PLAZA MEXICO RESTAURANT BAR AND GRILL

405 US HIGHWAY 41 BYPASS N, VENICE, Sarasota County. DBPR licence 6805453. 8 inspection visits from 2023-08-23 to 2026-08-14.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-14: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 4 basic violations

2 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Sarasota County average that year (2 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
2026-08-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	4	1.24	4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2026-06-02	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	0	3	1.11	6 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2026-03-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	5	1.11	7 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2025-02-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	2	1.26	3 areas 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-09-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	1.26	2 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2023-12-13	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-12-12	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	3	0	4	1.24	6 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly (x2) 50 Current license properly displayed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2023-08-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	4	1.24	4 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

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.