EL PALACIO BUFFET
909 East Vine Street
Kissimmee, Florida, 34744
Osceola County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 1/31/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
5
Total
8
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Cellphone above reach in cooler on cooks line. **Corrected On-Site**
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Shallow pans in dry storage.
- 36-17-5:Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. By triple sink at dishwashing area.
- 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice buildup in Ice -cream freezer in storage next to soda boxes.
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on metal part of wok on cooks line. **Corrected On-Site**
- 14-15-4:High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Lowe's bucket used to store salsa in walk-in cooler
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soiled cutting board on make table at cooks line can opener on prep table,operator washed. **Corrected On-Site**
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Spoon in handwashing sink. **Corrected On-Site**
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/31/2025 revealed 8 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 5 basic).
Inspection on 8/7/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
1
Basic
9
Total
10
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 25-25-4:Basic - Box containing rolls of plastic has old food debris/soil residue inside.
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Dirty balled up apron on prep table.
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. **Corrected On-Site**
- 21-04-4:Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. **Corrected On-Site**
- 08B-04-4:Basic - Open ice cream containers provided for self-service not properly protected. Customer reaching into container to scoop. Advised to cut down containers or pre scoop ice cream.
- 22-16-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Interior of ice cream cooler at buffet line heavily soiled.
- 25-06-4:Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Bowls at soup and ice cream areas not stored protected. **Corrected On-Site**
- 33-19-4:Basic - Trash on the ground outside back door of kitchen
- 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
- 03D-15-4:Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Protein (pig ears cooling in deep pan. Advised shallow pan for cooling.
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/7/2024 revealed 10 total violations (0 high priority, 1 intermediate, 9 basic).