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Lake Wales33898

Restaurants29
Spotless inspections38%
Ordered shut1
Fines$5k
How the grades fall here
A 21B 4D 1Not rated 3

Grades describe each kitchen's last twelve months. The spotless figure above counts every inspection ever recorded here that ended with the inspector writing nothing down at all — a much harder bar than an A.

What inspectors wrote here recently
Raw animal food stored in same container as ready-to-eat food. Raw beef steaks in same container with ham butts, operator removed ham butts.

High priorityROUTE 60 DINER →Aug 18, 2026

Prepped baked potatoes under unwashed limes, operator removed unwashed from over prepped potatoes.

High priorityCHERRY POCKET STEAK N SEAFOOD SHAK →Apr 22, 2026

Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Walk in cooler raw shell eggs over peppers. Operator removed eggs.

High priorityVINNY'S SMOKE-N-GRILL →Mar 10, 2026

Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.

High priorityGRRIFFINS RESTAURANT DINING SPORTS BAR-BANQUET →Mar 3, 2026

Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.

High priorityROUTE 60 DINER →Feb 10, 2026

Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Equate soothing gel in walk-in cooler next to the sour cream and vanilla creamer.

High priorityROUTE 60 DINER →Feb 10, 2026

Dishmachine not sanitizing properly. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 0 ppm Three compartment sink set up 150 ppm

High priorityGRRIFFINS RESTAURANT DINING SPORTS BAR-BANQUET →Nov 17, 2025

Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 5 rodent droppings down hallway away from the kitchen going into the banquet ball rooms across from the back exit doors. Front counter at by bar entrance 4 rodent droppings on floor in corner next to the bar entrance. Employee vacuumed droppings then sanitized the area within sanitizing solution.

High priorityGRRIFFINS RESTAURANT DINING SPORTS BAR-BANQUET →Nov 17, 2025

Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.

High priorityVINNY'S SMOKE-N-GRILL →Oct 22, 2025

Live, small flying insects found One fly around three compartment sink. Operator disposed of the fly.

High priorityHIBACHI EXPRESS →Oct 16, 2025

Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw bacon in walk in cooler over bottles of gaterade

High priorityROUTE 60 DINER →Aug 25, 2025

Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. In dry storage chemical nozzle pointed in the direction of the ketchup. Operator removed the chemicals.

High priorityHIBACHI EXPRESS →May 29, 2025