DRIFT RESTAURANT & BAR

700 BEN FRANKLIN DR, SARASOTA, Sarasota County. DBPR licence 6804639. 11 inspection visits from 2023-07-25 to 2026-10-22.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2026-10-22: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

3 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

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
2026-10-22	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2026-10-20	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	1	1	1.24	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2026-06-17	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	1		3 areas 01 Approved source (x2) 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2025-12-10	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-12-08	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	4	0	0	1.11	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
2025-07-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1	1.11	3 areas 01 Approved source 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2024-12-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	3	1.26	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2024-07-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	2	1.26	3 areas 01 Approved source (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2024-01-24	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	1		2 areas 01 Approved source 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2024-01-22	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	1	2	1.24	5 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2023-07-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	3	1.24	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

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.