How to file the florida public food service license (FL)
Apply and pay on DBPR Online, one license for each operation. Once the plan review requirements are met, call 850-487-1395 several business days before opening to book the opening inspection; serve nobody until it passes and a temporary paper license is issued on the spot.
- Agency
- Florida DBPR, Division of Hotels and Restaurants
- Where it applies
- FL
- How it's filed
- Filed online
- Fee
- VariesA $50 application fee plus $242 without seating or $262 to $357 with seating by the number of seats (half when 6 months or less are left before the renewal date).
- How long it takes
- Most applications are processed within a few business days; mailed ones take longer.
- Renewal
- Every year online, on the district's date: October 1 in Miami, February 1 in Tampa, April 1 in Orlando.
Official links
Checked against the agency's own page.
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Get the plan for your exact address
This guide covers the city. Your exact address decides the county, the health district and the zoning. Placetta maps every filing for it, fills the official forms from your details, adds the deadlines and puts them up for your approval.
- The full list for your address, in filing order
- The official forms, filled line by line
- Renewal and inspection reminders