EMPIRE CHINESE RESTAURANT

1700 N MONROE ST, SUITE 12, TALLAHASSEE, Leon County. DBPR licence 4703065. 8 inspection visits from 2023-12-20 to 2026-08-12.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-12: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic violations

4 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Leon County average that year (0 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

3inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Leon 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
2026-08-12	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1		2 areas 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2026-05-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	6	0.47	7 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x3) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 42 Premises maintained, free of litter, unnecessary articles. Cleaning and maintenance equipment properly stored. Kitchen restricted to authorized personnel
2025-07-14	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2025-01-29	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4		4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-11-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1	0.76	2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed
2024-06-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	2	0.90	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x3) 50 Current license properly displayed
2023-12-21	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-12-20	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	2	2	0.90	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification

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.