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Dixie County
What the state's inspectors have recorded in Dixie County kitchens, as of the most recent nightly pull. Every line links to the record it came from, and every finding is quoted exactly as the inspector typed it.
How Dixie grades
32 kitchens carry a grade. 5 show N/R — not inspected in about fifteen months, so we would rather say nothing than something stale. Grades are ours, not the state's.
Most recent high-priority finding
Live, small flying insects found. 1. Two flies crawling on boxes in dry storage room. 2. Two flies flying in server station, near handwash sink.
Ordered shut
| Restaurant | City | Date |
|---|---|---|
| DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITY | Cross City | Apr 11, 2025 |
| DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITY | Cross City | Mar 26, 2025 |
| DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITY | Cross City | Jan 7, 2025 |
| SUBWAY # 50803 | Old Town | Nov 21, 2024 |
| HUNGRY HOWIE’S | Old Town | Nov 20, 2024 |
| BURNTWOOD SMOKEHOUSE | Cross City | Jan 31, 2024 |
An emergency order stops a kitchen operating on the spot. Many reopen within days once the problem is fixed — each restaurant's page shows how its order ended.
Lowest scoring right now
| Restaurant | City | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| TASTE OF DIXIE DINER LLC | Cross City | |
| JANALOU’S | Cross City | |
| DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITY | Cross City | |
| PAPA LUIGIS | Old Town |
Biggest fines this year
| Restaurant | City | Final order | Fine |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITY | Cross City | Sep 22, 2025 | $800 |
| DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITY | Cross City | Oct 22, 2025 | $800 |
Take Dixie's data
Every record behind this page is downloadable — no key, no signup, no rate limit, free for commercial use. Filter the establishments file on the county column to get Dixie on its own, or email and I'll cut it for you.
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Every inspection on this site links to the state's own report for that visit. If something doesn't match DBPR's record, that's our bug and we want to hear about it — the record on their side is always the one that governs.
About the dataGet in touch
- Contact
- Maddie, founder — press@eatsafelyinflorida.com
- Interviews
- In person anywhere in the Orlando metro area; by Zoom elsewhere in Florida.
- Data help
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Please don't call these official state grades. Florida does not issue letter grades to restaurants — it records what an inspector found and how the visit ended, and that is all. Every grade, score and badge on this site is ours, computed the same way for every kitchen in the state from the state's public records. The whole formula is published at how we grade. Inspection findings, closures and disciplinary records are unedited public records from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.