APPLEBEE'S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL & BAR

201 CYPRESS GARDEN BLVD, WINTER HAVEN, Polk County. DBPR licence 6306150. 8 inspection visits from 2023-07-10 to 2026-08-27.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-27: complaint inspection, 2 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 5 basic violations

4 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (1 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
2026-08-27	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	5		7 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2026-04-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	5	0.40	5 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-11-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	2	0.40	3 areas 09 Foods handled with minimum contact 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-03-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	3	0.39	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-09-19	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	4		3 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2024-09-18	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	3	1	7	0.39	7 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x3) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-02-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3	0.41	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-07-10	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	6		5 areas 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x4) 40 Employee lockers provided and used, 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.