IHOP #36-71

5001 GULF BLVD, ST.PETE BEACH, Pinellas County. DBPR licence 6206440. 8 inspection visits from 2023-11-30 to 2026-09-04.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-04: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 3 intermediate, 12 basic violations

3 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Pinellas County average that year (2 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, Pinellas 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
2026-09-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	3	12	1.13	11 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2026-04-06	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2026-04-06	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	1	1.15	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2025-09-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.15	1 area 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2025-05-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	1.27	2 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2025-03-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	1	0	1.27	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2024-05-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	2	2	1.55	5 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2023-11-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	5	1.55	7 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x3) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

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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.