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GRANGER AND SONS BAR-B-QUE

8121 US 98 N, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6305073. 7 inspection visits from 2023-08-22 to 2026-08-07.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-07: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 3 basic violations
0 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (7 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.
DateVisitResultHighInter.BasicCounty avgWhat was cited
2026-08-07 Routine inspection Passed, no follow-up needed
DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action		 003 0.43
3 areas
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  • 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
  • 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2026-01-08 Routine inspection Passed, no follow-up needed
DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action		 001 0.40
1 area
  • 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2025-08-08 Routine inspection Passed, no follow-up needed
DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action		 002 0.40
2 areas
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  • 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2025-03-18 Routine inspection Passed, no follow-up needed
DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action		 001 0.39
1 area
  • 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2024-11-05 Routine inspection Passed, no follow-up needed
DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action		 003 0.39
3 areas
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  • 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
  • 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2024-01-26 Routine inspection Passed, no follow-up needed
DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action		 002 0.41
2 areas
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  • 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2023-08-22 Routine inspection Passed, no follow-up needed
DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action		 001 0.41
1 area
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

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.