SANTA BARBARA CUBAN COFFEE

1048 US HIGHWAY 27 S UNIT 1178, AVON PARK, Highlands County. DBPR licence 3801218. 3 inspection visits from 2023-09-18 to 2024-01-11.

No inspection since 2024-01-11. The restaurant may have closed, moved or changed licence; DBPR's files do not say which.

Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fineLast visit, 2024-01-11: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 4 intermediate, 1 basic violations

1 of 1routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Highlands County average that year (0 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
2024-01-11	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	0	4	1		3 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x3)
2023-12-05	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	6	6	4		10 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x3) 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x3)
2023-09-18	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	8	10	10	1.17	15 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x2) 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x5) 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x3) 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x3)

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.