PANERA CAFE 6375

8980 US 301 N, PARRISH, Manatee County. DBPR licence 5106081. 5 inspection visits from 2024-11-15 to 2026-07-17.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-17: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 2 basic violations

2 of 3routine 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
2026-07-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	0.99	3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-02-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3	0.78	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2025-08-27	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-08-11	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	2	0.78	3 areas 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-11-15	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0

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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.