APPLEBEE'S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL AND BAR

1210 SR 70 E, OKEECHOBEE, Okeechobee County. DBPR licence 5700699. 8 inspection visits from 2023-08-18 to 2026-10-22.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-10-22: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

4 of 8routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Okeechobee County average that year (3 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

0inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Okeechobee 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
2026-10-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.64
2026-05-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	0	0	0.64	3 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2025-08-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	2	0.64	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-02-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3	0.64	4 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 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 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-09-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	0.64	3 areas 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-04-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	2	2	1.06	5 areas 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 11 Personnel with infections restricted (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 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-01-26	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.06	1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2023-08-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	4	1.06	4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 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.