Seminole, Florida
Pinellas County · 101 restaurants
Seminole sits inland from Pinellas County's beaches, wrapped around Lake Seminole and bordered by Indian Rocks Beach, Largo, and St. Petersburg, and its 101 restaurants serve a largely retired, longtime local population. The Seminole City Center shopping development replaced the aging Seminole Mall in the mid-2010s, bringing newer restaurants to a community that has otherwise stayed relatively quiet and residential. St. Petersburg College's Seminole campus adds a small student population, but the city's dining scene remains shaped mainly by its role as a bedroom community between the county's busier beach towns.
Data on this page
InspectFL turns public DBPR inspection records into city-level score trends, grade breakdowns, and restaurant history so this page is useful for comparison, not just a list of names.
How to use this city page
Start with the citywide grade mix, then use filters to narrow by category, grade, or inspection dates before opening the full restaurant record.
What the citywide data means
Seminole has a heavier concentration of failing restaurants than you’d want, which makes recent inspection history and dispositions especially important.
Best supporting links
How to read a restaurant page, editorial standards, and corrections.
About Dining in Seminole
Of Seminole's 101 graded restaurants, 42.6% earned an A grade — below the statewide average, suggesting room for improvement in local food safety. Currently, 15.8% of restaurants hold a failing F grade, representing 16 establishments with significant health violations. The average InspectFL Health Score across Seminole is 82.6 out of 100, based on 340 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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Page 5 of 5Important 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.
