RITZ-CARLTON SARASOTA 8TH FLOOR LOUNGE
111 RITZ CARLTON DR, Sarasota FL 34236
Last inspected Oct 9, 2025 · 3 visits since July 2023
This licence isn't in DBPR's current active file, which usually means the business has closed, been sold, or let the licence lapse. Everything below belongs to this licence, not to whoever may be trading here now. The history stays public because it is a public record.
3 inspections trending down, 13 points off where it started.
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Inspection history
3 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee handled dirty dishes then clean dishes without was their hands. Employee re-washed the dishes and washed their hands.
Raw/undercooked animal food offered and establishment has no written consumer advisory. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service. No consumer advisory posted on the buffet line where under cooked animal foods are offered Managed printed and posted the consumer advisory before the end of the inspection.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee backpack stored on a box of produce in the hallway area. Manager removed the backpack.
Food stored on floor. Boxes of oranges stored on the floor in the hallway area. Manager placed the boxes on a shelf.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw cold smoked salmon stored over mozzarella cheese in the stand up reach in cooler. Manager removed the salmon.
Self-service salad bar/buffet lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. No sneeze guard over the pastries on the buffet line. Manager placed a sneeze guard over the pastries.
Whole fruit displayed for self-service not wrapped and no utensils provided. Apple on the buffet line not wrapped. Manager removed, washed and wrapped the apples.
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
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.