BOB EVANS RESTAURANT 525

6425 SOUTH FLORIDA AVE, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6307552. 9 inspection visits from 2023-07-20 to 2026-07-01.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-01: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 2 basic violations

2 of 7routine 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
2026-07-01	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	0.43	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-01-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	0.40	1 area 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-07-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.40	2 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2025-04-02	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2025-01-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	4	0.39	7 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-08-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.39	2 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-05-09	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2023-11-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.41	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-07-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	2	0	0.41	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed

The food: where these dishes come from

Bob Evans is known for biscuits and gravy and pancakes. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

This is a Bob Evans location. How Bob Evans's 38 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.