle House means inspectors found minimal or no significant issues at the most recent visit. Most facilities at this tier have a clean recent inspection report.
How often is Huddle House inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Huddle House is inspected around four times per year on average.
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