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MCDONALD'S 717

2835 S FLORIDA AVE, Lakeland FL 33803 · 863-682-1688

Last inspected Nov 19, 2025 · 4 visits since December 2023

Licence typeRestaurant
Seats65
Risk levelRisk Level 1
LicenceSEA6300427
Grade history
DEC 23
NOV 24
MAR 25
NOV 25
— STEADY

4 inspections within 18 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.

Worst finding on record
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter 50 F. Inside the 2 door reach in cooler across from the sandwich table. The product was moved to the walk in cooler.
High priority/03A-02-5/Corrective Action Taken
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Inspection history

4 visits, newest first

Nov 19, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

1 High priority0 Intermediate4 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 5 findings
Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee putting her hand over packaged hash browns. The manager inspformed the employee to grab the side of the packaged hash browns.
High priority/09-01-4/Corrective Action Taken
Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Handles on the Q-ing ovens. Cup dispensers is accumulated with debris. McCafé station. The manager had an employee to clean the cup dispensers and the q-ing ovens.
Basic/23-24-4/Corrected On-Site
Interior of microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.
Basic/22-08-4
No copy of latest inspection report available.
Basic/51-18-6
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Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets on the top/bottom reach in cooler next to the fry hopper.(both). Gaskets on all reach in coolers in the McCafé station. The manager had an employee to clean the gaskets.
Basic/23-03-4/Corrected On-Site
The state's own report →
Mar 12, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation (Partial)

Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.

0 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
Nov 14, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

1 High priority1 Intermediate0 Basic
Show 2 findings ▾
Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee grabbed a hash brown with her hand touching the top of the cooked packaged hash brown. I had the person in charge to inform the employees to grab the hash browns from the side to prevent cross contamination.
High priority/09-01-4
No soap provided at handwash sink. Hand washing sink in the kitchen at the end of the cook line. Soap was provided.
Intermediate/31B-03-4/Corrected On-Site
Dec 13, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

2 High priority0 Intermediate2 Basic
Show 4 findings ▾
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Shelled eggs over precooked eggs inside the single door reach in cooler next to the fryers on the cook line. The eggs was relocated.
High priority/08A-05-6/Corrected On-Site
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter 50 F. Inside the 2 door reach in cooler across from the sandwich table. The product was moved to the walk in cooler.
High priority/03A-02-5/Corrective Action Taken
Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. February 1,2023 displayed. Digital copy was provided. February 1,2024.
Basic/50-09-4/Corrective Action Taken
Single-service articles improperly stored. Case of happy meal boxes on the floor in the 1st booth drive thru. Removed off the floor.
Basic/25-05-4/Corrected On-Site

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.