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2607 E GULF TO LAKE HWY · CITRUS, FLORIDA

Closed by Florida DBPR, Oct 2024. Passed re-inspection Jul 2025.

4 inspections on record since 2024 · Last inspected Aug 2025 · 4 high-priority violations in the last 12 months · closure on record Oct 2024.

CLOSURE ON RECORD

Closed by Florida DBPR on October 31, 2024. Passed re-inspection July 24, 2025.

THE NUMBERS

INSPECTIONS
4
VIOLATIONS
30
total on record
LAST INSPECTED
AUG 2025

INSPECTION HISTORY

AUG 18
2025
PASS 3 violations
Basic Sanitation
Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Intermediate Plumbing & Waste
Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Basic Sanitation
Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

Cited 1 time on this inspection

AUG 7
2025
FAIL 4 violations 1 HIGH PRIORITY
High Priority Food Temperature
Food out of temperature

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Basic Sanitation
Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Intermediate Plumbing & Waste
Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Basic Sanitation
Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

Cited 1 time on this inspection

JUL 24
2025
PASS W/ CONDITIONS 7 violations 3 HIGH PRIORITY
High Priority Food Temperature
Food out of temperature

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Intermediate Other
Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed

Cited 1 time on this inspection

High Priority Food Storage & Handling
Food protection, cross-contamination

Cited 2 times on this inspection

High Priority Sanitation
Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Basic Sanitation
Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Intermediate Plumbing & Waste
Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed

Cited 2 times on this inspection

Basic Sanitation
Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

Cited 1 time on this inspection

OCT 31
2024
FAIL 16 violations 6 HIGH PRIORITY
High Priority Chemical Safety
Original container — properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory

Cited 1 time on this inspection

High Priority Other
Unwrapped or potentially hazardous food not re-served

Cited 1 time on this inspection

High Priority Other
Foods handled with minimum contact

Cited 2 times on this inspection

High Priority Sanitation
Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Basic Employee Hygiene
Clean clothes, hair restraints

Cited 2 times on this inspection

Basic Sanitation
Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Basic Sanitation
Non-food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Basic Sanitation
Non-food contact surfaces clean

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Basic Sanitation
Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Basic Other
Single service articles not re-used

Cited 2 times on this inspection

High Priority Sanitation
Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Basic Sanitation
Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

Cited 3 times on this inspection

Basic Sanitation
Walls, ceilings, and attached equipment, constructed, clean

Cited 1 time on this inspection

High Priority Chemical Safety
Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Basic Other
Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Basic Other
False/misleading statements published or advertised relating to food/beverage

Cited 1 time on this inspection

Public inspection records from Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Records current as of 2026-05-08. EatOrBeat reports records and does not rate restaurants. Source dataset →

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