PAUL'S KITCHEN

116 N 4 AVE, WAUCHULA, Hardee County. DBPR licence 3500237. 6 inspection visits from 2023-07-25 to 2026-09-30.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-30: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 5 basic violations

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

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

0inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Hardee 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	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	2	5	0.95	8 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 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 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2026-04-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	1	4	0.91	8 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-12-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	4	0.91	6 areas 01 Approved source 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean (x2) 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-09-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	4	7	1.69	13 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2023-10-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	3	1.47	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed (x2) 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2023-07-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3	1.47	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

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.