PANERA BREAD #6229

2821 UNIVERSITY PKWY, SARASOTA, Manatee County. DBPR licence 5104557. 7 inspection visits from 2023-07-25 to 2026-07-15.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-15: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

0 of 6routine 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

1inspections 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	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-07-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0.99
2025-11-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0.78	1 area 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-07-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	0.78	3 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-12-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	0.89	3 areas 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-07-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0.89	1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-01-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0.97	1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2023-07-25	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	0		2 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2)

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.