DENNYS #6861/CRYSTAL RIVER SPORTS BAR/MELTDOWN BURGER DEN/BANDA

2380 NW US HWY 19, CRYSTAL RIVER, Citrus County. DBPR licence 1901013. 9 inspection visits from 2023-09-06 to 2026-09-30.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-30: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

1 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Citrus County average that year (3 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

3inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Citrus 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
2026-09-30	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-01-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.02	1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-09-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	1.02	1 area 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
2025-06-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	1.25
2024-11-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	1.25	1 area 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure
2024-04-24	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1		2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-02-02	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	6	1.04	7 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 50 Current license properly displayed
2023-09-21	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-09-06	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	0	4		3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 28 Sewage and wastewater disposed properly 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)

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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.