WENDY'S 591
3545 LAKELAND HIGHLANDS RD, Lakeland FL 33803 · 863-644-5777
Last inspected Feb 10, 2026 · 7 visits since October 2023
5 inspections within 13 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
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Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Employee with ineffective hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee on fried products with bushy hair and only a visor.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Equipment in poor repair. Gasket on the reach in cooler door located in the pickup window in the drive thru.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on the stove handle located next to the fryers. Tongs was removed.
No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Reach in cooler inside the pickup window in the drive thru. Ambient thermometer was placed inside the reach in cooler.
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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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 put her inside the container with the French fries to be bagged. I informed the manager to have the employees to pick up the container from the side.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Bottom of the upright reach in freezer near the 1st booth drive -thru.
Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Dirt accumulated under the beverage syrup rack.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets are soiled on the reach in drawers on the front counter.
Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Pans on the shelf above the prep table across from the 3 compartment sink.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Pans on the shelf above the table across from the 3 compartment sink.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Pans on the shelf above the 2 compartment sink.
No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Pans on the shelf in the dishwasher area.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Pans on the shelf across from the 3 compartment sink.
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.