Our digital database of restaurant health inspections is updated regularly with the latest information on which Sarasota, Bradenton and Venice area restaurants passed or failed.
You can use the database to search by Sarasota or Manatee County or by restaurant name. You can see which restaurants were fined and which were forced into temporary closure.
Disclaimer: The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation describes an inspection report as “a ‘snapshot’ of conditions present at the time of the inspection.” On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment.
Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.
Which Sarasota-Manatee restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?
These restaurants and food trucks met all standards during their April 6-12 inspections and no violations were found:
Which Sarasota County restaurants had high-priority violations?
The following restaurants were issued warnings or recommended for administrative complaints due to failed inspections March 30-April 5:
Captain Eddie’s Seafood
107 Colonia Lane E., Nokomis
April 8
Follow-up needed: Administrative complaint recommended.
13 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation:
Merci Café
6112 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
April 6
Follow-up needed: Warning issued.
10 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations:
The Nest
1055 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota
April 8
Follow-up needed: Warning issued.
5 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations:
Seaside Springs Retirement Community
1251 S. Tamiami Trail, Osprey
April 10
Follow-up needed: Warning issued.
6 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations:
Tijuana Flats
3404 Clark Road, Sarasota
April 8
Follow-up needed: Administrative complaint recommended.
6 total violations, with 3 high-priority violations:
Which Manatee County restaurants had high-priority violations?
The following restaurants and food trucks were issued warnings or recommended for administrative complaints due to failed inspections April 6-12:
Indo Hibachi
Mobile food dispensing vehicle
April 8
Follow-up needed: Warning issued.
9 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations.
River Club at Waterlefe
995 Fish Hook Cove, Bradenton
April 8
Follow-up needed: Warning issued.
6 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations:
What agency inspects restaurants in Florida?
Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.
How do I report a dirty restaurant in Florida?
If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online.
Get the whole story at our restaurant inspection database.
What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?
Basic violations are those considered against best practices.
A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.
An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: “Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over.”
An emergency order when a restaurant is closed by the inspector is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.
A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.
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This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: 7 Sarasota area restaurants get high-priority violations
Reporting by Jimmy Geurts, Sarasota Herald-Tribune / Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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