FLORIDA TAPHOUSE / OZY'S TAVERN

12168 MERCADO DR, VENICE, Sarasota County. DBPR licence 6806023. 10 inspection visits from 2023-07-27 to 2026-10-26.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-10-26: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 2 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

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	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-10-26	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	2	1.24	3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2026-06-16	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2026-06-10	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	1	1	3	1.11	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2)
2026-03-05	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2026-03-04	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	4	3	3	1.11	6 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x3) 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly (x2) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2025-03-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	0	1.26	2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2024-12-18	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0		1 area 11 Personnel with infections restricted
2024-08-19	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1	1.26	3 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2023-11-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	3	1.24	5 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x2) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-07-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	3	0	1.24	5 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 45 Fire extinguishers - proper and sufficient (FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)

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.