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Highlands County

DBPR D7. In FY2024-25 restaurants here averaged 1.01 high-priority violations per routine inspection (Florida 0.98), number 29 of 67 counties from the highest. This is the baseline InspectLens compares Highlands stores against.

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1.01high-priority violations per routine inspection, FY2024-25, n = 394
1.24first-visit baseline used for scores, n = 311 inspections
3.9%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, FY2024-25

By fiscal year

01.38FY2016-17: 0.75 (n = 434)16-17FY2017-18: 0.91 (n = 208)17-18FY2018-19: 1.13 (n = 288)18-19FY2019-20: 1.38 (n = 403)19-20FY2020-21: 1.00 (n = 395)20-21FY2021-22: 0.95 (n = 352)21-22FY2022-23: 1.12 (n = 431)22-23FY2023-24: 0.98 (n = 451)23-24FY2024-25: 1.01 (n = 394)24-25FY2025-26: 0.71 (n = 431)25-26FY2026-27: 0.68 (n = 216) partial year26-27*
High-priority violations per routine inspection, Highlands vs Florida. * = fiscal year in progress. Data as of 2026-11-09.
Fiscal yearHighlandsRoutine inspections (n)FloridaFirst-visit baseline
FY2026-27*0.682161.040.79
FY2025-260.714310.980.82
FY2024-251.013940.981.24
FY2023-240.984511.001.17
FY2022-231.124311.041.25
FY2021-220.953521.051.04
FY2020-211.003950.951.11
FY2019-201.384030.941.59
FY2018-191.132881.021.57
FY2017-180.912081.061.03
FY2016-170.754341.140.95

Recent emergency closures in Highlands

Latest 10 of 13 closures in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06). Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
ClosedBusinessCityReason (DBPR)Re-opened
2026-07-21China MaxSebringRodent activity2026-07-22
2026-07-17Legacy 1912SebringRoach activity2026-07-18
2026-07-16Compass Bar and GrillLake PlacidRodent activity2026-07-16
2026-05-01Little Caesars 638SebringRoach & rodent activity2026-05-02
2026-04-30Cang TongSebringRodent, Roach & Fly activity
2026-04-29Solorzanos Pizzeria SebringSebringRodent activity2026-04-30
2026-04-06Cang TongSebringRoach activity
2026-03-25Cang TongSebringRoach & rodent activity2026-03-27
2026-02-26Cang TongSebringRodent activity2026-02-27
2026-02-19Cang TongSebringRoach & rodent activity2026-02-20