TOWN HALL RESTAURANT & LOUNGE

1970 DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, SARASOTA, Sarasota County. DBPR licence 6803620. 9 inspection visits from 2023-10-19 to 2025-11-13.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2025-11-13: routine inspection, 4 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic violations

3 of 6routine 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
2025-11-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	1	3	1.11	6 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-08-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	4	1.11	5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean (x2)
2024-12-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	5	1.26	6 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2024-08-19	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	2	1.26	5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2024-02-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	2	1.24	4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-12-18	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	0	2	1		2 areas 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2023-10-27	Follow-up visit	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	0	2	4		5 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2023-10-20	Follow-up visit	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	0	4	5		7 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2023-10-19	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	5	8	7	1.24	11 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x3) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x3) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x3) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly (x2) 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)

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.