WAFFLE HOUSE #1098

810 KINGS HWY, PORT CHARLOTTE, Charlotte County. DBPR licence 1801394. 7 inspection visits from 2023-08-03 to 2026-09-22.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-22: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 5 basic violations

6 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Charlotte County average that year (0 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Charlotte County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-09-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	5	1.17	7 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles
2025-10-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	2	0.64	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-07-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	2	0	0.64	5 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-01-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	2	0	0.58	4 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2024-07-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	2	0.58	4 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2023-12-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	0.75	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2023-08-03	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	2	0		5 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 29 Plumbing installed and maintained

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A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.