CAVA

8746 MILLS DR, KENDALL, Miami-Dade County. DBPR licence 2336737. 10 inspection visits from 2024-01-22 to 2026-10-06.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-10-06: routine inspection, 3 high-priority, 3 intermediate, 3 basic violations

2 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Miami-Dade 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, 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
2026-10-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	3	3	1.12	7 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 50 Current license properly displayed (x2) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2026-03-20	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2025-08-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	5	1.13	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3)
2025-03-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.86	1 area 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2024-11-05	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-10-28	Follow-up visit	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	1	0	3		4 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2024-09-17	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	0	7	0.86	8 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 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2024-04-19	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1	1.07	3 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-04-19	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-01-22	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	1	0	1.07	1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2)

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This is a Cava location. How Cava's 31 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.