99 flying insects briefly close Lee County restaurant; 16 others fail inspection, 6 pass
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Florida's restaurant owners are not required to post restaurant inspection results where guests can see them. So every week, we provide that information for you.
For a complete list of local restaurant inspections, including violations not requiring warnings or administrative action, visit our Lee County restaurant inspections site.
Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Lee County, Florida, for the week of Oct. 9-15, 2023. Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.
Disclaimer: The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation describes an inspection report as a 'snapshot' of conditions present at the time of the inspection. On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment.
For full restaurant inspection, food truck and catering details, visit our Lee County restaurant inspection site.
Which Lee County restaurants, caterers or food trucks got perfect scores on their health inspections?
These restaurants met all standards during their Oct. 9-15 inspections and no violations were found.
Flavor Box food truck, 18911 S. Tamiami Trail 1, Fort Myers
Guajiros Cuban Restaurant food truck, 11770 A Metro Parkway, Fort Myers
Bronx Bistro, 11770 A Metro Parkway, Fort Myers
Spotlight Catering food truck, 11770 Metro Parkway, Unit A, Fort Myers
Petey's Upper Deck, 414 Crescent St., Unit 101, Fort Myers Beach
Speedy's Two, 2957 Martin Luther King Blvd., Fort Myers
Which Lee County restaurant was briefly closed?
Perkins Restaurant and Bakery, 2700 Lee Blvd., Lehigh Acres ― Temporarily shut down Oct. 13 for eight violations that included a high-priority one for 99 small, flying insects. An Oct. 14 follow-up found the restaurant had complied.
Which Lee County restaurants, catering business and food trucks failed inspection?
Dunkin' Donuts, 3051 NE Pine Island Road , Cape Coral
Dutch-Way Cafe, 2245 Winkler Ave., Fort Myers
Little Caesars, 30 Hancock Bridge Parkway W., Unit 115 A, Cape Coral
Sky Zone Fort Myers, 14181 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 140, Fort Myers
Shadow Wood Preserve Club, 6900 Shadow Creek Blvd., Fort Myers
Ganesh Parvati II, 1320 Business Way, Lehigh Acres
Seagrass Sports Grill, 18911 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 1, Fort Myers
Sabrosos Tacos food truck, 16401 S. Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers (complied in follow-up visit)
Wendy's, 17348 Park 78 Drive, Fort Myers
CIBO, 12901 McGregor Blvd., No. 16, Fort Myers
Papa John's Pizza, 1338 Del Prado Blvd., Suite 1, Cape Coral
3 City Pizzeria, 12901 McGregor Blvd., Suite 5, Fort Myers
Moe's Southwest Grill, 1631 Del Prado Blvd., Suite 412, Cape Coral
Subway/Ompreet 21 Corp., 8293 Dani Drive, No. 120, Fort Myers
Menchies Frozen Yogurt, 1830 Pine Island Road NE, Suite 140, Cape Coral
Perkins Restaurant and Bakery, 2700 Lee Blvd., Lehigh Acres
What agency inspects restaurants in Florida?
Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.
How do I report a dirty restaurant in Florida?
If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online.
Get the whole story at our restaurant inspection database.
What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?
Basic violations are those considered against best practices.
A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.
An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: "Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over."
An emergency order — when a restaurant is closed by the inspector — is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.
A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.
This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News: Fort Myers area restaurant and food truck inspections Oct. 9-15
