CHECKERS DRIVE IN REST #252

8357 LOCKWOOD RIDGE RD, SARASOTA, Manatee County. DBPR licence 5103657. 7 inspection visits from 2023-10-10 to 2026-07-21.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-21: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

0 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Manatee County average that year (7 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, Manatee County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-07-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0.99
2025-12-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0.78
2025-07-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0.78	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2025-01-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0.89
2024-08-02	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0.89	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2024-03-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0.97	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2023-10-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0.97

The food: where these dishes come from

Checkers & Rally's is known for hamburger, french fries and milkshake. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

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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.