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 with the most violations. Abcactionnews.com's analysis is based on information posted on DBPR's Web site.
The lists below include seated and non-seated restaurants that received "25 or more" violations on one inspection visit. Each inspection report is a "snapshot" of conditions present at the time of the inspection. State inspectors can return for multiple visits stemming from one inspection until problems are corrected.
Click a link below to see which restaurants received 25 or more violations in the following counties: Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Orange, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter and Sarasota.
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