DAIRY QUEEN GRILL AND CHILL

13250 PALM BEACH BLVD, FORT MYERS, Lee County. DBPR licence 4605960. 8 inspection visits from 2023-09-13 to 2026-07-20.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-20: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 2 basic violations

1 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Lee County average that year (5 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections 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
2026-07-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	0.89	3 areas 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2025-11-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4	0.93	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2025-07-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	0.93	3 areas 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored
2024-11-19	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3		3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 46 Exiting system - adequate, good repair (FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY)
2024-07-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3	0.90	4 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2024-03-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	4	1.01	5 areas 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-09-20	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 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2023-09-13	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	2	3	1.01	5 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean

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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.