2705 CLEVELAND AVENUE, FORT MYERS, FL 33901
JIMMY JOHN'S RESTAURANT has a mixed inspection record — 10 violations in the past year, including 3 high-priority. Not alarming, but worth knowing before you order. The trailing-year record shows 10 violations, including 3 high-priority and 0 Emergency Orders of Closure.
Scores higher than 42% of the 931 inspected restaurants in FORT MYERS on the trailing-year record.
3 high-priority violations on the trailing-year record — above the Lee County average of 1.9.
Full available history. The score uses only the most recent 365 days — older visits are shown for context, not counted.
Scoops and other in-use utensils stored improperly (e.g. handle down in the food).
Plumbing not installed or maintained properly — leaks, mop sink issues, unserviced water filters, or missing backflow prevention.
Cleaning chemicals or other toxic substances unlabeled or stored where they can reach food.
Scoops and other in-use utensils stored improperly (e.g. handle down in the food).
Missing hair or beard restraint, dirty work clothes, jewelry, or painted/artificial fingernails during food prep.
Food-contact or nonfood-contact surfaces improperly designed, constructed, maintained, or located.
Surfaces that touch food — cutting boards, ice bins, dish racks — soiled or not sanitized.
Plumbing not installed or maintained properly — leaks, mop sink issues, unserviced water filters, or missing backflow prevention.
Garbage overflowing or uncovered, or the premises not maintained.
Other conditions related to sanitary and safe operation.
Food-contact or nonfood-contact surfaces improperly designed, constructed, maintained, or located.
Food-contact or nonfood-contact surfaces improperly designed, constructed, maintained, or located.
Surfaces that touch food — cutting boards, ice bins, dish racks — soiled or not sanitized.
Cleaning chemicals or other toxic substances unlabeled or stored where they can reach food.
Surfaces that touch food — cutting boards, ice bins, dish racks — soiled or not sanitized.
Other conditions related to sanitary and safe operation.
Every violation on this record falls into one of the state's standardized categories. Here is what each category covers and why inspectors check for it — in plain English, with the trailing-year count for this kitchen.
Scoops and other in-use utensils must be stored with handles up and out of the food. A handle buried in the product carries whatever the last hand left on it.
On this record, the category appears in 1 of the 1 trailing-year inspection. The written details for each entry are in the state inspection documents linked above.
Dirty Dish List is built from public inspection data published by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The inspection dates, dispositions, and violations on this report card mirror what the state has on file for License No. 4606812 — you can read the original documents yourself and compare.