TACO BELL # 140

6780 HWY 98 N, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6307646. 7 inspection visits from 2023-07-29 to 2026-08-13.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-13: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 3 basic violations

0 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (6 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections 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	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-08-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	0.43	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
2026-01-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	4	0.40	4 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 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
2025-07-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	4	0.40	4 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 38 Lighting provided as required. Fixtures shielded
2025-01-30	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1		1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-09-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	3	0.39	5 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-01-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	0.41	3 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-07-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	0.41	3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean

The food: where these dishes come from

Taco Bell is known for tacos, nachos and quesadilla. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

TacosHistory of Tacos: Silver Mines, Not 10,000 YearsPlateTales

NachosWho Invented Nachos? Ignacio Anaya and the 1940 Paper TrailPlateTales

This is a Taco Bell location. How Taco Bell's 447 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.