COLD STONE CREAMERY

8448 SW 8TH ST, MIAMI, Miami-Dade County. DBPR licence 2330877. 7 inspection visits from 2023-08-03 to 2026-07-23.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-23: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

0 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Miami-Dade 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, Miami-Dade 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
2026-07-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.12	1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2025-07-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	7	1.13	6 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-08-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	6	0.86	8 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 42 Premises maintained, free of litter, unnecessary articles. Cleaning and maintenance equipment properly stored. Kitchen restricted to authorized personnel 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-03-21	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-03-20	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	0	5		5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils 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 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-11-20	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	2	6		8 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2023-08-03	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	3	5	1.07	8 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification

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This is a Cold Stone Creamery location. How Cold Stone Creamery's 100 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.