YAMATO JAPANESE RESTAURANT

1115 US HWY 90 W, LAKE CITY, Columbia County. DBPR licence 2200680. 4 inspection visits from 2023-07-11 to 2023-07-14.

No inspection since 2023-07-14. The restaurant may have closed, moved or changed licence; DBPR's files do not say which.

Allowed to reopenLast visit, 2023-07-14: complaint follow-up, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

1emergency closure recommended at an inspection since July 2023 (latest 2023-07-11)

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, Columbia 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	What was cited
2023-07-14	Complaint follow-up	Allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Complied	0	0	0
2023-07-13	Complaint follow-up	Closure follow-up: more time given DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Time Extension	3	0	0	1 area 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x3)
2023-07-12	Complaint follow-up	Not yet allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Not Complied	3	0	1	1 area 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x4)
2023-07-11	Complaint inspection	Emergency closure recommended DBPR: Emergency order recommended	4	2	13	9 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure (x2) 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x6) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3)

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.