Pasco County Restaurant Inspections: What 230 May Checks Found

Pasco County’s May inspection data tells a pretty familiar Florida story: most restaurants got through the month without anything dramatic, but a smaller cluster of inspection reports piled up enough issues to deserve a closer look.

We pulled live Pasco County data from InspectFL for May 1 through May 31, 2026. During that stretch, inspectors logged 230 inspections across 210 restaurants, documenting 548 total violations. Of those, 111 were critical, 167 were major, and 270 were minor.

At the same time, the county’s broader snapshot still looks relatively solid. InspectFL currently tracks 1,143 active restaurants in Pasco County. Right now, 602 carry an A grade, 272 are graded B, 119 are graded C, and just 7 currently hold an F. Another 202 restaurants currently sit at a perfect 100.

By the Numbers

A few more numbers help frame the month:

• 210 restaurants were inspected in May
• 30.4% of May inspections came back with zero violations
• 52.7% of Pasco restaurants currently hold an A grade
• Just 0.6% of currently tracked Pasco restaurants hold an F grade

Where Inspectors Were Busiest

The heaviest inspection activity in May was concentrated in the county’s biggest restaurant corridors:

• Wesley Chapel: 68 inspections, 111 violations, 18 critical
• New Port Richey: 58 inspections, 160 violations, 44 critical
• Port Richey: 20 inspections, 54 violations, 5 critical
• Hudson: 17 inspections, 39 violations, 4 critical
• Land O’ Lakes: 16 inspections, 58 violations, 18 critical

Wesley Chapel saw the most inspection activity overall. But New Port Richey produced the most violations and the most critical findings, which is why that part of Pasco stands out most in the May data.

Land O’ Lakes is worth noting too. It only logged 16 inspections, but those inspections still produced 58 violations, including 18 critical findings — the same critical count as Wesley Chapel despite far fewer visits.

May Inspection Reports That Stood Out

These are the specific May inspection events with the highest total violation counts in our Pasco County pull.

The list above does not mean those were the county’s “worst restaurants” overall. It means those were some of the heaviest single inspection reports in May based on the public record. Some restaurants on that list may already have improved through callbacks or later inspections.

The Problems Inspectors Cited Most Often

The most common issues in Pasco County’s May inspections were not exotic edge cases. They were the repeat sanitation and operating problems that inspectors see over and over in restaurant kitchens:

• Food-contact surfaces soiled with debris or mold-like buildup — 32 citations
• Dirty non-food-contact surfaces — 20 citations
• Chemical labeling and storage problems — 15 citations
• Equipment in poor repair — 15 citations
• Handwashing sink issues — 14 citations

That pattern matters. A lot of the county’s inspection load appears to come from basic sanitation discipline, storage habits, and equipment upkeep rather than rare one-off emergencies.

Temperature-control issues also remained a real concern. Improper hot or cold holding was cited 13 times in the May data, making it one of the more common high-priority problems inspectors documented.

Clean Inspections Still Made Up a Big Chunk of the Month

It’s easy to focus only on the ugly inspection reports, but the cleaner side of the county matters too. Out of 230 inspections, 70 came back with zero violations.

A few recent examples from the May pull:

What May’s Data Actually Says About Pasco

Pasco does not look like a countywide food-safety disaster. The current grade distribution is too strong for that, and a meaningful share of inspections still came back clean.

But the May data also doesn’t support a “nothing to see here” reading either. New Port Richey generated the highest number of total and critical violations. Land O’ Lakes posted a surprisingly high critical count relative to its inspection volume. And the county’s most common problems were the kinds of recurring sanitation issues that usually point to routine operational sloppiness, not just bad luck on one visit.

That is probably the cleanest way to read the month: Pasco’s overall picture is decent, but the trouble is concentrated.

If you want to check a restaurant yourself, search its name on InspectFL to see the full inspection history, recent violations, and current InspectFL Health Score based on public Florida DBPR records.