CHECKERS #582

5220 E 15 ST, BRADENTON, Manatee County. DBPR licence 5103858. 8 inspection visits from 2023-07-24 to 2026-09-02.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-02: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 4 basic violations

1 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Manatee County average that year (6 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	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-09-02	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4	0.99	4 areas 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2026-02-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4	0.78	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 42 Premises maintained, free of litter, unnecessary articles. Cleaning and maintenance equipment properly stored. Kitchen restricted to authorized personnel
2025-07-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4	0.78	4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 42 Premises maintained, free of litter, unnecessary articles. Cleaning and maintenance equipment properly stored. Kitchen restricted to authorized personnel
2025-02-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.89	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-08-01	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	3	0.89	4 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-03-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	2	0.97	3 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-07-25	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-07-24	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	2	3	0.97	7 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 11 Personnel with infections restricted 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 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

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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.