Food & Drink

These 19 Bradenton-area restaurants, food trucks earn near-perfect health inspections

Looking for a place to eat around Bradenton?

Manatee County restaurants are routinely inspected by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation for health and food safety issues and cleanliness.

Florida bases its inspection standards on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Food Code, which contains many, many possible violations.

Passing inspection without flaw is no easy feat, so we like to let our readers know which restaurants did exceptionally well during recent inspections.

Here are the local businesses that earned perfect or near-perfect health inspections from May 20 to May 29.

A&G Caribbean Ribs, 8471 Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota (Mobile food business) (No violations)

Below716, 3413 Cortez Road W., Bradenton (Food truck) (No violations)

Cafe di Lorenzo, 608 Tamiami Trail, Bradenton (No violations)

Cantina Chavez Restaurant, 5108 15th St. E., Bradenton

Delicious Rotisserie Chicken, 5108 15th St. E. #18, Bradenton (No violations)

Dona Betty Tacos, 5524 14th St. W., Bradenton (Food truck) (No violations)

Fan-Atics Sports Bar & Grill, 4669 Cortez Road W., Bradenton (No violations)

Goodies Gelato, 455 Cortez Road W., Bradenton (No violations)

Gram Slam Bar B Que and Southern Style Cooking, 616 Seventh Ave. E., Palmetto (Food truck) (No violations)

J & S Mobile, 5718 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton (Mobile food business) (No violations)

Legacy BBQ, 2443 U.S. 301 #C, Ellenton (No violations)

Maharaja Indian Food Truck, 5920 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Bradenton

Marco’s Pizza, 5283 69th St. E., Palmetto (No violations)

Mariscos El Rey, 5108 15th St. E., Bradenton

Nas Philly Steaks, 3522 U.S. 41 N., Palmetto (Food truck) (No violations)

Ni Chana Ni Juana 3, 2424 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton (Mobile food business) (No violations)

El Point Grill, 3401 14th St. W., Bradenton (Mobile food business) (No violations)

Rocketman Korean BBQ, 5718 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton

Savie’s Lunch, 6130 15th St. E., Bradenton (Hot dog cart) (No violations)

Restaurants in Florida are licensed and routinely inspected by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Diners can report health and cleanliness issues at a restaurant anywhere in the state by filing a complaint with the agency.

A fresh pie is boxed up at Marco’s Pizza.
A fresh pie is boxed up at Marco’s Pizza. Herald file photo


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Ryan Ballogg
Bradenton Herald
Ryan Ballogg is a local news and environment reporter and features writer at the Bradenton Herald. His work has received awards from the Florida Society of News Editors and the Florida Press Club. Ryan is a Florida native and graduate of USF St. Petersburg. Support my work with a digital subscription
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