Seven Polk County restaurants fell short of inspection standards in the week from Jan. 29 to Feb. 4, according to state inspection reports .
Of 86 inspections during the period, 79 food vendors met standards and no one had violations related to insects or rodents. Sixteen restaurants had perfect initial inspections. (An initial inspection is just one that wasn’t a follow-up mandated by violations in a previous inspection.)
The seven restaurants that fell short had a wide variety of violations, not all of which would seem egregious to the common diner. They ran the gamut from issues with licensing or employee training, to dishes or utensils stored against “best practice,” damaged or soiled equipment or structures, and bona-fide food-safety problems, such as food stored at dangerous temperatures or in an improper manner.
View for yourself: Take a look at inspection reports for any restaurant in Polk County
In our restaurant inspections report each week, The Ledger details the all violations received by these restaurants so readers can decide.