STEAK N SHAKE

17509 N PALMS VILLAGE PL, TAMPA, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3912404. 9 inspection visits from 2023-07-21 to 2026-08-21.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-21: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

1 of 5routine 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

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, 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
2026-08-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.93	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed
2026-03-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	1.01
2025-08-25	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	3		6 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-01-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	4	0.99	5 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-10-21	Complaint follow-up	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	1	0	2		2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2024-09-23	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	4		4 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2024-02-20	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	2		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-12-12	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	3	6	1.02	8 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 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 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-07-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	1	1.02	3 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

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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.