POPEYES LOUISIANA KITCHEN OPERATED BY TICE

3815 FLORIDA AVE, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6304072. 12 inspection visits from 2023-09-05 to 2026-09-02.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-02: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 3 basic violations

3 of 8routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (5 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

2inspections 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
2026-09-02	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3		3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2026-07-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.43	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 50 Current license properly displayed
2026-05-08	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2026-01-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.40	1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-07-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	1	0.40	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-12-19	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	4	0.39	5 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-07-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.39	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2024-02-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	3	0.41	5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 50 Current license properly displayed
2023-12-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	3	0.41	4 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2023-09-13	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	4		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2023-09-07	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	2	0	4		3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2023-09-05	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	2	1	5	0.41	5 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)

The food: where these dishes come from

Popeyes is known for Southern fried chicken, red beans and rice and biscuits. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

This is a Popeyes location. How Popeyes's 213 Florida stores compare with their counties.

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.