GECKO'S GRILL AND PUB

7228 55 AVE E, BRADENTON, Manatee County. DBPR licence 5104185. 8 inspection visits from 2023-07-14 to 2026-08-24.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-24: routine inspection, 4 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 5 basic violations

6 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Manatee County average that year (1 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
2026-08-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	0	5	0.99	7 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2026-03-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	4	0.78	6 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2025-08-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	1	0.78	4 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-03-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	4	0.89	7 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2024-08-09	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	3	1	4	0.89	7 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2023-12-14	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	1	0	1		2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2023-12-13	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	4	2	3	0.97	6 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x3) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2023-07-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	2	0.97	3 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean

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.