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CHAMPS SPORTS BAR & GRILL

CHAMPS SPORTS BAR & GRILL in LAKELAND has 6 health inspections on record with an overall food safety rating of 3.9/5. Recent inspections indicate some food safety concerns.

Last inspection: 1 months ago · 6 reports on file

505 Water Street
Tampa, Florida, 33602
Hillsborough County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★★½☆ (3.9/5)
Based on 6 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

3/3/2026· 1mo ago

Visit ID: 13575277

Met Inspection Standards

1 int, 6 basic

  • 06-09-1:Basic - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Grouper thawing in the package. Employee removed the fish from the package. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Cases of oysters on the floor inside the walk in freezer.
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets soiled on all the reach in cooler doors.
  • 22-16-4:Basic - Walk -in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues.
  • 14-17-4:Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Walk in cooler shelves.
  • 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Mop inside the mop bucket in water at the back door.
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed cooking water being dumped in the hand washing sink in the kitchen.

11/13/2025· 5mo ago

Visit ID: 10942513

Met Inspection Standards

2 basic

  • 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.

2/25/2025· 1y 1mo ago

Visit ID: 10715819

Met Inspection Standards

2 basic

  • 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.

11/7/2024· 1y 5mo ago

Visit ID: 8730584

Met Inspection Standards

2 high

  • 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

2/22/2024· 2y 1mo ago

Visit ID: 8539350

Met Inspection Standards

2 basic

  • 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.

10/30/2023· 2y 5mo ago

Visit ID: 8351808

Met Inspection Standards

3 basic

  • 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.