PANERA BREAD

23720 US HWY 27, LAKE WALES, Polk County. DBPR licence 6308910. 4 inspection visits from 2025-01-06 to 2026-08-11.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-11: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

1 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (2 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, 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	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-08-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	0.43	3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2026-01-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0.40	1 area 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2025-08-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0.40	1 area 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2025-01-06	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0

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.