LEFTY'S OYSTER & SEAFOOD BAR

428 N LEMON AVE, SARASOTA, Sarasota County. DBPR licence 6805544. 9 inspection visits from 2023-10-20 to 2026-07-13.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-13: complaint inspection, 3 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 4 basic violations

5 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

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
2026-07-13	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	1	4		4 areas 01 Approved source (x4) 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2026-03-27	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	0		1 area 01 Approved source
2026-01-27	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	3	2	0	1.11	4 areas 01 Approved source (x2) 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-10-22	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-08-21	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	3	2	0	1.11	4 areas 01 Approved source (x2) 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
2025-03-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	3	0	1.26	5 areas 01 Approved source (x2) 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-01-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	1.26
2024-03-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	0	1.24	3 areas 01 Approved source 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2023-10-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	1	1.24	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly

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.