PANERA BREAD #4194
1010 LAKE SUMTER LANDING, The Villages FL 32162 · 352-750-1545
Last inspected Jul 15, 2026 · 8 visits since August 2023
5 inspections trending up, 30 points better than where it started.
Live, small flying insects found. 1 fly on sneeze guard on front counter by pastries.
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Inspection history
8 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Drop plate in ice machine- operator cleaned
Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Prep person wearing watch and bracelet. Operator removed
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with dirt, slime or dust. Light cover in walk in cooler has black mold-like substance.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. One stack of plastic pans on clean dish shelf.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Nonfood-contact surface soiled. Cabinet under soda machine soiled Gasket on reach in cooler across from coffee prep area soiled
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Met inspection standards. 10 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee took a customers order at the front counter typing in order on computer, walked over to the pastry display area and grabbed a pastry for customer without first washing hands. Spoke to manager about washing hands after taking orders before they handle any food.
Live, small flying insects found. 1 fly on sneeze guard on front counter by pastries.
Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Box of sanitizer wipes by coffee grounds in coffee filters on table behind front counter, manager moved chemical wipes away from food.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. White cutting boards hanging on shelf in prep area stained.
Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. 1 employee food safety training expired 9/2024.
Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Air vent soiled above thermalizer on the back line.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. One white cutting board hanging in prep area with cut marks.
Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Exterior door in kitchen leading to refuse area, sun shining through the bottom indicating a door gap.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Catering reach in cooler door jam area is soiled on cooks line.
Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. One plastic container on shelf above Three compartment sink with old food debris, manager moved item to dirty dish area.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Nonfood-contact surface soiled. Interior of cabinet under soda machine in dining room
Reach-in cooler interior has accumulation of food residue. Reach in cooler in coffee prep area
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 2/1/24
Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored over ready-to-eat food. Unwashed strawberries stored over almond milk in walk in cooler. Operator corrected shelves.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. liquid eggs (52F - Cold Holding) operator states eggs were placed in cooler around an hour before temperature was taken, operator voluntarily discarded.
Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Employee preparing food in cook line area wearing watch. Operator has employee take watch off.
Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler in cook line area next to ovens with an ambient temperature of 52F
Nonfood-contact surface soiled. Exterior area around soda nozzles on dining room beverage machine
This record follows the licence, not the owner. Restaurants change hands and the licence history normally does not, so an older entry may describe people who no longer run the place. Every inspection above links to the state's own report. Something wrong? Tell us.