DAIRY QUEEN

3311 S TAMIAMI TRL, PORT CHARLOTTE, Charlotte County. DBPR licence 1800022. 7 inspection visits from 2023-08-22 to 2025-11-24.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2025-11-24: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 1 basic violations

2 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Charlotte County average that year (4 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Charlotte 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
2025-11-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1	0.64	3 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2025-08-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4	0.64	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 42 Premises maintained, free of litter, unnecessary articles. Cleaning and maintenance equipment properly stored. Kitchen restricted to authorized personnel
2025-02-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3	0.58	4 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 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 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2024-10-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0	0.58	2 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2023-12-12	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2023-12-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	0.75	2 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
2023-08-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	0	0.75	2 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking

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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.