NORTHWEST GRILLE

Name: NORTHWEST GRILLE
Address: 5115 NW 39TH AVENUE, GAINESVILLE, FL, 32606, US
Rating: 85

5115 NW 39TH AVENUE, GAINESVILLE, FL 32606

License #1102301

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85 Grade B / 100

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Latest inspection

July 9, 2026 · 11 findings · 3 critical

Routine - Food

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NORTHWEST GRILLE in GAINESVILLE currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 85 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has one inspection on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on July 9, 2026. Across those visits, DBPR recorded 11 total findings; InspectFL has detailed violation rows for 9 of them so far.

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The latest inspection on July 9, 2026 shows 9 observation rows: 3 critical, 0 major, and 6 minor.

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NORTHWEST GRILLE looks fairly solid on paper. Would you eat here?

B record

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Disposition: Inspection Completed - No Further Action
[01B-12-4] Food contaminated by employees/consumers and operator continued to serve food. See stop sale. Egg wash in reach in cooler by fryers with a hair inside wash.
[36-22-4] Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Floor in front of ice machine with standing water.
[35B-01-4] Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back door in kitchen, sun is shining through the bottom indicating a gap.
[29-49-6] Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Double door reach in cooler at end of cooks line, employee dried water up.
[40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee bag in reach in cooler above portioned sauces at salad/bread area.
[09-01-4] 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. Bartender touching celery with bare hands and added to Bloody Mary drink.
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. -Grease/dust hanging from back of hood system above fryers. -Wire hanging above grill with hooks is soiled with grease/dust, employee cleaned. -Walk in cooler racks soiled with food build up. -Fan guard soiled with dust in walk in cooler, employee cleaned.
[08A-05-6] Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Portioned salmon over portioned French fries in reach in freezer on cooks line, employee moved salmon below.
[14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. -Reach in cooler gasket torn by fryers. -Interior door of reach in cooler exposed insulation by fryers. -Walk in cooler racks rusted and reach in cooler on cooks line across from ovens.