THE SANDTRAP BAR & GRILL

4145 SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, VENICE, Sarasota County. DBPR licence 6804402. 8 inspection visits from 2023-08-04 to 2026-07-24.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-24: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

1 of 7routine 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

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	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-07-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	1.24	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2026-06-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	1.11	2 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2026-03-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	0	1.11	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-01-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	1.26	2 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-08-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	4	1.26	4 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x2) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2024-03-08	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	5		4 areas 01 Approved source 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x3) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2023-12-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	1	1.24	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
2023-08-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	1.24	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils 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.