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SONIC DRIVE-IN 4975

704 E GEOFFREY ST, SAINT AUGUSTINE, St. Johns County. DBPR licence 6501696. 12 inspection visits from 2023-08-14 to 2025-11-19.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2025-11-19: complaint follow-up, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 5 basic violations
3 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the St. Johns County average that year (0 had none)
1emergency closure recommended at an inspection since July 2023 (latest 2025-06-04)
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, St. Johns County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
DateVisitResultHighInter.BasicCounty avgWhat was cited
2025-11-19 Complaint follow-up Corrected at follow-up
DBPR: Call Back - Complied
005
5 areas
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  • 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
  • 23 Non-food contact surfaces 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
  • 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2025-09-17 Complaint inspection Warning: inspector to return
DBPR: Warning Issued
029
10 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
  • 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
  • 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
  • 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
  • 50 Current license properly displayed
  • 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2025-08-04 Follow-up visit Corrected at follow-up
DBPR: Call Back - Complied
000
2025-06-05 Follow-up visit Closure follow-up: more time given
DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Time Extension
010
1 area
  • 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-06-05 Complaint follow-up Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine
DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended
012
2 areas
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
  • 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-06-04 Routine inspection Emergency closure recommended
DBPR: Emergency order recommended
110 1.64
2 areas
  • 28 Sewage and wastewater disposed properly
  • 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-04-02 Complaint follow-up More time given
DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending
012
2 areas
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
  • 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-04-01 Complaint inspection Warning: inspector to return
DBPR: Warning Issued
0111
6 areas
  • 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x3)
  • 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
  • 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x5)
  • 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-10-31 Routine inspection Referred for possible fine
DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended
4411 1.64
11 areas
  • 01 Approved source
  • 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2)
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2)
  • 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x3)
  • 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
  • 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x4)
  • 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
  • 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 (x2)
  • 38 Lighting provided as required. Fixtures shielded
  • 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2024-06-07 Follow-up visit Corrected at follow-up
DBPR: Call Back - Complied
001
1 area
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2024-06-06 Routine inspection Referred for possible fine
DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended
2012 1.81
10 areas
  • 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2)
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  • 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2)
  • 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
  • 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2)
  • 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
  • 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
  • 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
  • 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2023-08-14 Routine inspection Referred for possible fine
DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended
4422 1.81
20 areas
  • 01 Approved source
  • 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2)
  • 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2)
  • 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
  • 11 Personnel with infections restricted
  • 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  • 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
  • 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored
  • 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x3)
  • 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean (x2)
  • 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
  • 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2)
  • 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
  • 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
  • 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean (x3)
  • 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
  • 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
  • 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)

The food: where these dishes come from

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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.