COLD STONE CREAMERY

140 UNIVERSITY TOWN CENTER DR, STE 299, SARASOTA, Manatee County. DBPR licence 5105644. 4 inspection visits from 2023-11-09 to 2026-08-18.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-18: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

0 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Manatee 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, 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
2026-08-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0.99	1 area 50 Current license properly displayed
2025-08-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0.78
2024-09-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0.89
2023-11-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0.97

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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.