LAS MARGARITAS MEXICAN RESTAURANT & GALLERY
4414 SW COLLEGE RD STE 410
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 4/17/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Food safety inspection conducted on 4/17/2025 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 4/16/2025
High Priority
3
Intermediate
3
Basic
12
Total
18
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting board at cookline has deep cut marks.
- 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Container of employee personal food on shelf above restaurant food in server station cooler.
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee jacket stored on top of mesh bag containing onions on shelf in back of kitchen. **Repeat Violation**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Rusted shelving on lower portion of prep table in bar area and near oven in kitchen.
- 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. 1. Ice buildup on reach-in freezer at cookline. 2. Ice on floor in wall-in freezer. **Repeat Violation**
- 10-17-4:Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife stored between sink and wall at cookline.
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign and/or towels provided at a hand sink used by food employees. 1. No hand wash sign at handwashing sink in kitchen near ice machine. 2. No towels at handwashing sink in kitchen near back door. **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. 1. Area around nozzles of fountain machine in server station soiled with mold-like substance. 2. Gaskets on door of both walk-in coolers soiled with mold-like substance. 3. Interior walls and ceiling inside beer cooler soiled with mold-like substance.
- 12B-13-4:Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Employee drink cup in cooler at cookline above sauce. Manager removed cup from cooler during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
- 25-32-4:Basic - Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Single-use water jugs reused to store margarita mix in bar area.
- 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed box of bell peppers stored on shelf above salsa in wall-in cooler.
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Foam cup containing sugar missing label on shelf in bar area. Employee added proper label during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
- 08B-27-4:High Priority - Food placed in soiled container/equipment. Cut onions stored in visibly soiled shopping basket in walk-in cooler. Employee rinsed onions and placed them in a clean pan during this inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
- 35A-05-4:High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Two live roaches crawling on wall at cookline. Manager was able to kill one during this inspection. Following day callback per Robert. **Warning**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In pan on ice at cookline: shredded lettuce (50F - Cold Holding). Manager stated the lettuce was brought from the walk-in cooler and placed on ice approximately one hour prior. Manager stated he was going to place the lettuce on time and discarded it at 2:30pm. Inspector emailed Time As a Public Health Control documentation to manager via email.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. 1. Can opener blade soiled with old food debris. 2. Soda gun nozzle soiled with mold-like substance in bar area. **Repeat Violation**
- 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Manager unable to locate chlorine test strips for chlorine dish machine.
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle containing degreaser missing label hanging from sink in bar area.
Food safety inspection conducted on 4/16/2025 revealed 18 total violations (3 high priority, 3 intermediate, 12 basic).
Inspection on 11/4/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Food safety inspection conducted on 11/4/2024 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 10/28/2024
High Priority
3
Intermediate
2
Basic
7
Total
12
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl with no handle used to dispense food ( flour and sugar ). Manager removed bowl. **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. Employee backpack stored with dry goods. Manager removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cook on cook line with no hair restraint
- 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice buildup up on cooling unit and floor of walk-in-freezer **Repeat Violation**
- 10-01-5:Basic - In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control food stored with handle touching food ( beans.) Manager put scoop up. **Corrected On-Site**
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. At hand wash sink by dishwash area and cook line. Manager put up signs. **Corrected On-Site**
- 42-03-5:Basic - Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Tools stored over soft drink syrup boxes. Manager removed tools. Yard blower stored on top of corn flour. Manager removed blower. **Corrected On-Site**
- 22-41-4:High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dishmachine at 0 ppm Cl **Warning**
- 12A-18-4:High Priority - Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. Cook wearing gloves wipes hands on pron, then handles food take out tray, without removing gloves, washing hands and putting on clean gloves. Cook wearing gloves handled raw beef then handled cooking utensils and serving plates. without removing gloves, washing hands and putting on clean gloves. Discussed with Manager. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 29-37-4:High Priority - Spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink. Spray hose at dishwash sink is lower than the flood rim of the sink.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Mold like substance on the inside food contact surface of the nozzles on the soda gun dispensing machine at bar. Manager cleaned **Corrected On-Site**
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Sponge and brush stored in bar hand wash sink.
Food safety inspection conducted on 10/28/2024 revealed 12 total violations (3 high priority, 2 intermediate, 7 basic).