Which Bradenton-area restaurants aced their health inspections? Here’s the list
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 April 25 to May 14.
88 Live, 6640 Cortez Road W. #A, Bradenton (Mobile food business) (No violations)
Below716 Food Truck (No violations)
Chick-fil-A, 6010 14th St. W., Bradenton (No violations)
Culver’s, 5750 Ranch Lake Blvd., Bradenton
Domino’s Pizza, 1022 Eighth Ave. W., Palmetto (No violations)
Exotic Gourmet Catering (No violations)
The Fat Raccoon Eatery (Food truck) (No violations)
Gulf Drive Cafe, 900 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach
Kaitlyn Reeve, 3413 Cortez Road W., Bradenton (Catering business) (No violations)
Kat’s Dogs LLC, 3413 Cortez Road W., Bradenton (Hot dog vendor) (No violations)
Kelly’s Roast Beef, 8710 U.S. 301 N., Parrish (No violations)
McDonald’s, 3631 Cortez Road W., Bradenton (No violations)
La Mia Pizza and More, 2801 14th St. W. #A, Bradenton (Mobile food business) (No violations)
Mr. Frontera 2, 1304 Eighth Ave. W., Palmetto (Mobile food business) (No violations)
The Naked Potato, 3413 Cortez Road W., Bradenton (Mobile food business)
Papa Johns Pizza, 8723 Fort Hamer Road, Building 5 #102, Parrish
PlanIT Events (Catering and event planner) (No violations)
Rodney’s Jamaican Grill, 814 Eighth Ave. W., Palmetto (Mobile food business) (No violations)
Shuck It, 313 12th St. W., Bradenton
Skinny’s Place Curbside, 3901 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach (Mobile food business)
Taqueria La Mexicana, 3011 15th St. E., Bradenton
Top China, 3558 53rd Ave. W., Bradenton
Tortilleria La Rancherita, 710 13th St. W., Palmetto (Mobile food business) (No violations)
Twisted Pit BBQ, 8130 Lakewood Main St. #104, Lakewood Ranch (No violations)
Ty’s Golden Hog (Food truck) (No violations)
Vampire Penguin, 6202 U.S. 301, Ellenton (Mobile food business) (No violations)
Vertoris Pizza House, 6830 14th St. W., Bradenton
The Village Patio, 1213 13th Ave., W., Bradenton (No violations)
Whitney’s, 6990 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key
Wingstop, 8462 Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota (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.