LA QUINTA INN & SUITES CLEARWATER SOUTH
5000 LAKE BLVD · CLEARWATER · Pinellas County · FL 33760
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
8 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 1
50-17-3High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Licensed expired 02-01-2023 **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 3
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Juice machine contact surface soiled underneath nozzles.
22-38-5Intermediate – No sanitizer of any kind available for warewashing. Only use single-service items to serve food to customers until sanitizer is available for warewashing. Operator provide disinfectant chlorine sanitizer. Setup three-compartment sink. Tested chlorine sanitizer 50ppm **Corrected On-Site**
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Unlabeled spray bottle containing a chemical substance underneath table in pantry.
Basic 4
50-09-4Basic – Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
36-08-4Basic – Floor and wall junctures not coved in food preparation/storage/warewashing areas or bathroom. Wall in pantry missing cove molding.
12B-13-4Basic – Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Employee opened bottled water stored in stand-alone refrigerator in pantry room. Operator removed bottled water. **Corrected On-Site**
22-16-4Basic – Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Stand-alone refrigerator interior soiled with debris.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 17, 2026 11:15 AM.
Violation category totals
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2 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.