NORTH PORT, Sarasota County

APPLEBEE'S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL AND BAR

17500 S TAMIAMI TRAIL, NORTH PORT, FL 34287

FoodSeating
Latest violations
3
3 Basic
Dec 17, 2025
City
NORTH PORT
County
Sarasota
Status
Current / Active
Inspections
6

Violation history

Florida violations grouped by priority level over time.

Inspection history

Florida inspections are violation-priority based, with high priority, intermediate, and basic counts shown separately.

Dec 17, 2025

Complaint Full

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Basic: 3Total: 3

14-11-5

Detail 24258969

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed torn gasket on low boy reach in cooler at grill station. Repeat Violation

36-01-4

Detail 24258968

Basic - Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed. Observed in walk in cooler, salad lettuce on floor, not swept up.

23-03-4

Detail 24258970

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed gaskets on reach in coolers, on cook line with build up of food debris. Repeat Violation

Sep 16, 2025

Complaint Full

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Intermediate: 1Basic: 2Total: 3

31B-02-4

Detail 24040321

Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed no paper towels at handwashing sink by expo. Observed Eva's Daily Report Operator replacing paper towels. Corrected On-Site

14-11-5

Detail 24040320

Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed in reach freezer closest to walk in cooler, torn gaskets.

23-03-4

Detail 24040319

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed in reach in freezer closest to walk in cooler, soiled gaskets.

Jul 17, 2025

Complaint Full

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Intermediate: 1Basic: 8Total: 9

22-02-4

Detail 23882404

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed cutting boards on cook line with food stains on them. Repeat Violation

23-24-4

Detail 23882408

Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed on back sides of reach in coolers, handles soiled with food debris. Repeat Violation

36-03-4

Detail 23882402

Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Observed broken cove molding to the right of handwashing sink, that's located next to three compartment sink.

14-09-4

Detail 23882403

Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Observed on cook line, cutting boards with groove marks on them.

22-13-5

Detail 23882409

Basic - Iced tea / soda dispenser not cleaned at least once every 24 hours. Observed around soda nozzles some black mold like substance.

22-08-4

Detail 23882407

Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Observed microwave at far end with dried on food debris, on inside top. Observed cook cleaning microwave. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation

23-03-4

Detail 23882406

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed gaskets on reach in coolers (low boys) with soiled gaskets. Observed shelves on server ally with build up of food debris. on gaskets. Repeat Violation

08B-12-5

Detail 23882410

Basic - Stored food not covered. Observed fried wontons on line, in bin, not covered. Observed operator covering wontons. Corrected On-Site

42-01-4

Detail 23882405

Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Observed wet mop stored in mop bucket. Observed operator remove mop and hang up properly. Repeat Violation

Apr 15, 2025

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Intermediate: 2Basic: 1Total: 3

22-02-4

Detail 23710064

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed cutting boards throughout kitchen with food stains on them.

31A-11-4

Detail 23710062

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed handwashing sink at server station with some dried debris and tea/coffee stains inside sink. Using as a dump sink.

14-09-4

Detail 23710063

Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Observed throughout kitchen, cutting boards with grooves and black mold like substance or slime on them.

Dec 2, 2024

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Intermediate: 1Basic: 5Total: 6

31A-11-4

Detail 23389395

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Corrected On-Site

23-24-4

Detail 23389393

Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed build up on back sides of handles on reach in coolers at make table Repeat Violation

24-08-4

Detail 23389397

Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Observed on drying shelf, containers wet nesting. Observed operator separate to properly dry. Repeat Violation

14-47-4

Detail 23389394

Basic - Nonfood-contact equipment exposed to splash/spillage not constructed of materials that are corrosion resistant, non-absorbent, smooth and easily cleanable. Observed soda station for servers with mold like substance behind nozzle. Repeat Violation

23-03-4

Detail 23389396

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed gaskets with food debris on them. Repeat Violation

25-06-4

Detail 23389398

Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Observed at server station, to go containers not inverted. Observed Operator inverting containers to open end down. Corrected On-Site

May 23, 2024

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 1Intermediate: 2Basic: 4Total: 7

22-45-4

Detail 22895377

High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Observed dip well in bar with black mold like substance around waterline where ice cream scoops are put. Observed bartender removing utensils, putting in dish to be washed, and emptying dip well. Washing, rinsing, and sanitizing dip well.Corrected On-Site

22-02-4

Detail 22895378

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed gaskets through out kitchen area with food and mold like substance on them. Observed operator starting to clean gaskets Corrective Action Taken

22-31-4

Detail 22895375

Intermediate - Non-pitting surface rust on food-contact equipment. Observed surface rust on drying table in bar area.

22-20-5

Detail 22895373

Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Observed ice machine, inside top lip with mold like substance on it. Observed operator cleaning lip of ice machine. Corrected On-Site

23-24-4

Detail 22895376

Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed throughout kitchen behind door handles of reach ins and walk in, food debris build up. Observed employee starting the cleaning process. Corrective Action Taken

10-02-4

Detail 22895372

Basic - In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment. Observed a chef knife, a whisk and a bag scraper on top of cardboard on dry storage with a clip board sitting on top. Observed operator removing said items and putting into dish to be washed. Corrective Action Taken

14-47-4

Detail 22895374

Basic - Nonfood-contact equipment exposed to splash/spillage not constructed of materials that are corrosion resistant, non-absorbent, smooth and easily cleanable. Observed at soda station, behind dispensing handle, black mold like substance.