MIKE'S DRIVE IN INC

1055 US 17 S, BARTOW, Polk County. DBPR licence 6300201. 8 inspection visits from 2023-12-05 to 2026-10-20.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-10-20: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic violations

3 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (4 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, Polk 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
2026-10-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	3	0.43	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2026-04-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.40	1 area 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
2025-11-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	5	0.40	6 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2025-03-26	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.39	1 area 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
2024-10-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	0.39	1 area 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
2024-05-07	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-03-08	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	0	3	0.41	2 areas 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2) 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2023-12-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	5	0.41	5 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

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.