Scalawags

1112 Whitfield Ave, Sarasota, FL 34243

Passed re-check · Dec 15, 2025 Directions
88
Good BiteKarma score 88 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 3 of 3 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Dec 15, 2025: passed with 4 violations.
  • No critical violations in the last two years.
  • Keeps coming up: In use food dispensing utensils properly stored, cited 3 times, plus 3 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 3 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Dec 15

    Callback Reinspection

    4 violations
    • Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
    • Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
  3. Passed Oct 14

    Routine Inspection

    6 violations
    • Minor Food management certification valid / employee training verification
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
    • Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
    • Minor Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; painted/artificial fingernails
  4. 2024
  5. Passed Nov 14

    Routine Inspection

    4 violations
    • Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
    • Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented

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