CHECKERS #1065

991 E MEMORIAL BLVD, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6305934. 9 inspection visits from 2023-08-01 to 2026-08-11.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-11: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

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

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

5inspections 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
2026-08-11	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 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2026-03-05	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2026-01-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	0.40	2 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2025-04-25	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-04-24	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	0		1 area 03 Food Out of Temperature
2025-03-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1	0.39	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2023-11-17	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2023-10-19	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0		1 area 03 Food Out of Temperature
2023-08-01	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4		3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean

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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.