LA TORTUGA VERDE

4938 US HIGHWAY 17 N, BOWLING GREEN, Hardee County. DBPR licence 3500277. 2 inspection visits from 2024-08-14 to 2025-05-22.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2025-05-22: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 3 basic violations

1 of 1routine 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
2025-05-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	3	1.69	4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-08-14	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	4		5 areas 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 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 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

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.