SIMMONS SOUL FOOD & BBQ

12125 CORTEZ BLVD, BROOKSVILLE, Hernando County. DBPR licence 3750386. 9 inspection visits from 2023-10-24 to 2026-07-22.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-22: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

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

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

2inspections 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
2026-07-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.47
2026-05-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.57
2025-11-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	0.57	1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2025-05-14	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2025-03-06	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-03-05	Complaint inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	2	0	0		2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 28 Sewage and wastewater disposed properly
2024-11-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	0.99	2 areas 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2024-03-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	0.91	1 area 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2)
2023-10-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	2	0.91	4 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2)

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.