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SONIC DRIVE-IN 5587

2551 S JENKINS RD, FORT PIERCE, St. Lucie County. DBPR licence 6602785. 11 inspection visits from 2023-08-16 to 2025-12-08.

Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fineLast visit, 2025-12-08: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic violations
1 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the St. Lucie County average that year (1 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, St. Lucie 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
2025-12-08 Follow-up visit Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine
DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended
011
2 areas
  • 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
  • 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-11-06 Follow-up visit More time given
DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending
011
2 areas
  • 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
  • 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-09-05 Routine inspection Warning: inspector to return
DBPR: Warning Issued
035 0.93
8 areas
  • 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
  • 11 Personnel with infections restricted
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  • 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
  • 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
  • 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
  • 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-02-05 Complaint follow-up Corrected at follow-up
DBPR: Call Back - Complied
000
2025-02-05 Complaint follow-up Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine
DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended
214
6 areas
  • 01 Approved source
  • 03 Food Out of Temperature
  • 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
  • 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
  • 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2025-02-03 Complaint inspection Warning: inspector to return
DBPR: Warning Issued
102
3 areas
  • 28 Sewage and wastewater disposed properly
  • 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-02-03 Complaint follow-up Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine
DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended
215
7 areas
  • 01 Approved source
  • 03 Food Out of Temperature
  • 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
  • 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
  • 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)
2024-12-02 Complaint inspection Warning: inspector to return
DBPR: Warning Issued
326
8 areas
  • 01 Approved source
  • 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
  • 03 Food Out of Temperature
  • 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2)
  • 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
  • 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 (x3)
2024-07-22 Routine inspection Passed, no follow-up needed
DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action
1013 1.08
9 areas
  • 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
  • 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2)
  • 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
  • 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
  • 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
  • 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
  • 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x5)
  • 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2023-12-21 Complaint inspection Passed, no follow-up needed
DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action
006
5 areas
  • 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  • 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean (x2)
  • 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
  • 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2023-08-16 Routine inspection Passed, no follow-up needed
DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action
219 0.92
11 areas
  • 03 Food Out of Temperature
  • 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
  • 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2)
  • 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
  • 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
  • 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
  • 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
  • 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

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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.