WENDY'S 598

1910 W. MEMORIAL BLVD, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6301949. 8 inspection visits from 2023-08-14 to 2026-08-20.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-20: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic violations

2 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (3 had none)

1emergency closure recommended at an inspection since July 2023 (latest 2024-04-15)

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	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-08-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	0.43	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2026-05-01	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	2	0.40	3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-10-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.40	2 areas 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-05-02	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	0.39	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2024-07-02	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0		1 area 03 Food Out of Temperature
2024-04-15	Follow-up visit	Allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Complied	0	0	0
2024-04-15	Routine inspection	Emergency closure recommended DBPR: Emergency order recommended	0	0	2	0.41	2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 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
2023-08-14	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	1		3 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly

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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.