SONIC DRIVE-IN 3177

471 MARY ESTHER BLVD, MARY ESTHER, Okaloosa County. DBPR licence 5603115. 9 inspection visits from 2023-07-28 to 2026-07-28.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2026-07-28: complaint follow-up, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

1 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Okaloosa County average that year (3 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

3inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Okaloosa 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
2026-07-28	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2026-05-28	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	1	0		1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-12-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.26	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2025-04-08	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-02-04	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	1	0		1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-09-19	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2024-07-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	0.28	3 areas 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2024-01-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	0.39	3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-07-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1	0.39	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

The food: where these dishes come from

Sonic Drive-In is known for hamburger, tater tots and hot dog. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

Hot dogThe History of Hot Dogs, From Frankfurt to Coney IslandPlateTales

This is a Sonic Drive-In location. How Sonic Drive-In's 97 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.