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Highlands County
What the state's inspectors have recorded in Highlands 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 Highlands grades
261 kitchens carry a grade. 23 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 food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed 2 packets of raw chorizo over quesadillas in reach in cooler on cook line, operator moved chorizo to another shelf.
Ordered shut
| Restaurant | City | Date |
|---|---|---|
| CHINA MAX | Sebring | Jul 21, 2026 |
| LEGACY 1912 | Sebring | Jul 17, 2026 |
| COMPASS BAR AND GRILL | Lake Placid | Jul 16, 2026 |
| LITTLE CAESARS 638 | Sebring | May 1, 2026 |
| CANG TONG | Sebring | Apr 30, 2026 |
| SOLORZANOS PIZZERIA SEBRING | Sebring | Apr 29, 2026 |
| CANG TONG | Sebring | Apr 6, 2026 |
| CANG TONG | Sebring | Mar 25, 2026 |
| CANG TONG | Sebring | Feb 26, 2026 |
| CANG TONG | Sebring | Feb 19, 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CANG TONG | Sebring | |
| BORI-BOWLS | Sebring | |
| DIMITRI'S FAMILY RESTAURANT | Sebring | |
| SOLORZANOS PIZZERIA SEBRING | Sebring | |
| JIMMY'S GREEK AMERICAN GRILL | Sebring | |
| AZUL TEQUILA MEXICAN CUISINE | Sebring | |
| TIENDA & RESTAURANTE LAMALQUERIDA LLC | Avon Park | |
| SUBWAY | Sebring | |
| OSCAR'S FAMILY RESTAURANT | Sebring | |
| JAXSON'S | Lake Placid |
Biggest fines this year
| Restaurant | City | Final order | Fine |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANG TONG | Sebring | Dec 4, 2025 | $800 |
| JIMMY'S GREEK AMERICAN GRILL | Sebring | Jan 12, 2026 | $800 |
| JIMMY'S GREEK AMERICAN GRILL | Sebring | Dec 29, 2025 | $800 |
| SOLORZANOS PIZZERIA SEBRING | Sebring | May 14, 2026 | $800 |
| SOPHIE'S CAFE | Sebring | Oct 14, 2025 | $400 |
| LA MICHOACANA OF LAKE PLACID INC | Lake Placid | Jan 13, 2026 | $400 |
| BORI-BOWLS | Sebring | May 4, 2026 | $400 |
| JAXSON'S | Lake Placid | Jul 27, 2026 | $400 |
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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.