COTE FRANCE

218 W TAMPA AVE, VENICE, Sarasota County. DBPR licence 6801289. 7 inspection visits from 2023-08-23 to 2026-06-12.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-06-12: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic violations

2 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Sarasota County average that year (3 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
2026-06-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	1	1.11	4 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2026-04-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	1.11	3 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2025-03-19	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	1.26	3 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-11-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	2	0	1.26	2 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x2) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2)
2024-01-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.24	1 area 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
2023-11-03	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	1		1 area 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2)
2023-08-23	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	4	2	1.24	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x5) 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification

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.