PANERA BREAD #1979

4763 HIGHWAY 90, PACE, Santa Rosa County. DBPR licence 6701579. 8 inspection visits from 2023-07-12 to 2026-11-02.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-11-02: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

1 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Santa Rosa County average that year (3 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	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-11-02	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1		1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-07-07	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1		1 area 50 Current license properly displayed
2026-02-24	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0
2026-02-23	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	1	0.63	2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2025-08-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0.63	2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2024-07-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0.23	1 area 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2024-01-25	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0
2023-07-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0.31

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.