Waffle House #870

4050 Boatway Rd, Fort Myers, FL 33905 · Permanent Food Service · License 4603948

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Grade A
Safety score 99 of 100
Latest visit: Sep 2, 2026

What drove the grade

Food stored under dripping water line.Basic

How the score was calculated

  • Starting score100
  • Violations at the Sep 2 routine inspection
    1 basic
    -1
  • Safety score99

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Inspection history

1 inspection · 1 visit

Routine inspection

1 violation found
  1. First visitSep 2, 2026 No follow-up needed

    Met the state's inspection standards; the inspector didn't need to come back. Any violations cited still count toward the grade.

    1 violation found:

    • 1 Basic
    What the inspector cited

    Basic1

    • Code 08, Food protection and cross-contamination: Food stored under dripping water line.

      Observed water dripping from reach in cooler vent onto desserts stored on shelf below at end of cook line.

    Official report, on the Florida DBPR website

Reading this report

Priority levels

  • High priority The problems most likely to make someone sick directly.
  • Intermediate Could lead to a high-priority problem if not fixed.
  • Basic Best practices and general upkeep.

Most cited

Food protection and cross-contamination1