TIJUANA FLATS BURRITO COMPANY

4796 SOUTH FLORIDA AVE, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6307826. 8 inspection visits from 2023-09-23 to 2026-11-05.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-11-05: complaint inspection, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

1 of 7routine 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	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-11-05	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	2		3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-07-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	0.43	2 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2026-01-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.40	1 area 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2025-08-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	6	0.40	6 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2025-01-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	0.39	3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2024-08-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	0.39	3 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-01-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	0.41	1 area 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure
2023-09-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.41	1 area 08 Food protection, cross-contamination

The food: where these dishes come from

Tijuana Flats is known for burrito and nachos. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

NachosWho Invented Nachos? Ignacio Anaya and the 1940 Paper TrailPlateTales

This is a Tijuana Flats location. How Tijuana Flats's 115 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.