Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar
4700 4 St N, St. Petersburg, FL 33703 · Permanent Food Service · License 6213374
Only a licensing inspection is on record. Grades start with the first routine inspection.
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Inspection history
1 inspection · 1 visitLicensing inspection
- First visitJul 23, 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.
8 violations found:
Official report, on the Florida DBPR websiteWhat the inspector cited
High priority1
Code 35, Insects, rodents, pests and animals: Live, small flying insects found.Three flies found (2) in back near dish and drink area.
(1) found in the bar area. Discussed the importance of this with manager. Contacted Lisa and discussed findings. Advised to educate operator.
Basic7
Code 14, Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained: Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
Inside the cup cooling fridge the shelving had excessive pits and rust where the lips of drinks rest in the cooler.
Code 22, Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized: Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues.
Reach in coolers along the hot line were under the standards of shelving for a food contact surface. Excessive food debris and spills.
Code 23, Non-food contact surfaces clean: Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust.
Electrical socket near induction burners had an excessive amount of rust present. There was also a slight build up of a soiled residue substance on the back side of the soda dispenser near the drink nozzles.
Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Water draining onto floor surface.
Standing water pooled up under the hand sink nearest to the dish machine area due to a leak from the hand wash sink draining to the floor around it. There was also water leaking from the hand was sink in the bar area creating standing water on the floor around it.
Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle.
Hand sink nearest to the dish machine area had an excessive leak from the drain as well as the hand wash sink located in the bar area.
Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler.
There was standing water in the bottom of the reach in cooler in the bar area which had bottles of mixer for bar drinks resting in the puddle of water. Discussed with manager on duty.
Code 36, Floors, walls, ceilings and ventilation: Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris.
Floor behind hot line had trash and excessive amounts of grease.
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.
Terms in the inspectors’ reports
- Nonfood-contact surface
- Surfaces food doesn’t touch, such as the outsides of equipment, handles and door gaskets.