SHIRLEY'S RESTAURANT
746 E DUVAL ST, LAKE CITY, FL 32025
License #2200151
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Solid Health Score
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SHIRLEY'S RESTAURANT in LAKE CITY currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 88 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has one inspection on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on July 31, 2026. Across those visits, DBPR recorded 9 total findings; InspectFL has detailed violation rows for 8 of them so far.
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What stands out in this inspection history
The latest inspection on July 31, 2026 shows 8 observation rows: 1 critical, 2 major, and 5 minor.
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Inspection History
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- Disposition: Inspection Completed - No Further Action
- [12A-09-4] Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Employee cracked eggs and proceeded to handle to go container without washing hands and changing gloves. Manager had employee wash hands and change gloves.
- [14-38-4] Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Container hush puppy mix stored in.
- [25-05-4] Single-service articles improperly stored. To go cups stored on floor in office. Manager placed cups on shelf.
- [36-24-5] Hole in or other damage to wall. Hole in wall behind water heater.
- [02C-02-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Potato salad and coleslaw stored in kitchen reach-in cooler. Manager stated items were prepared two days earlier. Manager placed proper date marked on items.
- [40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on kitchen prep table next to kitchen reach-in cooler. Employee removed phone during inspection.
- [23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood vents above cook line greasy. Kitchen can rack soiled with old food debris.
- [22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Shelf of reach-in cooler in office.
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SHIRLEY'S RESTAURANT looks fairly solid on paper. Would you eat here?
Solid overall, with enough history that people may still weigh the details differently.
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