APPLEBEE'S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL & BAR
1901 W MAIN ST, Inverness FL 34452 · 352-560-0300
Last inspected Feb 18, 2026 · 7 visits since July 2023
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5 inspections trending up, 50 points better than where it started.
Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 2 live flies on top of microwave in cook line area 1 live fly on counter in bar area
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Feb 18, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate2 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 2 findings
Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Under kitchen equipment
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris. Gaskets on reach in cooler doors in cook line area
Nov 5, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate1 Basic
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Ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated dust. Multiple vents in dining room Walk in freezer floor soiled/has accumulation of debris.
Aug 18, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate3 Basic
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Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Barbara expired 8/2/2025
Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Walk in freezer floor soiled Floors in bar area under equipment
Interior of microwave has accumulation of grease/food debris. 2 microwaves above salad station
Nonfood-contact surface soiled. Walk in cooler fan guards Soda gun holsters
Mar 18, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority2 Intermediate2 Basic
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Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Milk in beer cooler. Manager dated 3/15.
Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Cheyenne
Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Multiple reach in coolers in cook line area. Employees started cleaning during inspection.
Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed produce stored above washed/prepped lemons. Operator moved lemons to ready to eat storage shelf.
Jul 19, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 13 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
5 High priority2 Intermediate6 Basic
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Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Cook put beard guard on started preparing food without washing hands, discussed proper hand washing with manager
Employee washed hands with cold water. Water temperature 81F, discussed proper water temperature for hand washing
Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Fly on cook line landed on pan cover, pan cover removed from product and put in dish area
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. sour cream 12:15 (49F - Cold Holding) 45F in top rail of salad cooler, manager out in walk in cooler to get down to temperature
Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soda gun soiled
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Crate with sanitizer bucket on it in front of hand sink in bar, crate moved from in front of hand sink
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. To go cup in rice used as scoop, to go cup removed
Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employees put beard guards on
Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Through the kitchen
Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice buildup up walk in freezer
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Top of stove soiled Behind and under grills soiled Reach in cooler gasket
Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Upright cooler in salad station soiled
Oct 16, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate1 Basic
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance. Interior of soda gun nozzle in bar area. Employee cleaned nozzle during inspection
Floor soiled in walk in freezer
Jul 20, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority1 Intermediate3 Basic
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Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 2 live flies on top of microwave in cook line area 1 live fly on counter in bar area
Water treatment device has not been inspected or serviced according to manufacturer's instructions. Last changed 6/2022
Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Keg walk in cooler
Floor soiled in walk in freezer.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris. Gaskets on multiple reach in coolers in cook line area
This record follows the licence, not the owner. Restaurants change hands and the licence history normally does not, so an older entry may describe people who no longer run the place. Every inspection above links to the state's own report. Something wrong? Tell us.