WAFFLE HOUSE #635

5737 CLARK RD, SARASOTA, Sarasota County. DBPR licence 6802642. 11 inspection visits from 2023-08-17 to 2026-08-24.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-24: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

2 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Sarasota County average that year (1 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
2026-08-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	1.24
2025-10-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	1.11	2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed
2025-07-22	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-07-21	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	1	0	1.11	2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2024-11-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	1.26	2 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2024-07-16	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-07-09	Follow-up visit	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	1	0	1		2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-07-08	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	0	2	1.26	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-12-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	2	1.24	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-08-18	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-08-17	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	0	1	1.24	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints

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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.