LAKE WALES FAMILY RESTAURANT
109 SR 60 W, Lake Wales FL 33853 · 8576934514
Last inspected Feb 20, 2026 · 7 visits since September 2023
5 inspections within 9 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Unwashed produce (avocados) over sliced cheese in walk in cooler. Operator removed unwashed avocados from over sliced cheese.
Equipment in poor repair. Gaskets on reach in cooler at the end of the Cook line.
Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. 2 boxes of meat in walk in freezer. Operator removed from the floor.
Open dumpster lid. Operator closed lid.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Raw shelled eggs over bagged spinach and lettuce. Operator moved raw shell eggs from over the produce in walk in cooler.
Grease receptacle lid open, broken, or missing. Operator closed lid.
In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment. Handle of tongs touching lettuce in salad server station. Operator removed with gloves
Open dumpster lid.closed lid
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food stored on floor. In walk-in cooler Operator removed bins from the floor.
Open dumpster lid. Operator closed lid.
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Jacket in dry storage touching coffee packets box. Employee removed jacket.
Food stored on floor. Bucket of rice in the floor in dry storage. Employee removed from the floor.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Cook line. Operator removed tongs.
Open dumpster lid. Employee closed the dumpster lid.
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Serving spoons in hand washing sink. Operator removed hand washing sink.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Operator properly date marked potatoes and meats.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Operator removed tongs from the door handle.
Stored food not covered. Stacked sausage in two containers not covered on the second container. Operator removed stacked sausage each other and covered item.
Water leaking from compressor in walk in freezer. Container for leakage is currently placed underneath leak.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw fish over mozzarella cheese on the cook line across from the oven. Operator removed mozzarella from below the fish.
Soap dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense soap. Operator fixed soap dispenser next to the dishwasher.
Food stored on floor. Outside walk in freezer. Operator removed beef boxes from the floor.
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Spoons in the hand washing sink on the cook line. Operator removed items from the sink.
Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Ice machine by the dish machine. Operator cleaned and sanitized area.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Drinking cup stored in dry storage over food. Operator removed item from dry storage.
Food stored on floor. Sausage pork patties on the floor in walk-in cooler.Operator removed from the floor.
Ice buildup in walk-in freezer.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. On cook line operator removed tongs.
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.