GOLDEN CORRAL

5300 COMMERCIAL WAY, SPRING HILL, Hernando County. DBPR licence 3701156. 11 inspection visits from 2023-12-08 to 2026-11-04.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-11-04: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 4 basic violations

3 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hernando 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, 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
2026-11-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	4	0.47	4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-05-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	1	4	0.57	8 areas 01 Approved source 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-11-24	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 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed
2025-07-10	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-06-26	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	2	2	0.99	5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2024-09-12	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2		3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-06-24	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	6		3 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x4)
2024-05-01	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-04-26	Complaint inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	1	0	5		4 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2024-04-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	0.91	1 area 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2023-12-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3	0.91	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 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.