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Solid Health Score
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MCDONALD'S HAWTHORNE in HAWTHORNE currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 94.6 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has 2 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on January 21, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 12 total violations — 2 critical, 4 major, 6 minor.
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The latest inspection on January 21, 2026 shows 7 observation rows: no critical rows, 2 major, and 5 minor.
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MCDONALD'S HAWTHORNE looks fairly solid on paper. Would you eat here?
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Inspection History
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- Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
- [40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee jackets on clean prep table with single service by front counter. Operator removed the employee jackets.
- [13-04-4] Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee on cook line handling food contact surfaces and utensils missing beard restraint when needed.
- [24-08-4] Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On storage shelf by employee break area, clean plastic sliding trays stacked while wet.
- [36-22-4] Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Build up of standing water on the floor in front of the three compartment sink. Operator mopped water into drain.
- [42-01-4] Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Wet mop head stored in mop sink in the dining room closet. Operator hung mop to dry.
- [22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Mold like substance interior of the bulk ice bin around the drop chute area. Nozzles of frappe dispenser with debris build up. Interior of reach in freezer on either side of the fryers has build up of frozen food debris. Employee began cleaning reach in freezers.
- [31A-09-4] Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand wash sink on cook line blocked by trash can. Operator relocated the trash can.
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