PANERA BREAD 6285

2080 N LECANTO HWY, LECANTO, Citrus County. DBPR licence 1901480. 6 inspection visits from 2024-08-06 to 2026-07-08.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-08: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 3 basic violations

0 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Citrus County average that year (2 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, Citrus 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
2026-07-08	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3		3 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2026-03-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	1.02
2025-08-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.02	1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-02-10	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-02-07	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	1	1	1.25	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-08-06	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0

The food: where these dishes come from

Panera Bread is known for sourdough bread and macaroni and cheese. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

Macaroni and cheeseWho Invented Mac and Cheese? Not Jefferson, and Not KraftPlateTales

This is a Panera Bread location. How Panera Bread's 201 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.