LA PALMA TEX-MEX GRILL
412 South Missouri Avenue
Clearwater, Florida, 33756
Pinellas County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★★★☆ (4.0/5)
Based on 5 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection Date: 6/2/2025
Inspection #: Visit ID: 10850045
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Inspection Date: 5/30/2025
Inspection #: Visit ID: 10728552
- 50-03-4:Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license decal not displayed on mobile food dispensing vehicle.
- 21-38-4:Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Person in charge relocated the bucket Corrected On-Site
- 09-01-4:High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee touched washed onion with barehands . Reviewed with person in charge handwashing and glove use
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked chicken 63 F - employee moved chicken to freezer for quick chill . Reviewed with person in charge to separate hot cooling food for good air flow . Recheck 41 F Corrected On-Site
- 53B-01-5:Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
Inspection Date: 1/22/2025
Inspection #: Visit ID: 10728463
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Inspection Date: 11/22/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8709576
- 50-04-4:Basic - Mobile food dispensing vehicle license number not permanently affixed on the side of the unit in figures at least 2 inches high and in contrasting colors from the background of the vehicle.
- 51-18-6:Basic - No copy of latest inspection report available.
- 53A-02-7:Intermediate - Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification and no other certified food service manager employed at this location.
Inspection Date: 5/9/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8662882
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed