FIREHOUSE SUBS HERITAGE PLAZA

18500 VETERANS BLVD, PORT CHARLOTTE, Charlotte County. DBPR licence 1801867. 8 inspection visits from 2023-07-06 to 2026-08-28.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-28: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic violations

3 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Charlotte County average that year (3 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
2026-08-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	3	1.17	5 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 46 Exiting system - adequate, good repair (FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY)
2026-04-20	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2026-04-10	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	1	0.64	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 46 Exiting system - adequate, good repair (FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY)
2025-09-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.64	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2025-05-06	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2025-04-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	2	0.58	3 areas 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
2024-12-26	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	7	0.58	5 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2023-07-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1	0.75	3 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean

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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.