Panera Bread

625 Dawsonville Hwy, Gainesville, GA 30501

Passed · Aug 20, 2026 Directions
81
Good BiteKarma score 81 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 11 of 12 graded inspections since 2022.
  • Last inspected Aug 20, 2026: passed with 7 violations.
  • Keeps coming up: Posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing, cited 6 times, plus 16 other repeat issues.
  • 1 critical violation in the last two years.

Inspection history 12 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Aug 20

    Routine

    7 violations
    • Minor Response procedures for vomiting and diarrheal events
    • Minor Food properly labeled; original container
    • Minor Posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing
    • Minor Certified food protection manager
    • Minor PIC present, demonstrates knowledge, performs duties
    • Minor Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Minor Management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting
  3. Passed Apr 7

    Routine

    12 violations
    • Minor Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
    • Minor Management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting
    • Minor Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, cleaned
    • Minor Hot and cold water available; adequate pressure
    • Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
    • Minor In-use utensils: properly stored
    • Minor PIC present, demonstrates knowledge, performs duties
    • Minor Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Minor Garbage/refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
    • Minor Sewage and wastewater properly disposed
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
  4. 2025
  5. Passed Oct 3

    Routine

    1 violation
    • Minor Personal cleanliness
  6. Passed Mar 28

    Followup

    7 violations
    • Minor Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
    • Minor Food stored covered
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
    • Minor Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored, used
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Minor Response procedures for vomiting and diarrheal events