MELLOW MUSHROOM LAKELAND
3555 LAKELAND HIGHLANDS RD · LAKELAND · Polk County · FL 33803
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
6 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 1
35A-02-7High Priority – Live, small flying insects found. 20 live flies in bar area across the rest from kitchen above ice bin and soda gun. 2 live flies by soda box rack in dishroom 2 live flies by hand washing sink by ice machine in dishroom 1 live fly by dish machine Operator is washing, rinsing and sanitizing all areas. **Corrective Action Taken**
Intermediate 2
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Empty buckets being stored in front of hand sink in dishroom. manager had employee removed buckets. **Corrected On-Site**
31A-11-4Intermediate – Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand washing on servers line being used as dump sink, evidence of ice in bottom of sink
Basic 3
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. On prep table on cookline. Discarded **Corrected On-Site**
12B-12-5Basic – 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. Observed employee drinking from a open container on serviceline
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Bottom of soda heads on both drink machine.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 15, 2026 11:19 AM.
Violation category totals
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.