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