SONIC DRIVE-IN 3420

3471 GULF BREEZE PKWY, GULF BREEZE, Santa Rosa County. DBPR licence 6701121. 7 inspection visits from 2023-07-05 to 2026-10-30.

Warning: inspector to returnLast visit, 2026-10-30: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 6 basic violations

3 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Santa Rosa 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, Santa Rosa 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
2026-10-30	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	2	6	0.66	7 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-08-07	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-07-22	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2025-02-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	0.23	1 area 03 Food Out of Temperature
2024-09-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	0.23	1 area 03 Food Out of Temperature
2024-02-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.31	1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-07-05	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)

The food: where these dishes come from

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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.