Behind The Kitchen Door: Dippin Dots, Publix and The Lakeland Center earn perfect inspection scores

If you are in the mood for ice cream before the colder, winter months arrive, you should head over to the Dippin' Dots in Lakeland where they've scooped up perfect inspection scores over the last year. And while you are in Lakeland, drive over to The Lakeland Center to score a good meal at one of their eateries that also had no violations in any report in twelve months.

The bay area counties highlighted this week with no violations for the entire year include Highlands, Hillsborough, and Polk.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) through the Division of Hotels and Restaurants inspects restaurants throughout the state. State inspectors can return for multiple visits stemming from one inspection until problems are corrected.

The list below include seated and non-seated restaurants that received "zero" violations on every inspection over the last 12 months from its last inspection date, indicated below. Each report is a "snapshot" of conditions present at the time of the inspection.

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Highlands County

             ROYAL PALM CAFE
             131 S SUN N LAKES BLVD
             LAKE PLACID, FL  33852
             License Number: SEA3800954  Last Inspected: 10/31/2012

Hillsborough County

             SOUP CUP
             117 HYDE PARK AVE S
             TAMPA, FL  33606
             License Number: MFD3951744  Last Inspected: 10/29/2012

Polk County

             DIPPIN DOTS ICE CREAM
             3800 US 98 N
             LAKELAND, FL  33809
             License Number: MFD6350435  Last Inspected: 10/29/2012


              OVATIONS FOOD SERVICES @ LAKELAND CENTER
             701 W LIME ST
             LAKELAND, FL  33815
             License Number: SEA6301226  Last Inspected: 11/02/2012


             PUBLIX CORPORATE HQ CAFETERIA
             3300 AIRPORT RD
             LAKELAND, FL  33811
             License Number: SEA6307306  Last Inspected: 11/01/2012