MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT

416 WEST CENTRAL AVE, LAKE WALES, Polk County. DBPR licence 6301608. 5 inspection visits from 2023-11-27 to 2026-10-12.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-10-12: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 4 basic violations

0 of 4routine 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

1inspections 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	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-10-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	4	0.43	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2025-10-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0.40	2 areas 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-11-04	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3		3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2024-10-01	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0.39	2 areas 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-11-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	4	0.41	4 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 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.