One Lake County restaurant gets perfect score; 8 cited for high-priority violations

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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 21-27, 2025. 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 21-27 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?

305 Pine St., Leesburg

Routine Inspection on July 25

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

11 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations

• High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. -Yellow rice 124f. Less than 4 hours. Operator reheated. Rechecked at 173f. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

• High Priority – Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. -Oven cleaner stored by ketchup. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

7609 U.S. 441, Leesburg

Routine Inspection on July 21

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

17 total violations, with 4 high-priority violations

• High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. -Chicken wings 77f. Over 4 hours. **Warning**

• High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -Chicken wings 77f. Per operator, sitting at room temperature since this morning. Over 4 hours. **Warning**

• High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. -Beans 118f. Less than 4 hours. Advised to reheat. **Warning**

• High Priority – Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. -Cleaner over fryer basket. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

185 S. Highland St., Mt Dora

Routine Inspection on July 25

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

16 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation

• High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Per operator less than 4 hours. Moved to freezer for quick cooling. Diced tomatoes (47F – Cold Holding); **Repeat Violation**

458 E. Burleigh Blvd St. N, Tavares

Routine Inspection on July 24

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

11 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations

• High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 4-1-25 Operator paid by next unannounced inspection. **Corrected On-Site**

• High Priority – Warewashing sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed. 500 ++ operator added water rechecked 200 ppm

4720 Plantation Blvd., Leesburg

Routine Inspection on July 24

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

15 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 – Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. -1 on prep cooler. Cook killed it. -2 in dry storage closet. **Warning**

10135 S. U.S. 441 Ste 4, Leesburg

Routine Inspection on July 21

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

2 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation

• High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. **Admin Complaint**

Mobile food dispensing vehicle

Routine Inspection on July 24

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

11 total violations, with 4 high-priority violations

• High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Beans reheating on stove prior to water being turned on. Female employee loading pans of prepared food into cooler with no power, not able to wash hands prior to touching containers of food. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

• High Priority – Establishment operating with no potable running water. Beans heating up on stove. Establishment has not yet turned on power. Not able to run water without power. Power was turned on during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site**

• High Priority – Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Washed produce being stored in “thank you” grocery style bags in reach in cooler.

• High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach in cooler: steak cooked on Tuesday 55F. Manager stated steak was out of refrigeration while refilling generator. All other items in unit are 41F.

10401 U.S. 441 #2004, Leesburg

Routine Inspection on July 22

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

13 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations

• High Priority – Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. -Dented can of marinara. Manager discarded. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

• High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. -Raw chicken over cooked chicken wings. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

• High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -Beef 47f, Cut tomato 49f, Sliced tomato 48f. Less than 4 hours. Advised to rapid chill. Manager placed on ice. **Corrective Action Taken** **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: Leesburg area restaurant/food truck inspections: July 21-27, 2025