Codys Original Roadhouse
Last inspected: Nov 20, 2025
64
Score
Codys Original Roadhouse appears in inspection records 10 times, starting in 2022. The newest entry in the record is dated Nov 20, 2025. The medium risk tier sits in the middle: not spotless, but not alarming either.
The picture has gotten worse over the last few visits, with the average climbing from around seven violations to closer to 11 violations.
“Food-contact surface soiled with food debris” accounts for the largest share of issues, appearing five times across the record.
Codys Original Roadhouse's latest score of 64 falls below the The Villages average of 80. The record is unremarkable in either direction.
10
Inspections
0
Critical latest
2
Major latest
5
Minor latest
Inspection History
Nov 20, 2025
Complaint Full
2 major violations. 5 minor violations.
View 7 violations
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade soiled. Operator cleaned during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Knives in hand wash sink in meat cutting room Pans stored in front of hand wash sink in bar Operator removed all items **Corrected On-Site**
31A-09-4
Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Multiple cutting boards in cook line area
14-09-4
Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. In broken tiles in cook line area
36-22-4
Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Throughout cook line area Ceiling tiles soiled/in disrepair in bar area
36-17-5
Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
14-17-4
Basic - Water leaking from pipe at hand wash sink inoperable dish machine area.
29-11-4
64
Nov 7, 2025
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 6 minor violations.
View 7 violations
Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Gallon of milk in reach in cooler at front line. Operator states milk was opened two days ago. Operator voluntarily discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
02C-03-5
Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware. Multiple clear containers in prep area
16-48-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Multiple containers of food in prep area. Operator labeled all containers. **Corrected On-Site**
02D-01-5
Basic - Ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. In bar area **Repeat Violation**
36-34-5
Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Employee in cook line area with bracelets/watch preparing food. Operator had employee remove jewelry. **Corrected On-Site**
13-07-4
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee in cook line area with no hair restraint preparing food.
13-03-4
Basic - Food storage container cracked or broken. Multiple clear plastic pans in prep area
14-38-4
67
Jun 3, 2025
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 2 major violations. 14 minor violations.
View 20 violations
High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. 1 fly crawling on clean dish rack in dish room.
35A-02-7
High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Missing at mop sink at the end of splitter with red/black hose attached.
29-34-4
High Priority - Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee pulled up pants on cooks line then immediately started stirring items on steam table on cooks line.
12A-28-4
High Priority - Employee used tobacco, ate, or drank then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee sipped her drink then immediately pulled fryer basket out of oil.
12A-05-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior top of ice machine. Soda gun behind bar soiled. Meat cutter soiled in meat room, cutter has not been used since yesterday. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Paper towels missing at Handwash sink at the end of cooks line, manager replaced paper towels. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
31B-02-4
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Small portion cup in seasoning container, manager removed cup. **Corrected On-Site**
14-01-5
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Multiple air vents in kitchen soiled. Floor in walk in freezer soiled under shelves. **Repeat Violation**
36-34-5
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink by clean plates on server alley, manager moved drink. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee purse on shelf above slicer in salad prep room, employee moved bag. **Corrected On-Site**
40-06-5
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Interior reach in cooler door insulation is starting to become exposed located on cooks line by reach in freezer.
14-11-5
Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. On the floor in dish area where floor tiles are missing.
36-22-4
Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Floor tiles in disrepair behind bar, in dish area, and on cooks line.
36-17-5
Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. 3 knives between the wall and three compartment sink in dish area, manager moved knives. **Corrected On-Site**
10-17-4
Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container. Tong handles directly in cheese and blue cheese in salad reach in cooler, employee placed food contact part of tongs on food. **Corrected On-Site**
10-06-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Interior reach in freezer on cooks line. Reach in cooler gaskets soiled on cooks line. Oven door handle and top of stove range soiled on cooks line. Hood filters above the right side of cooks line. Fan guards soiled in walk in cooler and walk in freezer. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Salad reach in cooler and server reach in cooler.
29-49-6
Basic - Unnecessary items/unused equipment on the premises. Cooling racks, fryer, dish machine, table, old soap dispensers, etc stored outside in refuse area.
33-31-5
Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Piping under Handwash sink broken by ice machine. Leaking under Handwash sink on server alley.
29-11-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container by tea urns, employees labeled as sugar. Container on dry storage shelf, employee labeled as flour. **Corrected On-Site**
02D-01-5
22
Jan 21, 2025
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 3 minor violations.
View 4 violations
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on cook line reach-in coolers. Walk-in cooler shelves. Blade for can opener on kitchen prep table. Blades for potato press in kitchen. Soda gun in bar area. - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-21: Cutting board on cook line reach in cooler replaced with new one while inspector present. Can opener blade still soiled needs to be replaced. Walk in cooler shelves are now clean. Baked potatoes blades now clean. Soda gun still soiled. ** **Time Extended**
22-02-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Vents in front of dish area. - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-21: **Time Extended**
36-34-5
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Floor in walk-in freezer. - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-21: **Time Extended**
14-69-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface between uses. Ice scoop stored on top of ice machine. - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-21: **Time Extended**
10-12-5
78
Dec 6, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 9 minor violations.
