LongHorn Steakhouse

LongHorn Steakhouse's Florida stores average -0.23 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.35 to -0.11), below the county baseline. Rank 6 of 16 casual-dining brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.23vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.35 to -0.11

0.92 vs 1.15raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

81stores in 33 counties, 401 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

LongHorn Steakhouse is known for steak. 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, LongHorn Steakhouse vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 401). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	LongHorn Steakhouse	Florida	Ratio
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	58.9	43.6	1.35x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	50.4	46.9	1.07x
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	47.4	39.9	1.19x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	40.1	23.6	1.70x
03	Food Out of Temperature	35.7	35.0	1.02x

Outcomes

9.0% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.00% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

84%of 80 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

3 closures of LongHorn Steakhouse 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)
2026-08-21	Ft Lauderdale	Broward	Roach activity
2026-05-18	Jacksonville	Duval	Roach & rodent activity
2026-03-05	Jacksonville	Duval	Roach & rodent activity

Other casual-dining brands

Ranked casual-dining brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Chuck E. Cheese	-0.69	-0.86 to -0.53	59
2	Olive Garden	-0.48	-0.57 to -0.39	80
3	Buffalo Wild Wings	-0.36	-0.49 to -0.24	62
4	Chili's	-0.34	-0.43 to -0.25	139
5	Hooters	-0.27	-0.42 to -0.12	48
6	LongHorn Steakhouse	-0.23	-0.35 to -0.11	81
7	Applebee's	-0.19	-0.31 to -0.07	88
8	Sonny's BBQ	-0.12	-0.28 to +0.04	65
9	Outback Steakhouse	-0.08	-0.23 to +0.06	101
10	Texas Roadhouse	-0.08	-0.26 to +0.11	47
11	Red Lobster	+0.07	-0.14 to +0.30	56
12	Ruby Tuesday	+0.12	-0.14 to +0.40	31
13	Bonefish Grill	+0.19	-0.04 to +0.45	49
14	Carrabba's Italian Grill	+0.30	+0.16 to +0.45	68
15	Beef 'O' Brady's	+0.48	+0.30 to +0.67	88
16	Miller's Ale House	+0.78	+0.55 to +1.03	68

Look up a single LongHorn Steakhouse location

Store-level matching: a store counts for LongHorn Steakhouse 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.