DENNY'S
35649 US HWY 27 N, Haines City FL 33844 · 863-422-2223
Last inspected Oct 6, 2025 · 6 visits since July 2023
5 inspections, one direction. The current grade is the worst on record.
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.
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Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 10 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. After cracking shelled egg.
Stop Sale issued due to adulteration of food product. Hair in ice machine bin.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Sausage 123F 117F
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Ice machine with hair in ice bin
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Bathroom facility not clean. Men's bathroom.
Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.
Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster. Large amount of bag trash on ground from restaurant and convenience store.
Grease on the ground and/or pad around grease receptacle.Large amount of grease on ground
Grease receptacle lid open, broken, or missing. Lid open
Water filter not located to facilitate disassembly for periodic servicing and cleaning. Date 7/17
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Unable to dispense soap at handwash sink. First sink entering the kitchen. The manager poured some soap in a cup to use.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gasket on the non working reach in cooler across from the walk in cooler is soiled with food debris.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. On dish storage. Operator removed label.
Silverware/utensils stored upright with the food-contact surface up. Forks at the three compartment sink next to the sanitizer sink. Operator inverted silverware.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Soap dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense soap. At the end of the Cook line. Operator replaced soap
Equipment in poor repair. Gaskets strips on cook line. Proof of new gaskets to be put in.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach in cooler on cook line to the right of service window.
Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Avocados in reach in cooler with stickers on them. Operator removed avocados.
Met inspection standards. 1 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.
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.