HARDEE'S RESTAURANT
300 EAST VAN FLEET, Bartow FL 33830 · 863-800-3949
Last inspected Oct 21, 2025 · 4 visits since July 2023
4 inspections within 9 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
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Inspection history
4 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Reach in drawer on the cook line.
Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Pans on the shelf above the 3 compartment sink.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets on the top/bottom reach in freezer between the fryers and the breading station.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee started to work, engaged in handling equipment, sanitized towel buckets etc without washing his hands. Employee washed his hands.
Paper towel dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense paper towels. At the hand washing sink next to the walk in cooler.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Sharlene Clark 10-15-2018 ServSafe.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Ice buildup in walk-in freezer on condenser
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed soiled fan covers in walk in cooler
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.