WENDY'S 9888

502 US 27 S, LAKE PLACID, Highlands County. DBPR licence 3801032. 10 inspection visits from 2023-07-10 to 2026-08-27.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-27: complaint inspection, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

0 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Highlands County average that year (5 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, 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
2026-08-27	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0		1 area 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
2026-07-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.79
2025-11-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.82	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2025-07-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	0.82	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-02-24	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4		3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2025-01-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	1.24	1 area 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-01-30	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-12-20	Follow-up visit	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	0	1	0		1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-10-18	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	1	1	1.17	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-07-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	4	1.17	4 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)

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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.