CRACKER BARREL #649

1371 COMMERCIAL WAY, SPRING HILL, Hernando County. DBPR licence 3701061. 9 inspection visits from 2023-07-20 to 2026-10-30.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-10-30: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic violations

2 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hernando County average that year (2 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

4inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Hernando 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
2026-10-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	3	0.47	4 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2026-06-01	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	0.57	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-11-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	0.57	2 areas 01 Approved source 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2025-06-03	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2025-04-29	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0		1 area 03 Food Out of Temperature
2025-01-13	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-01-03	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	0	0.99	1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2023-10-18	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		2 areas 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2023-07-20	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		2 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

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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.