DEAN'S SOUTH OF THE BORDER

130 TAMIAMI TRAIL, PUNTA GORDA, Charlotte County. DBPR licence 1801645. 8 inspection visits from 2023-07-11 to 2026-11-05.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-11-05: licensing inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

4 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Charlotte County average that year (0 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
2026-11-05	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2025-06-25	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	1		2 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-04-25	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	3	5		6 areas 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints (x2) 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 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 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-02-25	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-12-26	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	1	2	0.58	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-08-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	5	3	0.58	8 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2023-10-02	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	7	5	0.75	11 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x3) 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-07-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	4	4	0.75	8 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification

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.