View 13 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Items stored in reach-in cooler at end of cook line: blue cheese (48F - Cold Holding); ham (49F - Cold Holding); cabbage (47F - Cold Holding); cheese (49F - Cold Holding). Manager stated items placed in cooler two hours prior to temperature being taken. Manager moved items to walk-in freezer to reduce temperature to 41F. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Items stored in steam table across from cook line: beef (121F - Hot Holding); chicken (103F - Cold Holding). Manager stated item placed in warmer 30 minutes prior to temperature being taken. Manager moved items to oven to reheat. Item in warmer on server side of pass through window: pork (108F - Hot Holding). Manager stated pork placed in warmer one hour prior to temperature being taken. Manager moved pork to oven to reheat. **Warning**
03B-01-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on cook line reach-in coolers. Walk-in cooler shelves. Blade for can opener on kitchen prep table. Blades for potato press in kitchen. Soda gun in bar area.
22-02-4
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels for hand washing sink at end of cook line. Manager provided hand towels for hand washing sink. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-02-4
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Vents in front of dish area.
36-34-5
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on kitchen prep table. Manager discarded drink during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Floor in walk-in freezer.
14-69-4
Basic - In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface between uses. Ice scoop stored on top of ice machine.
10-12-5
Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. Cutting board on prep table across from cook line. Employee removed wiping cloth during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
21-04-4
Basic - Interior of refrigerator or freezer in disrepair/has exposed insulation. Door for reach-in cooler across from cook line fryers.
14-36-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Area around soda nozzles on wait station soda machine. Gaskets for reach-in cooler across from cook line fryers.
23-03-4
Basic - Open dumpster lid. Dumpster behind building, manager closed lid during inspection.
33-16-4
Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Aluminum to go pans stored in steak prep area. Employee turned pans over. **Corrected On-Site**
25-06-4
39
Feb 13, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
View 4 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. steak (47F - Cold Holding); ribeye (48F - Cold Holding) Operator states steaks were placed in reach in cooler less than 4 hours ago. Operator moved steaks to walk in cooler to chill. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Knife and sponge in hand wash sink at meat cutting room. Operator removed. **Corrected On-Site**
31A-11-4
Basic - Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. Buckets of peppers in ice machine area. Operator moved to crates. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-47-4
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Multiple reach in coolers in cook line area **Repeat Violation**
22-16-4
70
Oct 31, 2023
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Oct 26, 2023
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 2 major violations. 6 minor violations.
View 11 violations
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs stored over salad in reach in cooler at cook line. Operator corrected shelves. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. sliced turkey (51F - Cold Holding); sliced ham (49F - Cold Holding); cooked potatoes (67F - Cold Holding) **Warning**
01B-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. sliced turkey (51F - Cold Holding); sliced ham (49F - Cold Holding); cooked potatoes (67F - Cold Holding) see stop sale **Warning**
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Vicky B. **Warning**
53A-03-7
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade soiled **Warning**
22-02-4
Basic - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Fish filets in walk in cooler and at cook line **Warning**
06-09-1
Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. 2 units in kitchen area. Operator installed thermometers. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
05-09-4
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Hand wash sink in cook line area Hand wash sink in bar area Operator posted signs **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
31B-04-4
Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Opened beverages stored over limes in beer cooler **Warning**
12B-13-4
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Fish cooler in cook line area. Operator had employees clean during inspection **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-16-4
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. 2 employees in prep area **Warning**
13-03-4
39
May 31, 2023
Complaint Full
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 7 violations
Food Received at Proper Temperature
FL-12
Proper Hot and Cold Holding Temperatures
FL-21
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Equipment Adequate to Maintain Product Temperature
FL-29
Approved Thawing Methods Used
FL-31
Equipment, Food and Non-Food Contact Surfaces Approved
FL-35
52
Dec 19, 2022
Routine - Food
1 major violation.
View 1 violation
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No plan review submitted and approved - renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. Dish machine added in bar area between 3 compartment sink and hand wash sink 2 rooms storage rooms storing single service items added out the back door of the kitchen in dumpster pad area **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2022-12-19: Plans Were received by plan review on 11/4/22. Discussed with Lola in plan review. **Time Extended**
51-16-7
90
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Codys Original Roadhouse last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Codys Original Roadhouse on file is from Nov 20, 2025. The public record contains 10 inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Codys Original Roadhouse?
Across the inspection record, “food-contact surface soiled with food debris” has been cited five times, more than any other issue at Codys Original Roadhouse.
How does Codys Original Roadhouse compare to other restaurants in The Villages?
Codys Original Roadhouse most recently scored 64 out of 100, which is lower than the The Villages average of 80.
Has Codys Original Roadhouse's inspection record improved over time?
No. Recent inspections at Codys Original Roadhouse have averaged around 11 violations per visit, up from roughly seven earlier in the record.
What does a medium risk rating mean?
A medium risk rating at Codys Original Roadhouse means the most recent inspection turned up a handful of issues that the health department wrote up but did not classify as critical.
How often is Codys Original Roadhouse inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Codys Original Roadhouse is inspected around three times per year on average.
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