License No. 4605895|Public Food Service Establishment|Lee County, FloridaInspected Aug 26, 2026

State of Florida Inspection Record

THE BISTRO

10800 CORKSCREW RD STE# 140, ESTERO, FL 33928

THE BISTRO keeps a clean kitchen by state inspection standards. Only minor issues noted in the past year. The trailing-year record shows 5 violations, including 0 high-priority and 0 Emergency Orders of Closure.

Solid

80.5

Trailing year of inspections

How this kitchen compares

Against ESTERO

Scores higher than 34% of the 122 inspected restaurants in ESTERO on the trailing-year record.

80.5

Lowest scoreCity median · 90.3Highest score

Against Lee County

0 high-priority violations on the trailing-year record — below the Lee County average of 1.9.

This kitchen0

County average1.9

Below county average

Computed from the trailing-year records of all inspected restaurants in the same city and county. Official State of Florida inspection data — scores calculated by this site.

The Inspection Record

3 inspections

Full available history. The score uses only the most recent 365 days — older visits are shown for context, not counted.

Visit 01 — Routine - Food

Aug 26, 2026

Disposition

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Employee health

A sick or symptomatic employee present, or staff unaware of when illness bars them from working with food.

Intermediate×2

Dishwashing facilities & test kits

Repeat — 2nd time

Dish machine or sinks not set up or working properly, or missing sanitizer test kit and gauges.

Intermediate

Handwash sinks & supplies

Handwash sink missing, blocked, or used for other purposes, or missing soap, towels, or the handwash sign.

Intermediate

Other sanitary & safe operation

Repeat — 2nd time

Other conditions related to sanitary and safe operation.

Basic

Source: State of FloridaState inspection document

Earlier history — outside the scoring window

Visit 02 — Routine - Food

Aug 20, 2025

Disposition

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Dishwashing facilities & test kits

Dish machine or sinks not set up or working properly, or missing sanitizer test kit and gauges.

Intermediate

Other sanitary & safe operation

Other conditions related to sanitary and safe operation.

Basic

Source: State of FloridaState inspection document

Visit 03 — Routine - Food

Sep 28, 2023

Disposition

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

No violations on record for this visit

This visit closed with no further action required.

Source: State of FloridaState inspection document

What the violations mean

Violation categories, explained

5 violations · 4 categories

Every violation on this record falls into one of the state's standardized categories. Here is what each category covers and why inspectors check for it — in plain English, with the trailing-year count for this kitchen.

Employees who are sick must not work with food, and staff must know which symptoms bar them from the kitchen. Ill workers are a leading cause of restaurant-linked outbreaks.

On this record, the category appears in 1 of the 1 trailing-year inspection. The written details for each entry are in the state inspection documents linked above.

^† Item numbers refer to the State of Florida’s standardized inspection form; the same item recurring across visits indicates an unresolved problem. Severity groupings and the sanitation score are explained in How it works.

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Dirty Dish List is built from public inspection data published by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The inspection dates, dispositions, and violations on this report card mirror what the state has on file for License No. 4605895 — you can read the original documents yourself and compare.

License on file

4605895

Inspected

Aug 26, 2026

Scoring

Trailing-year aggregate — How it works

Official State of Florida inspection records Opens myfloridalicense.com — the state's public inspection search

Official State of Florida inspection data — scores calculated by this site