Plant City, Florida
Hillsborough County · 186 restaurants
Plant City calls itself the "Winter Strawberry Capital of the World," and the annual Florida Strawberry Festival each February draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to a town whose economy still runs largely on strawberry and other row-crop farming. The city's 182 restaurants serve a working agricultural community alongside a growing number of commuters into Tampa, with a strong Mexican and Central American food scene reflecting the farmworkers who plant and pick the berries each winter. Downtown Plant City's historic core, centered on the restored train depot, has added new restaurants even as the surrounding fields remain the area's economic backbone.
Data on this page
InspectFL turns public DBPR inspection records into city-level score trends, grade breakdowns, and restaurant history so this page is useful for comparison, not just a list of names.
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What the citywide data means
Plant City has a heavier concentration of failing restaurants than you’d want, which makes recent inspection history and dispositions especially important.
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About Dining in Plant City
Of Plant City's 186 graded restaurants, 48.4% earned an A grade — below the statewide average, suggesting room for improvement in local food safety. Currently, 15.1% of restaurants hold a failing F grade, representing 28 establishments with significant health violations. The average InspectFL Health Score across Plant City is 87.0 out of 100, based on 768 inspections on record.
What Inspectors Look For
Florida DBPR inspectors evaluate restaurants on food temperature control, employee hygiene, pest activity, and equipment cleanliness. Violations are categorized as critical (immediate health risk), major (significant concern), or minor (procedural issue). Learn more about how grades work.
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Restaurants
Page 2 of 8GRACE MANOR AT HUNTERS CREEK
765 W GRANT ST BLDG 2
CHURCH'S CHICKEN #832
701 S COLLINS ST
EL FOGONCITO CATERING
301 S FRONTAGE RD
EL FOGONCITO CATERING 2
301 S FRONTAGE RD
STAGE 201 LLC
201 E DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLV
WAFFLE HOUSE
2241 S FRONTAGE RD
BRICK HOUSE CAFE
206 S EVERS ST
BROOKLYN BRIDGE DELI CO.
1309 S COLLINS ST SUITE 101
CHINA 1
1862 JAMES L PEDMAN PKWY
WOODEN SPOON
712 S COLLINS STR
ROOTS TAPROOM AND WINE BAR
101 S EVERS ST UNIT A
LIL LUNCHBOX EXPRESS
206 EVERS ST
MIKEY'S PLACE
3412 W BAKER ST UNIT B
PROPAGATION WHISKEY BAR & KITCHEN
103 N PALMER ST
SNELLGROVES RESTAURANT
109 S COLLINS ST
ANTOJITOS DANY
3418 W BAKER ST
KYOTO PALACE ASIAN BUFFET
214 W ALEXANDER ST
LA TAQUERIA HIDALGO LLC
1709 THONOTOSASSA RD
TACO LOCO
2006 W REYNOLDS ST STE 1
WENDY'S PROPERTIES LLC
1601 W BAKER ST
CHARLEY'S PHILLY STEAKS
2615 JAMES L REDMAN PKWY
LA MICHOACANA
1818 JAMES L REDMAN PKWY
ARBYS 135
1909 S FRONTAGE RD
DENNY'S 7013
2001 S FRONTAGE RD
PLANT CITY COMIC CAFE
303 S COLLINS ST
Important context for city pages
City pages are comparison tools built from public Florida DBPR inspection data. They help surface local patterns quickly, but they are not official government rankings and they should not replace reading the individual restaurant page before making a decision.
