LOBSTER POT SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

5157 OCEAN BLVD, SARASOTA, Sarasota County. DBPR licence 6801742. 7 inspection visits from 2023-09-26 to 2026-08-20.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-20: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 2 basic violations

0 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Sarasota County average that year (7 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	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-08-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	1.24	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2025-11-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1.11	2 areas 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2025-07-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1.11	2 areas 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2025-03-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	3	1.26	4 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-07-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	7	1.26	7 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean (x2) 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-03-26	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1.24	2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2023-09-26	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	1.24	4 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean

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.