Popeyes

5695 Nw 23rd St, Gainesville, FL 32653

Failed re-check · Dec 30, 2025 Directions
64
Poor BiteKarma score 64 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Keeps coming up: Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking, cited 4 times, plus 8 other repeat issues.
  • #55 in Gainesville's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • Passed 0 of 5 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Dec 30, 2025: failed with 1 violation.
  • 5 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 5 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Failed Dec 30

    Callback Reinspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; painted/artificial fingernails
  3. Failed Dec 30

    Routine Inspection

    9 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
    • Minor Cleaning and maintenance equipment
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
    • Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
    • Minor Chemicals/toxic substances
    • Minor Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; painted/artificial fingernails
    • Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
  4. Failed Oct 28

    Complaint Inspection

    6 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
    • Minor Bathrooms
    • Minor Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
    • Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Minor Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; painted/artificial fingernails
  5. Failed Jan 23

    Complaint Inspection

    8 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Minor Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
    • Minor Garbage and refuse; premises maintained
    • Minor Single-service and single-use items
    • Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
    • Minor Cleaning and maintenance equipment
    • Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges

Nearby

BiteKarma scores around Popeyes, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.

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