SANDCASTLE RESTAURANT

1540 BEN FRANKLIN DR, SARASOTA, Sarasota County. DBPR licence 6800060. 4 inspection visits from 2023-10-13 to 2024-08-20.

No inspection since 2024-08-20. The restaurant may have closed, moved or changed licence; DBPR's files do not say which.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2024-08-20: routine inspection, 5 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 3 basic violations

3 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Sarasota County average that year (0 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, Sarasota 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
2024-08-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	5	2	3	1.26	7 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 09 Foods handled with minimum contact 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2024-03-22	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	2		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2024-03-13	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	4	2	1.24	6 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2)
2023-10-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	3	1	1.24	8 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 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 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly

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.