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Hardee County
What the state's inspectors have recorded in Hardee 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 Hardee grades
54 kitchens carry a grade. 12 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
Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Observed raw ground beef over raw bacon in walk in cooler, operator moved the ground beef.
Ordered shut
| Restaurant | City | Date |
|---|---|---|
| KINGS FRIES | Bowling Green | Aug 10, 2026 |
| MCDONALD'S RESTAURANTS OF FLORIDA INC | Wauchula | Jul 8, 2026 |
| PALETERIA MIS TESOROS | Wauchula | Jun 11, 2025 |
| KINGS FRIES | Fort Green | Dec 18, 2024 |
| WAUCHULA FAMILY RESTAURANT | Wauchula | Sep 16, 2024 |
| SUBWAY #27732 | Wauchula | Aug 28, 2024 |
| GARCIA'S TACO EXPRESS INC | Wauchula | Aug 28, 2024 |
| SUBWAY #27732 | Wauchula | Jun 27, 2024 |
| BEEF'O'BRADY'S | Wauchula | Sep 19, 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PIONEER RESTAURANT | Zolfo Springs | |
| LA MICHOACANA ICE CREAM 2 | Wauchula | |
| PANDA REST (THE) | Wauchula | |
| KINGS FRIES | Bowling Green | |
| SMOKIN JOES BBQ | Bowling Green | |
| MAIN PLAZA SPORTS BAR/ CATRINA CANTINA BAR/ TERRA MEXICAN RESTAU | Wauchula | |
| GARCIA'S TACO EXPRESS INC | Wauchula | |
| WAUCHULA FAMILY RESTAURANT | Wauchula | |
| RESTAURANT EL MESQUITE | Zolfo Springs | |
| BERTHA'S KITCHEN | Wauchula |
Biggest fines this year
| Restaurant | City | Final order | Fine |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALETERIA MIS TESOROS | Wauchula | Oct 29, 2025 | $800 |
| SMOKIN JOES BBQ | Bowling Green | Mar 25, 2026 | $200 |
| LA MICHOACANA ICE CREAM 2 | Wauchula | Jan 12, 2026 | $160 |
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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.
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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.