VENTURA'S ITALIAN KITCHEN ON CORTEZ

4805 CORTEZ RD W, BRADENTON, Manatee County. DBPR licence 5105974. 11 inspection visits from 2024-02-02 to 2026-07-21.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2026-07-21: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

6 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Manatee County average that year (0 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
2026-07-21	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2026-07-13	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	0	3	0.99	5 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-12-02	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	8	0.78	8 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2025-08-15	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-08-07	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	1	2	0.78	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-01-17	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	3		1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x3)
2025-01-16	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	5	1	11	0.89	11 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x2) 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x3) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean (x2) 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-04-18	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-04-05	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	1	0.97	1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2)
2024-02-09	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2024-02-02	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	3	0	3	0.97	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof

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.