DENNY'S

5603 E HILLSBOROUGH AVE, TAMPA, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3905454. 10 inspection visits from 2023-09-11 to 2026-02-24.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-02-24: complaint inspection, 1 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 6 basic violations

1 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hillsborough County average that year (3 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

4inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Hillsborough 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
2026-02-24	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	6		6 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3) 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2025-09-09	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	6		4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3)
2025-09-04	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	5	2	12		13 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 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 (x3) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3) 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2025-06-11	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2025-05-09	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2025-02-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	5	0.99	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3)
2024-08-19	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	4		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3)
2024-08-16	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	0	4	0.99	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3)
2024-01-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	6	1.02	4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3)
2023-09-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4	1.02	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 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.