Food & Drink

Which Bradenton-area restaurants aced their health inspections? Here’s the list

Piesanos’ menu includes appetizers, soups and salads, pizzas, calzones, entrees, speciality pizzas, subs and sandwiches, desserts and more.
Piesanos’ menu includes appetizers, soups and salads, pizzas, calzones, entrees, speciality pizzas, subs and sandwiches, desserts and more.

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 Jan. 22 to Jan. 31.

3Natives, 8980 U.S. 301 #122, Parrish (No violations)

Arby’s, 803 10th St. E., Palmetto

Arby’s, 11507 U.S. 301, Parrish

Below 716 (Food truck)

C & K Smokehouse BBQ, 12119 U.S. 301, Parrish

La Cajita SRQ (Food truck) (No violations)

Camacho’s Best Tacos, 1102 Eighth Ave. W., Palmetto (Mobile food business) (No violations)

Camacho’s Best Tacos, 1104 Eighth Ave. W., Palmetto (Mobile food business) (No violations)

Camacho’s Best Tacos, 1112 29th Ave. W., Bradenton (Mobile food business) (No violations)

Camacho’s Best Tacos, 1112 29th Ave. W., Bradenton (Mobile food business) (No violations)

Camacho’s Best Tacos, 1714 14th St. W., Bradenton (Mobile food business) (No violations)

Camino Punto, 11000 U.S. 41 N., Palmetto (Mobile food business)

Carrabba’s Italian Grill, 5425 University Parkway, University Park

Chicken Salad Chick, 5434 Lockwood Ridge Road, Bradenton

Dairy Queen Grill & Chill, 7155 S.R. 70 E., Bradenton

Fav’s Italian Cucina, 419 12th St. W., Bradenton

Honey Tree Cafe, 8315 Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota

Jaxx Wing Co., 316 12th St. W., Bradenton

Keke’s Breakfast Cafe, 1121 Cortez Road W., Bradenton

Kelly’s Roast Beef, 5407 University Parkway, Bradenton

Lighthouse Pizza & Grill at Heritage Harbour Golf Club, 8000 Stone Harbour Loop, Bradenton

Livingston’s Billiards, 4828 14th St. W., Bradenton

M&J Kitchen, 3506 First St., Bradenton

McDonald’s, 6103 U.S. 301, Ellenton (No violations)

Piesanos Stone Fired Pizza, 14629 S.R. 70 E., Bradenton

Snax Express, 1832 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton (Mobile food business) (No violations)

Wendy’s, 606 10th St. W., Palmetto

Wendy’s, 5420 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton

Yummy Sushi, 6220 14th St. W., Bradenton (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.

This story was originally published February 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM.

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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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