PIONEERS PIZZA EXPRESS

2686 TAMIAMI TR UNIT 5A & 6A, UNIT 5A & 6A, PORT CHARLOTTE, Charlotte County. DBPR licence 1802099. 7 inspection visits from 2024-03-07 to 2026-11-02.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-11-02: licensing inspection, 2 high-priority, 3 intermediate, 0 basic violations

3 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Charlotte County average that year (2 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, 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
2026-11-02	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	3	0		4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2026-01-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	0.64	3 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2025-09-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	1	0.64	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2025-05-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.58	2 areas 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 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
2025-01-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1	0.58	3 areas 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 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-08-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	3	0.58	6 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2024-03-07	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1		2 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

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.