APPLEBEE'S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL AND BAR

5335 20 ST, VERO BEACH, Indian River County. DBPR licence 4101060. 10 inspection visits from 2023-09-20 to 2026-10-07.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-10-07: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

2 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Indian River County average that year (2 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, Indian River 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
2026-10-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	2	1.28	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-03-10	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	5		5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-11-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	6	0.99	4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x3) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-06-02	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	2		3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2025-02-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3	1.16	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2024-09-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	4	1.16	6 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2024-03-26	Licensing inspection	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2024-03-25	Licensing inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	4		5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2024-02-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	3	1.09	4 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2023-09-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	1.09	2 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located

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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.