RED LOBSTER #0079

3801 CLEVELAND AVE, FORT MYERS, Lee County. DBPR licence 4601149. 10 inspection visits from 2023-09-18 to 2026-07-31.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-31: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 4 basic violations

3 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Lee County average that year (1 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, Lee 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
2026-07-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	4	0.89	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x3)
2025-10-15	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	1	3		7 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 47 Electrical wiring - adequate, good repair (FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY)
2025-08-14	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	5		4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 28 Sewage and wastewater disposed properly 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2025-08-06	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	2	7	0.93	9 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 28 Sewage and wastewater disposed properly 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2025-01-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4	0.90	3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-07-15	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	2		1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2024-07-11	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	1	0	4	0.90	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2023-10-18	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	4		4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2023-09-19	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
2023-09-18	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	2	3	1.01	5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (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.