THE MEADOWS COUNTRY CLUB
3101 LONGMEADOW, Sarasota FL 34235
Last inspected Jun 16, 2025 · 6 visits since October 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.
5 inspections, swinging between A and C. Consistency is the problem here, not any single visit.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Chicken salad stored in the stand up reach in cooler with a data mark of 8/27. Chef discarded the chicken salad.
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Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling vent over the cook line soiled.
Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Hot dogs thawing in standing water. Employee placed the hot dogs in the reach in cooler.
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Server handled soiled dishes or utensils and then picked up plated food, served food, or prepared a beverage without washing hands. Server handled dirty dishes then clean equipment without washing their hands. Server sanitized the equipment and washed their hands.
Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle containing cleaning fluid stored next to containers of condiments in the bar area. Employee removed the bottle.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand washing sink in the bar area used as a dump sink. Employee removed the strainer and food debris from the hand washing sink.
Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling vent on the cook line soiled.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards on the cook line and salad make area.
Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Standing water in the reach in coolers in the bar and cook line areas.
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Date marked combined ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days of preparing/opening the earliest ready-to-eat time/temperature for safety ingredient. See stop sale. Chicken salad stored in the stand up reach in cooler with a data mark of 8/27. Chef discarded the chicken salad.
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs stored over cooked beef in the stand up reach in cooler. Chef removed the eggs.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Chicken salad stored in the stand up reach in cooler with a data mark of 8/27. Chef discarded the chicken salad.
Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged grouper bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package stored in the reach in cooler on the cook line. Chef discarded the fish.
Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged grouper bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package stored in the reach in cooler on the cook line. Chef discarded the fish.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling tiles in the cook line area soiled.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drinks stored on a preparation table next to the cook line. Employee removed the drinks.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No quaternary test strips for the three compartment sink and sanitizer buckets.
Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling tiles in the cook line area solid.
In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Employee removed the utensils to be sanitized.
Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Beverage reach in cooler in the bar area.
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.