SONIC DRIVE-IN 6669

5030 DAVE ROBBINS WAY, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6308421. 10 inspection visits from 2023-07-13 to 2026-08-07.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2026-08-07: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

2 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (3 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

2inspections 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	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-08-07	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2026-08-06	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	0	2	0.43	3 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2025-11-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	0.40	1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2025-05-20	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0		1 area 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-09-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.39	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2024-07-31	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-05-29	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	1	4		5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-11-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4	0.41	4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-09-13	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-07-13	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	2	4	0.41	6 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification

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.