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Manatee County
What the state's inspectors have recorded in Manatee County kitchens, as of the most recent nightly pull. Every line links to the record it came from, and every finding is quoted exactly as the inspector typed it.
How Manatee grades
1,202 kitchens carry a grade. 209 show N/R — not inspected in about fifteen months, so we would rather say nothing than something stale. Grades are ours, not the state's.
Most recent high-priority finding
Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Observed frozen egg rolls stored in direct contact with to go bag in reach in freezer.
Ordered shut
| Restaurant | City | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 5 STAR SEAFOOD | Bradenton | Aug 17, 2026 |
| SHAKE STATION | Ellenton | Jul 28, 2026 |
| CHINA I | Holmes Bch | Jul 15, 2026 |
| TAQUERIA MI REINA | Bradenton | Apr 17, 2026 |
| HIDEKO SUSHI & THAI LLC | Palmetto | Mar 17, 2026 |
| THE TACO KING CORP | Bradenton | Mar 11, 2026 |
| PIG OUT | Bradenton | Feb 5, 2026 |
| SKINNY'S PLACE | Holmes Bch | Jan 14, 2026 |
| CORTEZ CAFE | Cortez | Dec 19, 2025 |
| EL WARIKE RESTAURANT | Bradenton | Dec 16, 2025 |
An emergency order stops a kitchen operating on the spot. Many reopen within days once the problem is fixed — each restaurant's page shows how its order ended.
Lowest scoring right now
| Restaurant | City | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| TAQUERIA MI REINA | Bradenton | |
| DELICIOUS PR LLC | Bradenton | |
| FLAVORS OF INDIA | Bradenton | |
| RESTAURANTE GUATEMALA 2 LLC | Bradenton | |
| PARROT PATIO BAR & GRILL | Bradenton | |
| 5 STAR SEAFOOD | Bradenton | |
| CHINA GOURMET | Bradenton | |
| ROCCO'S ITALIAN KITCHEN | Bradenton | |
| LA CASITA AZUL RESTAURANT INC | Bradenton | |
| CANTINA GRILL AND BAR INC | Bradenton |
Biggest fines this year
| Restaurant | City | Final order | Fine |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESTAURANTE GUATEMALA 2 LLC | Bradenton | May 4, 2026 | $1,600 |
| CHINA GOURMET | Bradenton | Oct 21, 2025 | $1,600 |
| HUNGRY HOWIES #257 | Ellenton | Apr 16, 2026 | $1,100 |
| RESTAURANTE GUATEMALA 2 LLC | Bradenton | Mar 11, 2026 | $1,040 |
| DELICIOUS PR LLC | Bradenton | Sep 23, 2025 | $800 |
| FLAVORS OF INDIA | Bradenton | Jun 23, 2026 | $800 |
| TAQUERIA MORALES | Bradenton | Apr 16, 2026 | $800 |
| CHINA GOURMET | Bradenton | Mar 19, 2026 | $800 |
Take Manatee's data
Every record behind this page is downloadable — no key, no signup, no rate limit, free for commercial use. Filter the establishments file on the county column to get Manatee on its own, or email and I'll cut it for you.
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Every inspection on this site links to the state's own report for that visit. If something doesn't match DBPR's record, that's our bug and we want to hear about it — the record on their side is always the one that governs.
About the dataGet in touch
- Contact
- Maddie, founder — press@eatsafelyinflorida.com
- Interviews
- In person anywhere in the Orlando metro area; by Zoom elsewhere in Florida.
- Data help
- Happy to cut a county-specific dataset and walk a producer or data reporter through it.
- Publisher
- Tanooki Studios LLC, 7901 4th St N, Ste 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Please don't call these official state grades. Florida does not issue letter grades to restaurants — it records what an inspector found and how the visit ended, and that is all. Every grade, score and badge on this site is ours, computed the same way for every kitchen in the state from the state's public records. The whole formula is published at how we grade. Inspection findings, closures and disciplinary records are unedited public records from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.