PEKING HOUSE RESTAURANT
2411 S FLORIDA AVE, Lakeland FL 33803 · (941)688-9022
Last inspected Feb 19, 2026 · 7 visits since October 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.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade is soiled. Located at the end of the prep table near the hand washing sink in the kitchen. The can opener was removed to the dishwasher area to be washed, rinsed and sanitized.
Bathroom not conveniently located and accessible to employees. Bathroom not being used except storing cleaning supplies. No products distributed to customers.
Cardboard used on floor as anti-slip measure not replaced every day or when heavily soiled, whichever comes first. Walk in cooler.
Food stored on floor. Bags of onion inside the walk in cooler.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Cardboard used on floor as anti-slip measure not replaced every day or when heavily soiled, whichever comes first. Walk in cooler.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior of all cooking equipment. Fryers, grills, rice cookers.
Walk -in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Cardboard used on floor as anti-slip measure not replaced every day or when heavily soiled, whichever comes first. Walk in cooler
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Grease build up on the extra of the cooking equipment. Reach in cooler gaskets.
Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Kitchen on the cook line.
Met inspection standards. 8 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. Can opener blade is soiled. At the end of the prep table near the hand washing sink.
Cloth used as a food-contact surface. White cloth with orange ring used to cover green onions.
Interior of ice machine/bin with rust that has pitted the surface
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler gaskets (All)
Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. To the ice machine area leading to the kitchen.
Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. Employee was wiping the green onions with a cloth before chopping. I had the employee to wash the onion before chopping and explained to the operator 5o make sure all the produce is washed before cutting.
Ten (10) foot-candles of light at least 30 inches from floor not provided in walk-in cooler.
Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. End of the cook line.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food stored on floor. Bag of onions stored on the floor inside the walk in cooler.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Accumulation of lime scale on the inside of the dishmachine.
Food stored on floor. Case of dessert toppings. Dry storage area.
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Eggs over cabbage inside the walk in cooler. Operator had an employee to relocate the cabbage. Raw chicken over ready to cooked chicken. Inside the walk in cooler. The product was relocated.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. General chicken,wontons inside the side by side reach in cooler near the back door.
Beverage tubing/cold plate not separated from stored ice. Ice bin in the service area white tubing in ice being served in the drinks.
Cardboard used on floor as anti-slip measure not replaced every day or when heavily soiled, whichever comes first. Inside the walk in cooler. Wall on the side of the cook line.
Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee engaged in cutting chicken on the prep table across from the dishwasher area.
Food stored on floor. Bag of onions on the floor inside the walk in cooler. Dessert toppings in the dry storage area in the kitchen by the side door near South Florida Avenue.
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.