MELANIE'S SEAFOOD COMPANY
120 E PARK AVE, Lake Wales FL 33853
Last inspected Dec 16, 2025 · 8 visits since July 2023
5 inspections, one direction. The current grade is the worst on record.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Operator paid in full during inspection.
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Inspection history
8 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. 10 ppm, employee added more bleached and tested sanitizer new amount 50ppm
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soda dispenser located in the dining room
Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Operator secured tank at soda dispenser in dining room.
Grease receptacle lid open, broken, or missing. Operator closed lid.
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Items in mop sink no access
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters on cook line
Silverware/utensils stored upright with the food-contact surface up in dish pit area, employee inverted items.
Met inspection standards. 4 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 drink machine dining area. Employee cleaned and sanitized area with sanitizing solution.
Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Operator secured tanks.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Operator removed from door hardware.
Items in mop sink no access, operator started removing items
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Operator paid in full during inspection.
Employee items in mop sink no access.
Food stored on floor. Oil box on floor by hand washing sink and soda box the floor by soda dispenser. Operator removed from the floor.
Light not functioning. One light out on cook line
Tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Operator removed tongs.
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
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Light not functioning. Cook line one of three lights not functioning.
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 3 recorded.
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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/ Manwell Stephen 7/8/19
Light not functioning. Cook line one of three lights not functioning.
No access to mop sink blocked with packages of mop heads.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food stored on floor. Oil container on the floor by cook line and to the left of the mop sink.
Light not functioning. Above grill.
No access to mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided at establishment. Clean Towels sitting on top of the mop sink.
Met inspection standards. 7 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 eggs over ready to eat salad dressing. Operator removed raw shells from over ready to eat dressing.
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Operator washed lettuce in hand washing sink on the cook line.
Food stored on floor. Oil on floor by hand washing sink at cook line. Remove oil from the floor.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Operator removed from door handle.
Light not functioning. One of three lights not working at grill cook line.
Unclean building components, attachments or fixtures. Hood vents at cook line.
Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. At hand washing sink near cook line.
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
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.