Visit 01 — Routine - Food
Oct 6, 2025
Disposition
Inspection Completed - No Further ActionMissing or expired food manager certification, or employee food-safety training not documented.
Intermediate
Source: State of FloridaState inspection document
License No. 4607671|Public Food Service Establishment|Lee County, FloridaInspected Oct 6, 2025
State of Florida Inspection Record
THE CAVE
9250 CORKSCREW RD #13-14, ESTERO, FL 33928
THE CAVE runs one of the cleanest kitchens in the region — zero high-priority violations in the past year. Eat with confidence. The trailing-year record shows 1 violation, including 0 high-priority and 0 Emergency Orders of Closure.
Spotless
97.0
Trailing year of inspections
How this kitchen compares
Against ESTERO
Scores higher than 75% of the 122 inspected restaurants in ESTERO on the trailing-year record.
Against Lee County
0 high-priority violations on the trailing-year record — below the Lee County average of 1.9.
This kitchen0
County average1.9
Below county average
Computed from the trailing-year records of all inspected restaurants in the same city and county. Official State of Florida inspection data — scores calculated by this site.
The Inspection Record
3 inspectionsFull available history. The score uses only the most recent 365 days — older visits are shown for context, not counted.
Earlier history — outside the scoring window
Visit 02 — Routine - Food
Aug 21, 2024
Disposition
Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRaw meat, poultry, or seafood not separated from ready-to-eat food, or food left unprotected during prep, storage, or display.
High-priority
Source: State of FloridaState inspection document
Visit 03 — Routine - Food
Jul 17, 2023
Disposition
Inspection Completed - No Further ActionNo violations on record for this visit
This visit closed with no further action required.
Source: State of FloridaState inspection document
† Item numbers refer to the State of Florida’s standardized inspection form; the same item recurring across visits indicates an unresolved problem. Severity groupings and the sanitation score are explained in How it works.
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