LEESBURG, FL. When a state inspector walked into Old Time Dinner LLC on West North Boulevard on April 29, they found food sourced from unapproved or unknown suppliers, toxic chemicals improperly stored, and no person in charge present or performing duties. The restaurant was not closed.
The inspection produced 12 high-severity violations and 4 intermediate violations, one of the most serious single-inspection tallies the Leesburg diner has accumulated in a record that now spans 53 inspections and 561 total violations.
What Inspectors Found
The food sourcing violation is among the most serious on the list. Inspectors cited the facility for receiving food from unapproved or unknown sources, meaning there is no documented chain of custody for at least some of what was being served. If a customer became ill, investigators would have no supplier records to trace.
Compounding that, inspectors found food contaminated by chemical, physical, or biological hazards, and separately cited two distinct chemical storage violations: toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, and toxic substances improperly identified, stored, or used. That is two separate citations for the same category of risk in a single visit.
Handwashing produced two citations as well. Inspectors cited both inadequate handwashing by food employees and improper hand and arm washing technique, meaning employees were either skipping handwashing or performing it incorrectly. These are treated as separate violations because one addresses frequency and the other addresses execution.
The inspector also found that food was not being cooked to required minimum temperatures, that food contact surfaces were not properly cleaned or sanitized, and that the facility had no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked items. Customers who ordered anything prepared rare or undercooked had no notice of the risk.
Sewage or wastewater was being improperly disposed of. Multi-use utensils were not properly cleaned. Equipment was cited as being in poor repair. The ventilation and lighting were flagged as inadequate.
No person in charge was present or performing duties during the inspection.
What These Violations Mean
Food from unapproved sources is not a paperwork problem. It means that some portion of what Old Time Dinner was serving on April 29 had not passed through USDA or FDA inspection at any point. If that food carried Listeria, Salmonella, or E. coli, there would be no supplier record to follow once someone got sick.
The chemical violations are acutely dangerous in a different way. Improperly stored or unlabeled cleaners, sanitizers, and pesticides near food preparation areas can contaminate food directly, causing acute poisoning rather than the slower onset of bacterial illness. Two separate citations for chemical handling in one inspection is not redundant, it reflects two distinct failure points in how the facility manages toxic substances.
The handwashing citations together describe a facility where the most basic contamination barrier was not functioning. Norovirus, the most common cause of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States, spreads almost entirely through hand-to-food contact. A facility without an employee health policy, where workers are not washing their hands adequately or correctly, removes nearly every barrier between a sick employee and a customer's plate.
Improper sewage disposal introduces fecal contamination risk throughout the facility, not just at a single point. Combined with improperly cleaned utensils, uncooked food at unsafe temperatures, and contaminated food contact surfaces, the April 29 inspection describes a facility where multiple independent failure points were operating simultaneously.
The Longer Record
Old Time Dinner: Recent Inspection Pattern
Fifty-three inspections. Five hundred and sixty-one total violations. Zero emergency closures.
The September 2025 stretch is worth examining on its own. Between September 16 and September 19, inspectors visited Old Time Dinner on four consecutive days and found high-severity violations every single time, with counts of 7, 7, 7, and 6 respectively. A follow-up visit on September 25 found 2 high-severity violations. The facility was never closed during that stretch.
The May 2025 inspection produced 8 high-severity violations and 3 intermediate violations. The April 2026 inspection, with 12 high-severity violations, is the worst single-visit count in the recent record. It came seven months after a period when inspectors were visiting the facility on consecutive days trying to bring it into compliance.
The April 29 inspection was not a new low for a restaurant that had otherwise been improving. It was the highest violation count in recent memory, at a facility that has been cited for serious violations across dozens of inspections over multiple years.
Old Time Dinner on West North Boulevard remained open after the April 29 inspection.