BANKER'S BREW COFFEE
600 N BROADWAY BLDG 2, Bartow FL 33830 · 863-358-0558
Last inspected Aug 26, 2026 · 8 visits since February 2024
5 inspections, climbing. The current grade is the best on record.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. February 1, 2025. The operator paid the license and emailed a copy of the updated license. February 1, 2026.
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Inspection history
8 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Inside the ice machine. The scoop was removed.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Stop Sale issued due to food originating from an unapproved source. Brown butter chocolate chip cookies. Cookies are bought from the Market Cafe that they purchase from Doughy Delight that prepares them in an unlicensed kitchen under the cottage law.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment.
No copy of latest inspection report available.
Met inspection standards. 11 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Three compartment sink 0ppm, added more sani tablets. retested 200ppm
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cream cheese 51-44, placed more ice retempted 45
Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Emailed to operator
Food service manager not certified within 30 days of employment. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Kailyn Turner current manager on site. Stated has been a manager for approximately 4 months.
No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster. Various disposed items, wooden pallets, slide, car bumper Shared dumpster
In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. In chocolate chips. Employee fixed handle
No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit.
No copy of latest inspection report available.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. February 1, 2025. The operator paid the license and emailed a copy of the updated license. February 1, 2026.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.
In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Knives, spoons, scoop in a container of standing water at 74F next to the 3 compartment sink. Ice scoop handle in the ice inside the ice machine.
Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloths stored in the table next to the 3 compartment sink.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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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. Employee scratched her head and engaged in filling an ice bucket.
Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. A cup of beverage (maybe iced coffee) with an orange crazy straw on the Bunn Coffee Mill on the table behind the cash register. The beverage was removed.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Black purse on a container of croissants on the table across from the hand washing sink. The purse was removed.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Cup of clear liquid next to the crock pot. The drink was removed.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Provided a copy by email.
Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloth on counter top above the ice machine not stored in sanitizing solution. I had the operator to store in sanitizer solution.
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.