DAVE & BUSTER'S
13499 S CLEVELAND AVE #400, Fort Myers FL 33907 · 239-264-3000
Last inspected Dec 4, 2025 · 7 visits since September 2023
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5 inspections, climbing. The current grade is the best on record.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license on 12/01/2024.
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Dec 4, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority1 Intermediate2 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 4 findings
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach-in cooler at cook line; cooked brisket (51F - Cold Holding); raw burger patties (52F - Cold Holding). Per operator all items stored in reach cooler for 3 hours. Operator removed all items to walk-in cooler.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soda gun soiled with food debris at bar.
Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Clean ice buckets stored not inverted/ protected. Operator stored ice buckets inverted.
Ice scoop handle in contact with ice at server station. Operator removed the ice scoop.
Jul 30, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 9 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority2 Intermediate5 Basic
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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 touched ready eat fries with his bare hand when he put fries from bowl to plate at cook line. Discuss proper food handling procedures with the operator.
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In walk-in cooler; raw ground beef patties stored over cooked beef. Operator removed cooked beef to bottom shelf.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink at bar.
No soap provided at handwash sink at bar.
Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Clean forks stored not inverted in reach-in cooler near by cook line. Operator stored clean forks inverted.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable at prep area.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employees cell phone stored on prep table near by cook line. Operator removed the cell phone.
Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation at cook line.
In walk-in cooler; commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged raw salmon bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. See stop sale.
Dec 10, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority1 Intermediate4 Basic
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license on 12/01/2024.
Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Chemical cleaning bottles stored with bread crumbs at cook line. Operator removed chemical bottles to proper storage.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener soiled with accumulated food debris.
Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Clean food containers not stored inverted or protected at storage area.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Interior of hood soiled with accumulated grease.
Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Sanitizing bucket solution stored with single use food container liner at cook-line. Operator removed single service liner to proper storage.
Single-service coffee filters improperly stored at dry storage.
Jul 25, 2024□ Call Back - CompliedRoutine Inspection
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
0 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
Jul 24, 2024Warning IssuedRoutine Inspection
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 7 recorded, 3 high priority.
3 High priority0 Intermediate4 Basic
Show 7 findings ▾
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In Reach in cooler cooked beef at cook- line close to server station; (49F - Cold Holding); breaded mozzarella (50F - Cold Holding); shredded mix cheese (50F). Per operator items placed in Reach in cooler for one hour before the inspection. Operator placed ice bags on items.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Steam table at cook-line; cooked Mac&cheese (132F - Hot Holding); Operator reheated Mac&cheese (189F - Hot Holding).
Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Sanitizing solution bucket stored next to clean cooking pans at cook-line. Operator removed sanitizing solution bucket, and stored it at bottom shelf.
Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Clean ice buckets not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Operator stored all ice buckets inverted.
Covered waste receptacle not provided in employee bathroom use for women and men.
Ice scoop handle in contact with ice at server station. Operator removed ice scoop.
Single-service coffee filters improperly stored at dry storage. Operator stored coffee filters in food-grade bags.
Feb 23, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 10 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
5 High priority2 Intermediate3 Basic
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Displayed food not properly protected from contamination. Observed cut fruits at bar not covered. Operator covered fruits.
Fish not held frozen before, during and after being packaged onsite using a reduced oxygen packaging method. See stop sale. Observed 15pounds of vacuum packaged salmon thawed without removing from package in walk-in cooler.
Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed 15pounds of vacuum packaged salmon thawed without removing from package in walk-in cooler.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed in reach-in cooler blue cheese (51F - Cold Holding); chopped tomatoes (59F - Cold Holding) Operator removed it to walk-in cooler; blue cheese(42F-Cold Holding); chopped tomatoes (43F-Cold Holding )
Wiping cloth sanitizer solution at bar exceeds the maximum concentration allowed (quaternary 500ppm+) Operator diluted with water (quaternary 200ppm)
Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Observed employee washing hands at triple sink. Discussed operator proper handwashing procedures. Employee washed her hands at handwashing sink
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed soda gun with mold like substance at bar close to small soda cooler. Operator cleaned at time of inspection.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed cup with no handle used in powder sugar container at dry storage. Operator removed correct storage.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Observed employee cell phone and keys on prep table. Operator removed correct storage.
Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Observed wet wiping cloth stored on prep table close to triple sink. Operator removed and put in bucket with sanitizing solution
Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. Observed extinguisher gauge in red at end of cook line by walk-in cooler.
Sep 13, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
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 or slime. Mold like substance inside soda nozzle,behind bar.
Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Employee eating on back prep table. Operator discarded food.
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.