CULINARY CENTER AT ESPLANADE GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB

12951 MALACHITE DRIVE, LAKEWOOD RANCH, Manatee County. DBPR licence 5105848. 10 inspection visits from 2023-12-07 to 2026-09-03.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-03: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic violations

5 of 6routine 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

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	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-09-03	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1		2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2026-02-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.78
2025-11-19	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-09-19	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	2	0.78	3 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed
2025-02-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3	0.89	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 50 Current license properly displayed (x2)
2024-09-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	2	1	0.89	7 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2024-05-08	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-04-30	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	4	3	4	0.97	8 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2)
2024-02-07	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-12-07	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	1	0.97	2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

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.