THE DRIFTWOOD FAMILY RESTAURANT

8056 WOODVILLE HWY, TALLAHASSEE, Leon County. DBPR licence 4703196. 8 inspection visits from 2023-11-21 to 2025-12-03.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2025-12-03: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 4 basic violations

3 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Leon County average that year (0 had none)

1emergency closure recommended at an inspection since July 2023 (latest 2025-09-30)

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, 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
2025-12-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	4	0.47	5 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-10-08	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-10-01	Complaint follow-up	Closure follow-up: more time given DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Time Extension	0	2	0		1 area 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure (x2)
2025-09-30	Complaint inspection	Emergency closure recommended DBPR: Emergency order recommended	4	3	9		12 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x3) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-03-18	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	5		6 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 45 Fire extinguishers - proper and sufficient (FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY)
2024-07-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	2	3	0.76	6 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-03-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	3	3	0.90	7 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-11-21	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	5		5 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 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 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof

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.