SONIC DRIVE IN

8188 W COMMERCIAL BLVD, LAUDERHILL, Broward County. DBPR licence 1623440. 7 inspection visits from 2023-09-15 to 2026-07-21.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-21: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 5 basic violations

0 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Broward County average that year (5 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

0inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Broward 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
2026-07-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	5	1.48	4 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2025-11-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	4	1.25	6 areas 01 Approved source 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 38 Lighting provided as required. Fixtures shielded
2025-07-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	1.25
2025-02-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	1.22	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2024-07-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.22	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2024-02-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	3	1.26	4 areas 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-09-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	5	1.26	8 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 42 Premises maintained, free of litter, unnecessary articles. Cleaning and maintenance equipment properly stored. Kitchen restricted to authorized personnel 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

The food: where these dishes come from

Sonic Drive-In is known for hamburger, tater tots and hot dog. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

Hot dogThe History of Hot Dogs, From Frankfurt to Coney IslandPlateTales

This is a Sonic Drive-In location. How Sonic Drive-In's 97 Florida stores compare with their counties.

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.