Steak 'n Shake

Steak 'n Shake's Florida stores average -0.21 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.36 to -0.03), below the county baseline. Rank 9 of 12 burger brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.21vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.36 to -0.03

0.98 vs 1.20raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

68stores in 31 counties, 320 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Steak 'n Shake is known for hamburger and milkshake. 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, Steak 'n Shake vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 320). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Steak 'n Shake	Florida	Ratio
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	67.2	43.6	1.54x
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	58.4	39.9	1.47x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	46.6	46.9	0.99x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	39.4	23.6	1.67x
03	Food Out of Temperature	36.9	35.0	1.05x

Outcomes

20.9% 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)

83%of 65 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

1 closures of Steak 'n Shake stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 1 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-05-18	Sunrise	Broward	Rodent activity

Other burger brands

Ranked burger brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Five Guys	-0.69	-0.77 to -0.60	126
2	McDonald's	-0.50	-0.54 to -0.46	865
3	Burger King	-0.49	-0.54 to -0.44	511
4	Wendy's	-0.42	-0.47 to -0.38	539
5	Whataburger	-0.40	-0.55 to -0.26	45
6	Checkers & Rally's	-0.38	-0.48 to -0.28	150
7	Culver's	-0.33	-0.41 to -0.25	125
8	Hardee's	-0.22	-0.35 to -0.08	80
9	Steak 'n Shake	-0.21	-0.36 to -0.03	68
10	Sonic Drive-In	-0.20	-0.33 to -0.07	97
11	BurgerFi	-0.20	-0.39 to -0.02	58
12	Krystal	+0.25	-0.10 to +0.64	30

Look up a single Steak 'n Shake location

Store-level matching: a store counts for Steak 'n Shake 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.