THE CHOP HOUSE

110 PLAZA AVE, LAKE PLACID, Highlands County. DBPR licence 3850138. 3 inspection visits from 2024-02-02 to 2026-02-06.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-02-06: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic violations

0 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Highlands County average that year (3 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	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-02-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	0.82	4 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 50 Current license properly displayed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2025-02-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	3	1.24	4 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2024-02-02	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	3	1.17	2 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (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.