Florida gives restaurants no letter grades. Of 553 state inspection visits in Gainesville from July 7 to Oct. 7, 2026, 322 needed no further action.

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Figures come from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s public food inspection files, District 5, downloaded Oct. 8, 2026. They cover inspections from July 7 to Oct. 7, 2026, at licensed food service businesses with a Gainesville mailing address, which includes some places outside the city limits.

Florida does not give restaurants a score or a letter grade. The state’s Division of Hotels and Restaurants inspects every licensed restaurant and records what the inspector found and what happened next. To check a particular restaurant, search the DBPR online inspection search by name or license number.

Who to call

  • DBPR Customer Contact Center: 850-487-1395 (TTY 800-955-8771)
  • Division of Hotels and Restaurants email: dhr.info@myfloridalicense.com
  • Report a problem: file a complaint online with DBPR
  • Food poisoning emergency: 911

How Gainesville inspections turned out

Bar chart of 553 Gainesville restaurant inspection visits from July 7 to Oct. 7, 2026: 322 no further action, 55 warning issued, 59 follow-up visits where the business complied, 89 administrative complaints recommended, 7 emergency closures recommended and 21 other follow-up outcomes

State inspectors made 553 inspection visits to 431 licensed food businesses with a Gainesville address in those three months. Most were routine inspections (470); the rest were complaint inspections and licensing inspections for new businesses.

Outcome recorded by DBPR Visits
Inspection completed, no further action 322
Warning issued 55
Follow-up visit: business complied 59
Administrative complaint recommended 89
Emergency order recommended 7
Other follow-up outcomes 21

On routine inspections, the median number of violations recorded was five, and the median number of high priority violations was one. Nearly half of routine inspections (227 of 470) recorded no high priority violation.

These counts describe inspections, not restaurants. One restaurant can appear several times if inspectors returned to check that problems were fixed.

What the outcomes mean

DBPR records one of a set of outcomes after each visit:

  • No further action: the inspection is complete. The restaurant may still have had violations that were corrected on the spot or that do not call for a return visit.
  • Warning issued: violations were found and the inspector will come back to check they were fixed by a set date.
  • Follow-up visit, complied: the inspector returned and found the problems corrected.
  • Administrative complaint recommended: the inspector referred the case for possible formal action by the state. A recommendation is not a finding.
  • Emergency order recommended: the inspector found conditions serious enough to recommend closing the business until they are corrected. The state records a follow-up visit before the business reopens.

DBPR sorts violations into three classes: high priority, the most serious; intermediate; and basic. A violation recorded at an inspection is the inspector’s finding on that day.

How to read an inspection report

  1. Open the online inspection search and enter the restaurant’s name and “Gainesville.”
  2. Choose the license, then the inspection date. The report lists each violation and its class.
  3. Look at the follow-up visits too. A warning followed by “complied” means the problems were fixed.

What this means for you

  • There is no grade in the window to look for. The inspection report is the record.
  • One bad inspection is a snapshot. Check whether the follow-up visit found the problems fixed.
  • If you see a problem, report it to DBPR, which can send an inspector.

We report these figures neutrally from the state’s own records. Nothing on this page is a finding about any individual business.

Related: new businesses in Gainesville and who to call at City Hall.

Frequently asked questions

How do I look up a restaurant inspection in Gainesville?

Use the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s online inspection search at myfloridalicense.com and search by the restaurant’s name or license number.

Do Florida restaurants get inspection scores or letter grades?

No. Florida records each inspection’s outcome and the number of high priority, intermediate and basic violations, but gives no score or letter grade.

Who inspects restaurants in Alachua County?

The state’s Division of Hotels and Restaurants, part of DBPR. Alachua County is in its District 5.

How do I report a restaurant in Gainesville?

File a complaint online with DBPR or call its Customer Contact Center at 850-487-1395.