THE MOFONGOS HOUSE

5008 SPIRIT LAKE RD, WINTER HAVEN, Polk County. DBPR licence 6351339. 7 inspection visits from 2023-11-28 to 2026-07-29.

Referred for possible fineLast visit, 2026-07-29: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

3 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (2 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	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-07-29	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	1	0	1	0.43	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 50 Current license properly displayed
2025-09-25	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	0	2	0		1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2025-07-21	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	2	2	0	0.40	3 areas 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2025-01-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	0.39	1 area 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2024-10-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	0	0.39	2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-06-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.41	2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2023-11-28	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0

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.