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CHAMPS SPORTS BAR & GRILL

CHAMPS SPORTS BAR & GRILL in LAKELAND has 5 health inspections on record with an overall food safety rating of 4.0/5. Food safety practices have remained consistent.

505 Water Street
Tampa, Florida, 33602
Hillsborough County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★★★☆ (4.0/5)
Based on 5 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 11/13/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10942513

  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. A case of chicken breast inside the walk in freezer.
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets on the reach in cooler across from the stove.

Inspection Date: 2/25/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10715819

  • 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on oven door handle.
  • 36-62-4:Basic - Light not functioning. Hood system above fryers.

Inspection Date: 11/7/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8730584

  • 09-01-4:High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee cutting peppers. The employee washed his hands and put on gloves.
  • 08A-04-5:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Shrimp over potatoes inside the walk in cooler. The raw product was relocated. Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 2/22/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8539350

  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. A case of chicken inside the walk in cooler. Artichoke dip inside the walk in freezer.
  • 40-01-4:Basic - No suitable facilities provided to store employee clothing and other possessions. Black jacket on the shelf with dry storage next to old bay seasoning on shelf across from the walk in cooler. Black jacket on the beverage syrup rack in the service area.

Inspection Date: 10/30/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8351808

  • 36-03-4:Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Throughout the kitchen and dishwasher area. Repeat Violation
  • 12B-12-5:Basic - Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Open bottle of Zephyrhills water on top of the flip top reach in cooler for chicken across from the fryers. Beverage was discarded. Corrected On-Site
  • 22-08-4:Basic - Interior of microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. On table next to the sandwich press.