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Florida's restaurant owners are not required to post restaurant inspection results where guests can see them. So every week, we provide that information for you.
For a complete list of local restaurant inspections, including violations not requiring warnings or administrative action, visit our Lake County restaurant inspections site .
Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Lake County, Florida, for the week of July 15-21, 2024. Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.
Disclaimer: The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation describes an inspection report as a 'snapshot' of conditions present at the time of the inspection. On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment.
For full restaurant inspection details, visit our Lake County restaurant inspection site .
Which Lake County restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?
These restaurants met all standards during their July 15-21 inspections and no violations were found.
** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week
Which Lake County restaurants had high priority violations?
16110 Hammock Ridge Rd, Clermont
Routine Inspection on July 15
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
10 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation
- High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. -license expired 4/1/24 **Admin Complaint**
10601 U.S. 441 C15, Leesburg
Routine Inspection on July 19
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
5 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. **Admin Complaint**
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. -Raw chicken breast over wontons.
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. -Raw chicken over sauce in reach in cooler.
10450 U.S. 441, Leesburg
Complaint Inspection on July 16
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
7 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Dead, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. -Approximately 100 dead in dining room. -Approximately 100 in rear kitchen. **Warning**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. -Steak 133f. Less than 4 hours. Advised to reheat. **Warning**
7609 U.S. 441, Leesburg
Routine Inspection on July 15
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
11 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. -2 in kitchen. **Warning**
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. -Raw beef patties over lettuce in walk in cooler. Operator moved. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -Potatoes 54f. Less than 4 hours. Advised to rapid chill. **Warning**
1403 S. 14th St., Leesburg
Routine Inspection on July 16
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
7 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 0 ppm. **Warning**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -Homefries 50f, Hashbrowns 48f. -Sausage 56f, Cut tomato 57f, Sausage patties 60f, Ham 55f. Less than 4 hours. Advised to rapid chill. **Warning**
157 S. U.S. 27, Clermont
Complaint Inspection on July 15
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
8 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation
- High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. -license expired 4/1/24 **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
7965 SR 50 Ste B600, Groveland
Routine Inspection on July 16
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
13 total violations, with 4 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. -raw ground beef over cooked pasta in reach in freezer
- High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. -raw shell eggs over cooked pasta in walk in cooler -raw chicken next to marinara sauce in walk in cooler Corrected On-Site** **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. - cooked sausage (54F - Cold Holding); cooked lasagna (50F - Cold Holding) held more than four hours per operator. Operator discarded. **Warning**
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -butter (54F - Cold Holding); after 30 minutes 45 F cooked fettuccine (53F - Cold Holding) after 30 minutes 49 F cooked penne pasta (53F - Cold Holding) after 30 minutes 48F all held less than four hours per operator, moved to walk in cooler for quick chill. cooked sausage (54F - Cold Holding); cooked lasagna (50F - Cold Holding) all held more than four hours per operator, operator discarded. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
10401 U.S. 441 #2004, Leesburg
Routine Inspection on July 15
Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
8 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations
- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Pork 54f, Beef 47f, Cut tomato 46f, Cut lettuce 47f, Bacon 50f. Less than 4 hours. Advised to rapid chill. **Warning**
- High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. -Grill cleaner over gloves. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
What agency inspects restaurants in Florida?
Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.
How do I report a dirty restaurant in Florida?
If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online .
Get the whole story at our restaurant inspection database .
What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?
Basic violations are those considered against best practices.
A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.
An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: "Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over."
An emergency order — when a restaurant is closed by the inspector — is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.
A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.
This article originally appeared on Daily Commercial: 8 Lake County restaurants cited for high-priority violations
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