PAPA JOHNS PIZZA

2004 STATE RD 60E, LAKE WALES, Polk County. DBPR licence 6308180. 5 inspection visits from 2023-09-12 to 2025-08-11.

Referred for possible fineLast visit, 2025-08-11: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic violations

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

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

0inspections 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
2025-08-11	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	1	1	0.40	2 areas 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-09-30	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	1	0		1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-07-29	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	0.39	1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-11-13	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0
2023-09-12	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	1	0.41	2 areas 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)

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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.