PANERA BREAD #1601

137 LANDING BLVD, WINTER HAVEN, Polk County. DBPR licence 6308048. 8 inspection visits from 2023-09-28 to 2026-09-17.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-17: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic violations

0 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (7 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, Polk County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-09-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	0.43	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2026-02-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	0.40	3 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2025-09-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0.40	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2025-02-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0.39	2 areas 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2024-09-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	0.39	3 areas 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2024-02-08	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1		1 area 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2024-01-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0.41	1 area 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2023-09-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0.41	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

The food: where these dishes come from

Panera Bread is known for sourdough bread and macaroni and cheese. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

Macaroni and cheeseWho Invented Mac and Cheese? Not Jefferson, and Not KraftPlateTales

This is a Panera Bread location. How Panera Bread's 201 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.