Behind The Kitchen Door: 23 restaurants in Hillsborough earned perfect inspection scores in July

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Posted: 08/06/2012

By: Wendy Ryan

TAMPA - You wouldn't normally think about eating when shopping at Ikea Furniture Store but a couple of their eateries inside were part of 23 places with perfect inspection scores in Hillsborough County during the week of July 9.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) through the Division of Hotels and Restaurants inspects restaurants throughout the state. Each week, abcactionnews.com analyzes the latest list of restaurant inspections to identify those that received zero-violations, thus obtaining the perfect score. Abcactionnews.com's analysis is based on information posted on DBPR's Website.

State inspectors can return for multiple visits stemming from one inspection until problems are corrected. The lists below include seated and non-seated restaurants that received "zero" violations on the first visit of an inspection. This list does not include restaurants that have received zero violations after multiple visits for the same inspection. Each inspection report is a "snapshot" of conditions present at the time of the inspection.

HILLSBOROUGH

STRAWBERRY HOUSE 805 N WHEELER ST PLANT CITY
HYDE PARK TEA COTTAGE 108 S WILLOW TAMPA
IKEA FURNITURE STORE (BISTRO/SWEDE SHOP-LOWER LEVEL) 1103 N 22 ST TAMPA
IKEA FURNITURE STORE (MAIN AND STAFF RESTAURANTS-UPPER LEVEL) 1103 N 22 ST TAMPA
CRISPERS LLC 1203 S DALE MABRY HWY TAMPA
STONEY'S LOUNGE 1305 S 22 ST TAMPA
JIMMY JOHNS 1600 E 8 AVE STE #D103 TAMPA
PRANA YBOR 1619 7 AVE TAMPA
HYDE PARK CAFE 1806 W PLATT ST TAMPA
MARKET ON 7TH 1816 E 7 AVE TAMPA
HYATT REGENCY BALLROOM 211 N TAMPA ST TAMPA
ISLAND CUISINE 2301 E HILLSBOROUGH AVE TAMPA
KOJAK HOUSE OF RIBS 2808 GANDY BLVD TAMPA
GUANABO COFFEE SHOPPE 3300 W COLUMBUS DRIVE TAMPA
DUNKIN DONUTS/BASKIN ROBBINS 3512 E HILLSBOROUGH AVE TAMPA
COURTYARD RESTAURANT 3805 W CYPRESS AVE TAMPA
CHURCH'S CHICKEN #340 3815 ARMENIA AVE TAMPA
HARDEES #1500769 4116 W HILLSBOROUGH AVE TAMPA
KFC 4402 W GANDY BLVD TAMPA
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS TAMPA 4750 N DALE MABRY HWY TAMPA
SPRINGHILL SUITES TAMPA WESTSHORE 4835 W CYPRESS ST TAMPA
THE METRO RESTAURANT INC 511 N FRANKLIN ST TAMPA
CAFE TWENTY TWO 5208 N 22ND ST TAMPA