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MELLOW MUSHROOM LAKELAND

Food safety records indicate MELLOW MUSHROOM LAKELAND in LAKELAND has 9 inspections with a 3.4/5 overall rating. Recent inspections show improving food safety practices.

Last inspection: 1 months ago · 9 reports on file

3555 Lakeland Highlands Road
Lakeland, Florida, 33813
Polk County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★★☆☆ (3.4/5)
Based on 9 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

1/28/2026· 1mo ago

Visit ID: 13620265

Met Inspection Standards
  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

1/27/2026· 1mo ago

Visit ID: 13617229

Follow-up Inspection Required

3 high, 1 basic

  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee making a salad with no hair restraints. Employee put on a hat. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 12A-29-4:High Priority - Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee used his cell phone while making salad and didn't change his gloves before engaging making a salad. Warning
  • 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Bruschetta Blue cheese crumbles Cut tomatoes Boneless chicken Chicken wings Feta cheese 50F Inside the salad reach in cooler in the kitchen. Warning
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. bruschetta (50F - Cold Holding); blue cheese crumbles (50F - Cold Holding); feta cheese (50F - Cold Holding); cut tomatoes (51F - Cold Holding); boneless chicken (50F - Cold Holding); chicken wings (50F - Cold Holding) Salad flip top reach in cooler. Warning

1/9/2026· 2mo ago

Visit ID: 13501582

Met Inspection Standards

1 int

  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade is soiled. End of the table in the prep area.

8/22/2025· 6mo ago

Visit ID: 10917354

Met Inspection Standards

1 high, 5 basic

  • 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Blue lunch bag n the shelf with cooked Italian style meatballs and ham inside the walk in cooler. The lunch bag was removed. Corrected On-Site
  • 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in the walk-in freezer.
  • 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Pizza cutter in water at 113 F in the hotwell at the expo window. The water was discarded and replaced. Corrected On-Site
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets on the last reach in cooler door at the end of the pizza station.
  • 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Pizza boxes stored on the floor at the expo station. The boxes was removed from off the floor. Corrected On-Site
  • 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Dented can of Ron Son Quartered Artichole Hearts on the can good rack near the walk in cooler.

1/23/2025· 1y 1mo ago

Visit ID: 8858493

Met Inspection Standards

2 basic

  • 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. Employee drinking in the food prep area next to the pizza reach in cooler. The beverage was discarded from off the prep table. The employee washed his hands. Corrected On-Site
  • 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Pans on the shelf across from the prep sink in the back area / dry storage area.

8/13/2024· 1y 7mo ago

Visit ID: 8725739

Met Inspection Standards

2 high, 2 basic

  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee making food on the cook l8ne. The employee put on a baseball cap. Corrected On-Site
  • 12B-13-4:Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Starbucks beverage in the wood cutting board on the salad reach in cooler. The beverage was discarded. The cutting board was sanitized. Corrected On-Site
  • 12A-18-4:High Priority - Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. Employee dried his hands on his clothes. I had the employee to wash his hands and dried his hands with a disposable paper towels. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed 1 flying insects on the prep table in the back prep table. The fly was eradicated and the prep table was cleaned and sanitized. **Corrective Action Taken**

12/22/2023· 2y 2mo ago

Visit ID: 8491789

Met Inspection Standards

3 basic

  • 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. Beverage on the prep table next to the can opener. The beverage was discarded. The area was washed, rinsed and sanitized. Corrected On-Site
  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Plaid jacket on the can good rack next to the walk in cooler. The jacket was removed. Corrected On-Site
  • 25-05-4:Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Pizza boxes stored on the floor in the breezeway in front of the expo line. The boxes was removed. Corrected On-Site

11/9/2023· 2y 4mo ago

Visit ID: 8491623

Met Inspection Standards
  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

9/5/2023· 2y 6mo ago

Visit ID: 8347302

Follow-up Inspection Required

1 high, 3 int, 1 basic

  • 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-coolers on cook line Warning
  • 29-37-4:High Priority - Spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink. In prep sink Warning
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed buildup on can opener blade. Manager put in dish pit **Corrective Action Taken** Warning
  • 53B-01-5:Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Warning
  • 11-26-1:Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Warning