FIRST WATCH #0188

4316 US HWY 98 N STE 200, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6308393. 5 inspection visits from 2023-07-27 to 2025-07-08.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2025-07-08: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

0 of 5routine 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

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
2025-07-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0.40	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2025-02-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0.39	1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2024-08-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	0.39	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2023-12-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	0.41	3 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2023-07-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	0.41	4 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

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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.