MANNY'S ORIGINAL CHOPHOUSE
35496 N HWY 27, Haines City FL 33844 · 8635213910
Last inspected Jun 4, 2026 · 9 visits since July 2023
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— STEADY
5 inspections within 9 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
Awarded on the inspection record alone. What they mean →
Inspection history
9 visits, newest first
Jun 4, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation (Partial)
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate4 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 5 findingsThe state's own report →
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand washing sink used to fill a pitcher. In the bar area. I explained to the employee to only wash hands at a designated hand washing sink.
Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Provided instructions to the manager on thawing process.
Equipment in poor repair. Lid to the ice bin on the first ice bin that's side by side to another ice bin. Dry storage area.
Food stored on floor. A case of chicken tenderloins inside the walk in freezer. Item was removed from off the floor.
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Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Walk in coolers.
May 29, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority1 Intermediate1 Basic
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Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed raw ribs over ready to eat eggs and unwashed produced in outdoor produce cooler.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand sink across from office blocked by soda bib rack.
Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin, on sides of machine.
Mar 3, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority3 Intermediate2 Basic
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Lemon wedger Ice machine
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Several boxes in front of hand washing sink in front kitchen
No measuring device available for measuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishmachine.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee bag on top of prep table. Employee removed.
Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Employee drink in bottom reachin cooler on cookline. Employee removed.
Apr 28, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate4 Basic
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Cleaned and sanitized equipment or utensils not properly stored. Spatula's not inverted Employee inverted spatulas.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Cellphone on cook line on reach in cooler prep area Cellphones removed
Food stored on floor. Walk in freezer Yeast from rolls from truck order 4/21 Removed from the floor.
Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Cook line Employee removed drink.
Dec 27, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate3 Basic
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No copy of latest inspection report available. Operator received report from other manager via email.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Side of oven cook line
Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Meat cooler
Apr 15, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate8 Basic
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Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. On reach in cooler.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Operator throughout cup.
Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Container in reach in cooler on cook line.
In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knives between reach in cooler on cook line. Operator removed washed and sanitized them.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. On cook line.
Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Fish on top of sink in a bus tub.
Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Walk in cooler.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk container of rice In ware washing area.
Mar 27, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate2 Basic
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Food stored on floor. A case of liquid margarine in the dry storage area.
Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Container of fish thawing in standing water Container of fish thawing inside the 2 compartment sink in the meat room. The product was moved to the walk in cooler.
Jan 12, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate3 Basic
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Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. In front of the office.
Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. On cook line.
Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. In walk in cooler and freezer.
Jul 12, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate2 Basic
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Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine.
Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Pans on the shelf across from the dishwasher area.
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.