CHEDDARS

Name: CHEDDARS
Address: 7920 W IRLO BRONSON MEMORIAL HWY, KISSIMMEE, FL, 34747, US
Rating: 66

7920 W IRLO BRONSON MEMORIAL HWY, KISSIMMEE, FL 34747

License #5911681

🍽️ American ℹ️

66 Grade F / 100

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Latest inspection

April 3, 2026 · 12 findings · 2 critical

Routine - Food

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CHEDDARS in KISSIMMEE currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 66 out of 100 — an F grade — a serious pattern of repeat or critical violations. This restaurant has been inspected 8 times from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on April 3, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 58 total violations — 10 critical, 3 major, 45 minor.

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September 17, 2024

The latest inspection on April 3, 2026 shows 12 observation rows: 2 critical, 0 major, and 10 minor.

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Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
[23-24-4] Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Handles of fryer station reach in cooler doors soiled with flour like substance.
[40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Glasses stored next to clean cambro lids on shelf above prep table. Operator moved glasses. Cell phone on prep table next to heat sealer. Operator removed phone from area
[13-07-4] Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Observed employee preparing soup in prep area with watch on. Operator had employee remove watch
[14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. Gasket is not secured to door of reach in freezer on cooks line
[14-38-4] Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. 4 cracked plastic lids on containers of flour next to fryers. 3 cracked plastic lids on containers of chips at expo
[14-69-4] Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Bottom of reach in freezer at expo. Operator had employee clean ice out.
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Side of fryers soiled with grease like substance.
[22-16-4] Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Bottom of make table at fryer station soiled with flour like substance. Bottom of reach in drawer under flat top with old food like substance.
[14-33-4] Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Reach in cooler right side door shelf of fryer station
[21-44-1] Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Sanitizer bucket stored on counter next to tortillas. Operator moved sanitizer bucket.
[22-41-4] Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Tested dish machine multiple times, tested at 0ppm. Ecolab repaired while still here, tested at 50PPM
[03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. White fish in reach in cooler at fryer station 47°, operator states in reach in cooler less than 4 hours. Advise operator to move into walk in cooler for immediate temperature recovery.

Disposition: Warning Issued
[24-07-4] Cleaned and sanitized equipment or utensils not properly stored. Ice bucket stored not inverted. Operator inverted bucket.
[13-04-4] Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee cooking on cookline with substantial beard. Operator provided beard guard to employee.
[24-08-4] Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Lexans by ice machine, plastic pans by dishmachine.
[10-03-4] In-use utensil used with moist food stored in running water with insufficient velocity to flush food particles away. Dipper well at trickle, operator corrected to sufficient velocity.
[31B-04-4] No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. At bar handwash sink
[23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Side of fryer has grease and food debris, carts in kitchen have food debris and standing water.
[42-01-4] Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Mop stored in mop bucket, operator moved to draining part of mop bucket.
[21-08-4] Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Quaternary bucket at bar reading 0ppm
[02D-01-5] Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk salt and flour per operator. Working containers at breading station, flour per operator. Operator placed labels.
[35A-05-4] Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 1 live roach observed in dishmachine.
[29-42-4] Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.
[41-18-4] Warewashing sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed. Quaternary sanitizer in bar 3-compartment sink 500+ppm, operator diluted and restart at 400ppm.
[53A-03-7] Ernest Evans Jr. 9/5/2019 Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/