License No. 6605131|Public Food Service Establishment|St. Lucie County, FloridaInspected Jun 22, 2026

State of Florida Inspection Record

POPEYES LOUISIANA KITCHEN (0218)

9025 S US HWY 1, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34952

POPEYES LOUISIANA KITCHEN (0218) keeps a clean kitchen by state inspection standards. Only minor issues noted in the past year. The trailing-year record shows 5 violations, including 2 high-priority and 0 Emergency Orders of Closure.

Solid

77.9

Trailing year of inspections

How this kitchen compares

Against PORT ST LUCIE

Scores higher than 48% of the 258 inspected restaurants in PORT ST LUCIE on the trailing-year record.

77.9

Lowest scoreCity median · 78.5Highest score

Against St. Lucie County

2 high-priority violations on the trailing-year record — below the St. Lucie County average of 2.1.

This kitchen2

County average2.1

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

8 inspections

Full available history. The score uses only the most recent 365 days — older visits are shown for context, not counted.

Visit 01 — Routine - Food

Jun 22, 2026

Disposition

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Raw-food separation & protection

Repeat — 2nd time

Raw meat, poultry, or seafood not separated from ready-to-eat food, or food left unprotected during prep, storage, or display.

High-priority

Plumbing & backflow

Repeat — 5th time

Plumbing not installed or maintained properly — leaks, mop sink issues, unserviced water filters, or missing backflow prevention.

Basic

Fire extinguishing equipment

Repeat — 2nd time

Fire suppression or extinguishing equipment issue (referred to the fire authority).

Basic

Source: State of FloridaState inspection document

Visit 02 — Routine - Food

Dec 18, 2025

Disposition

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Equipment & surface condition

Repeat — 3rd time

Food-contact or nonfood-contact surfaces improperly designed, constructed, maintained, or located.

Basic

Plumbing & backflow

Repeat — 4th time

Plumbing not installed or maintained properly — leaks, mop sink issues, unserviced water filters, or missing backflow prevention.

Basic

Floors, walls & ceilings

Floors, walls, ceilings, or attached equipment dirty, damaged, or poorly vented.

Basic

Source: State of FloridaState inspection document

Earlier history — outside the scoring window

Visit 03 — Complaint Full

Jun 25, 2025

Disposition

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Plumbing & backflow

Repeat — 3rd time

Plumbing not installed or maintained properly — leaks, mop sink issues, unserviced water filters, or missing backflow prevention.

Basic

Source: State of FloridaState inspection document

Visit 04 — Routine - Food

Mar 25, 2025

Disposition

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Advisories, date marking & labeling

Missing consumer advisory for raw or undercooked items, ready-to-eat food not date-marked, or food not properly labeled.

Intermediate

Equipment & surface condition

Repeat — 2nd time

Food-contact or nonfood-contact surfaces improperly designed, constructed, maintained, or located.

Basic

Plumbing & backflow

Repeat — 2nd time

Plumbing not installed or maintained properly — leaks, mop sink issues, unserviced water filters, or missing backflow prevention.

Basic

Source: State of FloridaState inspection document

Visit 05 — Routine - Food

Oct 7, 2024

Disposition

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Equipment & surface condition

Food-contact or nonfood-contact surfaces improperly designed, constructed, maintained, or located.

Basic

Source: State of FloridaState inspection document

Visit 06 — Complaint Full

Jun 27, 2024

Disposition

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Personal belongings

Employee jackets, phones, drinks, or other personal items stored where they can contaminate food.

Basic

Source: State of FloridaState inspection document

Visit 07 — Routine - Food

Feb 22, 2024

Disposition

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

No violations on record for this visit

This visit closed with no further action required.

Source: State of FloridaState inspection document

Visit 08 — Routine - Food

Aug 28, 2023

Disposition

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Raw-food separation & protection

Raw meat, poultry, or seafood not separated from ready-to-eat food, or food left unprotected during prep, storage, or display.

High-priority

Employee health

A sick or symptomatic employee present, or staff unaware of when illness bars them from working with food.

Intermediate

Plumbing & backflow

Plumbing not installed or maintained properly — leaks, mop sink issues, unserviced water filters, or missing backflow prevention.

Basic

Fire extinguishing equipment

Fire suppression or extinguishing equipment issue (referred to the fire authority).

Basic

License current & displayed

The establishment's license expired, not obtained, or not properly displayed.

Basic

Source: State of FloridaState inspection document

What the violations mean

Violation categories, explained

6 violations · 5 categories

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.

Raw meat, poultry, and seafood must be kept away from ready-to-eat food, and all food must be protected during prep, storage, and display. Inspectors treat separation seriously because raw-food drips and splashes carry pathogens onto food that will not be cooked again.

On this record, the category appears in 1 of the 2 trailing-year inspections. The written details for each entry are in the state inspection documents linked above.

^† 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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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. 6605131 — you can read the original documents yourself and compare.

License on file

6605131

Inspected

Jun 22, 2026

Scoring

Trailing-year aggregate — How it works

Official State of Florida inspection records Opens myfloridalicense.com — the state's public inspection search

Official State of Florida inspection data — scores calculated by this site