TACO BELL #042856

17460 BEN HILL GRIFFIN PKWY, FORT MYERS, Lee County. DBPR licence 4606944. 7 inspection visits from 2023-08-22 to 2026-04-01.

Referred for possible fineLast visit, 2026-04-01: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 2 basic violations

2 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Lee County average that year (2 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
2026-04-01	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	1	1	2	0.93	4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 50 Current license properly displayed
2025-07-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.93
2025-02-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.90	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2024-07-25	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	1	0	1		2 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2024-07-23	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	2	0	1		3 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2024-07-18	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	2	1	1	0.90	4 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2023-08-22	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2		3 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean

The food: where these dishes come from

Taco Bell is known for tacos, nachos and quesadilla. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

TacosHistory of Tacos: Silver Mines, Not 10,000 YearsPlateTales

NachosWho Invented Nachos? Ignacio Anaya and the 1940 Paper TrailPlateTales

This is a Taco Bell location. How Taco Bell's 447 Florida stores compare with their counties.

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.