Gainesville, Alachua County

SWEETWATER BRANCH INN

625 E UNIVERSITY AVE, Gainesville, FL 326015449

FoodSeating
Latest violations
2
2 Intermediate
Dec 11, 2025
City
Gainesville
County
Alachua
Status
Current / Active
Inspections
11

Violation history

Florida violations grouped by priority level over time.

Inspection history

Florida inspections are violation-priority based, with high priority, intermediate, and basic counts shown separately.

Dec 11, 2025

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Intermediate: 2Total: 2

22-02-4

Detail 24245471

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Ice chute and water spout soiled with slime substance on guest fridge.

31A-09-4

Detail 24245470

Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Wooden board over Handwash sink in kitchen, inspector moved board to wash hands.

Jul 10, 2025

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Intermediate: 2Total: 2

31A-11-4

Detail 23862113

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Wooden board over Handwash sink, inspector moved board to wash hands. Repeat Violation

02B-02-5

Detail 23862114

Intermediate - Raw/undercooked animal food offered and establishment has no written consumer advisory. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service. Manager stated if a guest would like an under cooked egg they will serve it, advisory posted. Corrected On-Site

Apr 23, 2025

Routine - Food

Call Back - Complied

No violations recorded for this inspection.

Apr 22, 2025

Routine - Food

Warning Issued

High Priority: 2Intermediate: 3Basic: 2Total: 7

01B-02-5

Detail 23723255

High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed: from Sunday Brunch, hollandaise sauce, poached eggs and sliced ham, 44-46°.

03A-02-5

Detail 23723257

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed: from Sunday Brunch, hollandaise sauce, poached eggs and sliced ham, 44-46°. Warning

22-02-4

Detail 23723254

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed the flap/chute of the exterior(with overhead coverage) ice machine is soiled. A staff member was assigned to clean it. Corrective Action Taken

31A-11-4

Detail 23723258

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed: a cutting board with pastries stored over the kitchen hand wash sink. The board was removed. Corrected On-Site

16-62-1

Detail 23723259

Intermediate - No measuring device available for measuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishmachine. Observed: lack of a hitemp thermometer that would 'hold' the surface temperature during the sanitation cycle.

33-09-4

Detail 23723256

Basic - Garbage not placed in a receptacle for storage until pick up to make the garbage inaccessible to insects and rodents. Observed bagged trash outside of the kitchen door of Cushman. Staff was asked to put in dumpster, and they did. Corrected On-Site Admin Complaint

35B-03-4

Detail 23723253

Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. Observed: the side to to Cushman dining(that leads directly into the kitchen) is not self closing.

Oct 20, 2023

Routine - Food

Call Back - Complied

No violations recorded for this inspection.

Oct 9, 2023

Routine - Food

Warning Issued

High Priority: 2Basic: 2Total: 4

22-49-4

Detail 22349307

High Priority - Dishmachine not sanitizing properly. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Observed high temperature dishmachine in Cushman-Coleman kitchen at 148F Warning

08B-01-4

Detail 22349308

High Priority - Self-service salad bar/buffet lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. Observed in Cushman-Coleman Buffet, danish, breakfast breads and cake placed on the open counter with no sneeze guard or other protection.

14-11-5

Detail 22349309

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed gasket torn on the reach in cooler located outside by the back stairs of the Cushman-Coleman house .

21-23-4

Detail 22349306

Basic - Establishment using sponges on cleaned and sanitized, or in-use food-contact surface. Observed establishment using sponge on in-use food-contact surface at three-compartment sink.

May 24, 2023

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 1Intermediate: 2Total: 3

08A-05-6

Detail 22017125

High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Cracked eggs in a pitcher over pastries in reach in cooler.

02C-03-5

Detail 22017126

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. Milk and cream in reach in cooler. Repeat Violation

22-02-4

Detail 22017127

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Ice chute soiled. Repeat Violation

Nov 17, 2022

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 1Intermediate: 2Basic: 2Total: 5

03A-02-5

Detail 21579123

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. melon (64F - Cold Holding) employee stated item was out for 1.5 hours during breakfast. She placed item in cooler. Corrective Action Taken

22-02-4

Detail 21579124

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Inside reach in freezer in hallway. Ice chute of reach in cooler in hallway.

02C-02-5

Detail 21579126

Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Milk and melon opened/cut previous days.

14-11-5

Detail 21579122

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler gasket torn in kitchen. Cut marks on red cutting board.

16-48-4

Detail 21579125

Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. On red cutting board on top of dish machine.

Apr 21, 2022

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 2Intermediate: 1Total: 3

08A-05-6

Detail 21031883

High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed carton of eggs stored above ready to eat pastry boxes in reach in cooler . Employee removed eggs from Reach in Cooler Corrected On-Site

29-34-4

Detail 21031881

High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Observed "Four way splitter" connector on the exterior east side of the building by the air conditioning units missing the vacuum breaker.

31B-02-4

Detail 21031882

Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed no paper towels at hand wash sink in kitchen

Sep 14, 2021

Routine - Food

Call Back - Complied

No violations recorded for this inspection.

Sep 10, 2021

Routine - Food

Warning Issued

High Priority: 1Basic: 1Total: 2

03A-02-5

Detail 20498756

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Items in reach-in cooler located in the kitchen: butter (49°F - Cold Holding); creamer (48°F - Cold Holding); beef (48°F - Cold Holding). Manager stated cooler was working properly earlier and the items were at 40°F. Manager moved items to reach-in freezer to reduce temperature to 41°F. Manager stated they would store items in another reach-in cooler. Corrective Action Taken Warning

14-74-7

Detail 20498755

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. Kitchen reach-in cooler ambient temperature 53°F.