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REECECLIFF FAMILY DINER

Health inspection records show REECECLIFF FAMILY DINER in LAKELAND has 4 inspections with a food safety rating of 3.7/5. Recent inspections show improving food safety practices.

940 South Florida Avenue
Lakeland, Florida, 33803
Polk County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★★½☆ (3.7/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 10/24/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 13488343

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

Inspection Date: 8/11/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10903941

  • 36-62-4:Basic - Light not functioning. Hood system above the stove. Warning
  • 14-33-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Shoves inside the upright reach in cooler at the end of the cook line. 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

Inspection Date: 2/21/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8880097

  • 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. White Cambro containers on the shelf in the dry storage.
  • 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. February 1,2025
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle with clear liquid inside the bottle next to the Hamilton Beach mixer at the front counter.

Inspection Date: 9/4/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8844994

  • 51-13-4:Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. Provided a copy. Corrected On-Site
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gasket is soiled on the flat top reach in freezer between the stove and fryers.
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet blue wiping cloth stored on the cutting board on the salad reach in cooler. The wiping cloth was removed. Corrected On-Site
  • 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 plated bacon with he bare hands. We had the employee to wash her hands and explained to her to use gloves. I explained to the operator about Alternative Operating Procedures. (AOP) as an option. **Corrective Action Taken**