SONNY'S REAL PIT BAR-B-Q OF VIERA

150 SHERIFF DR, MELBOURNE, Brevard County. DBPR licence 1506023. 11 inspection visits from 2023-11-15 to 2026-09-18.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-18: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 4 basic violations

3 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Brevard County average that year (2 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

4inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Brevard County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-09-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	4	0.88	5 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2026-02-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	1.01	3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2025-09-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	6	1.01	6 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-03-26	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		2 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2025-01-15	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	5		4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-11-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	4	0.77	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-05-31	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	4		6 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2024-04-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	9	1.05	8 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 50 Current license properly displayed
2023-12-19	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-12-13	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	0	1		1 area 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2023-11-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	3	1.05	5 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)

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A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.