EL CHICOS MEXICAN REST&CANTINA
1751 Evans Road
Melbourne, Florida, 32904
Brevard County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 3/19/2025
High Priority
2
Intermediate
0
Basic
11
Total
13
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl in flour. **Corrected On-Site**
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Light lens on back kitchen line are soiled
- 06-09-1:Basic - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. 3 pcs of salmon on cook line cooler. Chef discarded **Repeat Violation**
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Drink on prep table on cook line. **Repeat Violation**
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Case of food stored on floor in walk in freezer **Corrected On-Site**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Floor in walk in cooler and walk in freezer has old food debris build up, needs cleaned **Corrective Action Taken**
- 36-64-5:Basic - Objectionable odors in bathroom or other areas of the establishment. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 14-33-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Shelving in fajita staging fridge **Corrected On-Site**
- 25-06-4:Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Tin pans in dry storage Coffee filters not protected **Corrected On-Site**
- 36-27-5:Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Under dishwasher is black
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour not labeled **Corrected On-Site**
- 41-07-4:High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Sitting on ledge of dish pit clean dish side **Corrected On-Site**
- 29-42-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/19/2025 revealed 13 total violations (2 high priority, 0 intermediate, 11 basic).
Inspection on 10/28/2024
High Priority
1
Intermediate
1
Basic
12
Total
15
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 06-09-1:Basic - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Fish was in walk in cooler, still frozen so they could remove oxygen from packaging **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. **Corrected On-Site**
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Drink on prep table, employee moved drink. Backpack with personal items on food storage shelf, manager relocated items. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gasket in poor repair on keg refrigerator in bar area
- 36-01-4:Basic - Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed. Food debris under ice machine and bar area **Corrected On-Site**
- 14-38-4:Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Manager discarded pans **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 22-08-4:Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. **Corrected On-Site**
- 36-62-4:Basic - Light not functioning. 2 lights out under cook line hoods
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled
- 14-33-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Fajita staging refrigerator shelves are rusted
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. 2 pans in walk in not covered. **Corrected On-Site**
- 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Pipe leaking on hand sink in bar area. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 22-35-5:High Priority - Food preparation pans has soil/old food residue on clean dishes. Manager rewashed dishes **Corrected On-Site**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Knife holder on wall soiled. **Corrected On-Site**
- 45-02-4:Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. In recharge zone, extinguisher in kitchen next to ice machine. **Corrective Action Taken**
Food safety inspection conducted on 10/28/2024 revealed 15 total violations (1 high priority, 1 intermediate, 12 basic).