PANERA BREAD

5600 BLUE LAGOON DR UNIT 14, MIAMI, Miami-Dade County. DBPR licence 2337750. 9 inspection visits from 2023-12-05 to 2026-08-31.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-31: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

1 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Miami-Dade County average that year (4 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
2026-08-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.12	1 area 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2026-01-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	1.13	3 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-07-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	2	1.13	3 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2025-01-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.86	2 areas 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2024-09-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3	0.86	4 areas 01 Approved source 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2024-04-15	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2024-02-14	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	1	2	1.07	3 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-12-06	Licensing inspection	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	0		1 area 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed
2023-12-05	Licensing inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	2	1		3 areas 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed

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.