Charleys Philly Steaks

Charleys Philly Steaks's Florida stores average -0.03 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.16 to +0.12), below the county baseline. Rank 6 of 6 sandwich brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.03vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.16 to +0.12

1.18 vs 1.21raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

107stores in 28 counties, 498 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Charleys Philly Steaks is known for Philly cheesesteak. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

By fiscal year

Relative to the county baseline, first visits of routine inspections. Open circle and * = fiscal year in progress (data as of 2026-11-09). Hover a point for n.

Most-cited violation codes

Citations per 100 routine inspections, Charleys Philly Steaks vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 498). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Charleys Philly Steaks	Florida	Ratio
31	Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed	47.0	42.0	1.12x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	43.2	46.9	0.92x
03	Food Out of Temperature	38.8	35.0	1.11x
08	Food protection, cross-contamination	37.3	48.1	0.78x
12	Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking	34.9	23.0	1.52x

Outcomes

21.5% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

1.00% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

58%of 103 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

3 closures of Charleys Philly Steaks stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 3 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-07-21	Gainesville	Alachua	Roach activity
2026-06-15	Stuart	Martin	Roach activity
2026-03-12	Port Charlotte	Charlotte	Roach activity

Other sandwich brands

Ranked sandwich brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Arby's	-0.54	-0.62 to -0.45	148
2	Subway	-0.53	-0.56 to -0.49	970
3	Jimmy John's	-0.47	-0.58 to -0.36	146
4	Jersey Mike's	-0.46	-0.53 to -0.38	248
5	Firehouse Subs	-0.44	-0.52 to -0.36	169
6	Charleys Philly Steaks	-0.03	-0.16 to +0.12	107

Look up a single Charleys Philly Steaks location

Store-level matching: a store counts for Charleys Philly Steaks when its DBPR business name matches the reviewed aliases in InspectLens's brand list. Co-branded units (for example KFC with Taco Bell) are not counted for either brand.