WILD TURKEY TAVERN

2751 US 27 S, AVON PARK, Highlands County. DBPR licence 3800395. 8 inspection visits from 2023-09-21 to 2026-08-18.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-18: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 2 basic violations

5 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Highlands County average that year (1 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, Highlands 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
2026-08-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	2	0.79	4 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x2) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2026-02-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	6	0.82	7 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 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2025-09-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	5	0.82	6 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x3) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-05-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	1.24	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2025-01-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	0	3	1.24	6 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 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 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2024-02-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	4	1.17	7 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 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 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
2023-10-13	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2023-09-21	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	5	0	1	1.17	3 areas 01 Approved source (x2) 03 Food Out of Temperature (x3) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located

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.