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Friends Food & Liquor

Other food place · Gilroy, CA

3 inspections

At a glance

CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results

What happened?

2 problems found · Routine county inspection · Mar 19, 2026

At the routine inspection on Mar 19, 2026. The latest visit, on Mar 25, 2026, was a follow-up inspection. No notes were taken at it.

Is that a lot?

Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Friends Food & Liquor got about the same as most.

Compared with 9,600 Santa Clara County food places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.

What was found out about Friends Food & Liquor?

It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.

  1. No hot or cold water at a sink K21How to fixFix it
  2. Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair K45How to fixFix it

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Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health

We review Santa Clara County health data to make this report. We are not the County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health.

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Inspections

From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 3 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026

The county visited 2 times in the last 12 months (1 routine, 1 follow-up).

Nice work, Friends Food & Liquor. At the follow-up six days later, the county listed no items still open.

You cleared the re-check in six days. We're proud of you.

Points taken off at each routine inspection
Mar 6, 2025: 3Mar 19, 2026: 5Follow-up visit, Mar 25, 20263520252026

Every visit

  1. LatestMar 25, 2026Follow-up inspection

    No notes were taken, but there was an interaction, likely addressing some or all of the prior report. No inspector comment was found. See the official report (opens the department's site) for more information.

    This one: a follow-up inspection on Mar 25, 2026. A follow-up visit re-checks earlier items. The last routine inspection was Mar 19, 2026: 95 out of 100 (Green placard).

  2. EarlierMar 19, 2026Routine inspection95 out of 100 (Green placard)

    2 violations listed, 0 marked critical.

    Not critical (2)

    • No hot or cold water at a sink

      The department's words

      K21 Hot and cold water available

      Hot water within the 3-Compartment was measured at 113*F at the time of inspection. [CA] Hot water shall be supplied at a minimum temperature of at least 120°F measured from the faucet throughout facility except at hand wash sinks (100*F). REPEAT VIOLATION. Failure to comply may result in enforcement action. A follow up inspection will be conducted to verify compliance.

      Food Code 5-103.11

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      In CleanCleaver: Log hand sink and dish water temperatures

      Hot and cold water at every sink

      In CleanCleaver: Log hand sink and dish water temperatures

      Fix and log it now

      Are you Friends Food & Liquor? Fix it

    • Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair

      The department's words

      K45 Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean

      Large hole noted in the back of the facility next to the reach ins. [CA] Repair holes in structure and maintain in good repair to prevent pest harborage.

      Food Code 6-101.11

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop

      Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair

      In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop

      Fix and log it now

      Are you Friends Food & Liquor? Fix it

  3. EarlierMar 6, 2025Routine inspection97 out of 100 (Green placard)

    1 violation listed, 0 marked critical.

    Not critical (1)

    • No hot or cold water at a sink

      The department's words

      K21 Hot and cold water available

      Hot water was measured at 112*F at the time of inspection. [CA] Hot water shall be supplied at a minimum temperature of at least 120°F measured from the faucet throughout facility except at hand wash sinks. REPEAT VIOLATION. Failure to comply may result in enforcement action.

Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)

What you can do

As a customer of Friends Food & Liquor, you can:

  1. Learn how these get fixed

    Free, step-by-step guides for each item.

    • No hot or cold water at a sink In CleanCleaver: Log hand sink and dish water temperatures
    • Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop

    Open the steps here

  2. Call Friends Food & Liquor

    Ask for the manager. Friends Food & Liquor can only fix what it knows about.

    Call Friends Food & Liquor: (408) 848-4200

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About this record

Opens the county's own page for this place.

Most people don't know what a normal result looks like for a place that's open every day. The ranges use each place's last routine inspection in this area. No other county is mixed in.

100 means the inspector found no problems. Santa Clara County takes points off for each problem. Big ones take off more.

The county posts a green, yellow or red placard after each inspection, and gives routine inspections a score. In the county's data, a routine inspection with no violations listed scored 100, and the score drops as violations are found. The county's page does not say which scores or findings give each color: ask the department.

Inspection type
Follow-up inspection
Result
Green placard
Source
County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health

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Information on this page may be out of date. Check the original source to confirm.

Questions about Friends Food & Liquor

When was Friends Food & Liquor last inspected?

The county last inspected Friends Food & Liquor on Mar 25, 2026. It was a follow-up inspection.

What did the county find at Friends Food & Liquor?

The county listed no violations on Mar 25, 2026.

What does a critical item mean?

Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. On Mar 25, 2026, the county marked none as critical.