APPLEBEE'S

5550 FRUITEVILLE RD, SARASOTA, Sarasota County. DBPR licence 6803840. 8 inspection visits from 2023-07-13 to 2026-09-28.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-28: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 3 basic violations

0 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Sarasota County average that year (4 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections 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	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-09-28	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3		1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3)
2025-10-01	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1.11	2 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2025-07-01	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1.11	2 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-11-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1.26	1 area 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2024-08-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	1.26	3 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2024-03-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	7	1.24	5 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored (x2) 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2023-10-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	6	1.24	5 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2023-07-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	5	1.24	6 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly

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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.