CHICK-FIL-A 'PELICAN PLAZA' FSU #4072

8420 S TAMIAMI TRL, SARASOTA, Sarasota County. DBPR licence 6805717. 8 inspection visits from 2023-08-25 to 2026-09-24.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-24: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic violations

0 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Sarasota County average that year (6 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

2inspections 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	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-09-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1.24	2 areas 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2026-02-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1.11	2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-08-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1.11	2 areas 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-03-12	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0
2025-02-19	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0		2 areas 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 45 Fire extinguishers - proper and sufficient (FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY)
2024-09-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	1.26	3 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-01-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1.24	2 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed
2023-08-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1.24	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located

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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.