Dade City, Florida
Pasco County · 105 restaurants
Dade City is the county seat of Pasco County, and its restored downtown courthouse square — lined with antique shops and locally owned restaurants — reflects a small-town character built on citrus and cattle farming going back over a century. The annual Kumquat Festival celebrates the small citrus fruit still grown in the surrounding hills, and the city's 102 restaurants serve a mostly rural, agricultural community along with a growing number of day-trippers drawn by the historic downtown's antiquing scene. Dade City's hilly terrain, unusual for Florida, sets it apart from the flatter landscape found closer to Tampa.
Data on this page
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How to use this city page
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What the citywide data means
Dade City's grade mix looks fairly mixed, so this page is best used to narrow the list before checking each restaurant's full record.
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About Dining in Dade City
Of Dade City's 105 graded restaurants, 68.6% earned an A grade — roughly in line with statewide averages. Currently, 4.8% of restaurants hold a failing F grade, representing 5 establishments with significant health violations. The average InspectFL Health Score across Dade City is 93.7 out of 100, based on 301 inspections on record.
What Inspectors Look For
Florida DBPR inspectors evaluate restaurants on food temperature control, employee hygiene, pest activity, and equipment cleanliness. Violations are categorized as critical (immediate health risk), major (significant concern), or minor (procedural issue). Learn more about how grades work.
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Restaurants
Page 5 of 5PAPA JOHNS
14318 7 ST
E&G EMPANADAS KING AND MORE
14402 7 ST
DOMINO'S # 5195
36801 SR 52
SANDWISHY
36805 COUNTY RD 52
HOTDOGGERFEST
15029 14 ST
Important context for city pages
City pages are comparison tools built from public Florida DBPR inspection data. They help surface local patterns quickly, but they are not official government rankings and they should not replace reading the individual restaurant page before making a decision.
