JIMBOS PIT BAR B Q
1215 E MEMORIAL BLVD, Lakeland FL 33801 · 863-683-3777
Last inspected Mar 5, 2026 · 6 visits since November 2023
5 inspections within 10 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
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Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl being used in mustard coleslaw in walk-in cooler.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Drink was discarded
Stored food not covered. Tea urns. PIC covered teas.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food placed in soiled container/equipment. Observed employee carrying cooked meats on tray on top of head, touching bottom tray with hair. Employee moved items to clean tray.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener Ice chute
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Walk in cooler for the meats.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Purse on top shelf in serviceline.
Floors not constructed to be easily cleanable. Kitchen area
In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knives stored behind knife rack and wall. Operator removed.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Ice chute on ice machine.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Fan guard in meat cooler.
Single-service articles improperly stored. To go containers stored on floor by cookline.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. Bag of sugar and breading in walk-in cooler. operator moved products..
Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Plastic bean container melted. operator discarded.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk sugar and flour containers. Operator labeled containers.
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.