Boca Fiesta/The Palomino
232 SE 1 St, Gainesville, FL 32601 · Permanent Food Service · License 1102829
What drove the grade
Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained.
How the score was calculated
- Starting score100
- Violations at the Jul 7 routine inspection1 intermediate (1 repeat), 2 basic-6
- Safety score94
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Inspection history
1 inspection · 1 visitRoutine inspection
- First visitJul 7, 2026 No follow-up needed
Met the state's inspection standards; the inspector didn't need to come back. Any violations cited still count toward the grade.
3 violations found:
Official report, on the Florida DBPR websiteWhat the inspector cited
Intermediate1
Code 53, Manager certification and employee training: Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained.
Observed : some of the training certificates were non original copies.
Repeat violation
Basic2
Code 40, Employee personal belongings: Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items.
Observed : employee boiled eggs stored over guest food in the walk-in cooler. The manager will move this below.
Code 51, Other sanitary and safe operation: No copy of latest inspection report available.
Observed : the last inspection was not in the folds/stack of papers.
Reading this report
Priority levels
- High priority The problems most likely to make someone sick directly.
- Intermediate Could lead to a high-priority problem if not fixed.
- Basic Best practices and general upkeep.