CHAMPS SPORTS BAR & GRILL
6645 S FLORIDA AVE #14, Lakeland FL 33813 · 863.647.5900
Last inspected Aug 18, 2026 · 7 visits since October 2023
5 inspections within 14 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee cutting peppers. The employee washed his hands and put on gloves.
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle with clear liquid on the drain board at the 3 compartment sink.
Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. Top of the dishwasher.
Food stored on floor. 2 cases of oysters on the floor in the walk in freezer.
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed cooking water being dumped in the hand washing sink in the kitchen.
Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Grouper thawing in the package. Employee removed the fish from the package.
Food stored on floor. Cases of oysters on the floor inside the walk in freezer.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets soiled on all the reach in cooler doors.
Walk -in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues.
Walk-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Walk in cooler shelves.
Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Mop inside the mop bucket in water at the back door.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food stored on floor. A case of chicken breast inside the walk in freezer.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets on the reach in cooler across from the stove.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on oven door handle.
Light not functioning. Hood system above fryers.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee cutting peppers. The employee washed his hands and put on gloves.
Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Shrimp over potatoes inside the walk in cooler. The raw product was relocated.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food stored on floor. A case of chicken inside the walk in cooler. Artichoke dip inside the walk in freezer.
No suitable facilities provided to store employee clothing and other possessions. Black jacket on the shelf with dry storage next to old bay seasoning on shelf across from the walk in cooler. Black jacket on the beverage syrup rack in the service area.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Throughout the kitchen and dishwasher area.
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. Open bottle of Zephyrhills water on top of the flip top reach in cooler for chicken across from the fryers. Beverage was discarded.
Interior of microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. On table next to the sandwich press.
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.