License No. 5106159|Public Food Service Establishment|Manatee County, FloridaInspected Jun 25, 2026

State of Florida Inspection Record

PANERA BREAD CAFE 6440

7815 SR 64 E, BRADENTON, FL 34212

PANERA BREAD CAFE 6440 keeps a clean kitchen by state inspection standards. Only minor issues noted in the past year. The trailing-year record shows 6 violations, including 1 high-priority and 0 Emergency Orders of Closure.

Solid

77.9

Trailing year of inspections

How this kitchen compares

Against BRADENTON

Scores higher than 44% of the 548 inspected restaurants in BRADENTON on the trailing-year record.

77.9

Lowest scoreCity median · 81.1Highest score

Against Manatee County

1 high-priority violation on the trailing-year record — below the Manatee County average of 1.8.

This kitchen1

County average1.8

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

2 inspections

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

Visit 01 — Complaint Full

Jun 25, 2026

Disposition

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Chemicals & toxic substances

Cleaning chemicals or other toxic substances unlabeled or stored where they can reach food.

High-priority

Employee health

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

Intermediate

Improper thawing

High-risk food (like meat) thawed improperly, promoting bacterial growth.

Basic

Hair restraints & clean clothes

Missing hair or beard restraint, dirty work clothes, jewelry, or painted/artificial fingernails during food prep.

Basic

Non-food surfaces dirty

Shelves, counters, handles, or equipment exteriors soiled with grease, debris, or dust.

Basic

Floors, walls & ceilings

Floors, walls, ceilings, or attached equipment dirty, damaged, or poorly vented.

Basic

Source: State of FloridaState inspection document

Earlier history — outside the scoring window

Visit 02 — Food-Licensing Inspection

Sep 17, 2025

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

6 violations · 6 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.

Cleaning chemicals and other toxic substances must be labeled and stored away from food and prep surfaces. A mislabeled or badly placed chemical can end up in food, which is why inspectors treat this as high-priority.

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. 5106159 — you can read the original documents yourself and compare.

License on file

5106159

Inspected

Jun 25, 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