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TACOS LUCAS

Health inspection records show TACOS LUCAS in OCALA has 5 inspections with a food safety rating of 3.6/5. Recent inspections indicate some food safety concerns.

809 North Magnolia Avenue
Ocala, Florida, 34475
Parkside Garden Apartments
Marion County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★★½☆ (3.6/5)
Based on 5 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 7/24/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10897991

  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. One male employee.
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Sides and under grills soiled with grease and food debris.
  • 35B-05-4:Basic - Outer openings not protected during operation and vermin and/or environmental cross contamination present. Windows open with flies inside.
  • 08B-63-4:Basic - Unpackaged food in an unprotected holding unit in a customer/nonsecure area. Two bags of meat stored in reach in cooler in dining area.
  • 12A-16-4:High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Upon arrival, employee make in salsa and reheating food with no water to wash hands.
  • 12A-25-4:High Priority - Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Male employee touched face and continued to cook without washing hands.
  • 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. Male employee touched cook chicken with bare hands.
  • 27-12-4:High Priority - Establishment operating with no potable running water. Water pump was not connected upon entry to food truck. Employee repaired pump then water was provided. Corrected On-Site
  • 35A-02-7:High Priority - Live, small flying insects found Approximately 7 live flies in food truck.
  • 14-31-5:High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Pork and sausage stored in black thank you style bags
  • 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 6/1/2025.
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Towels and containers in sink. Moved during this inspection Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 7/10/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10838724

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

Inspection Date: 5/13/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10815782

  • 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling inside MFDV soiled with mold-like substance.
  • 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Water leaking from pipe onto the floor below handwash sink. Repeat Violation
  • 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. In pans at cookline: Pork (119F - Hot Holding); pork (95F - Hot Holding). Employee stated the pork has been held at the cookline for approximately 15 minutes. Inspector had employee reheat both items of 165F during this inspection. pork (95F 2:05, 168F 2:12 - Reheating); chicken (119F 2:05, 190F 2:35 - Reheating) Corrected On-Site
  • 53A-07-6:Intermediate - No certified food manager for establishment. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ No certified food manager for the establishment. Inspector provided information on where to obtain food manager certification during this inspection. Warning

Inspection Date: 4/8/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10814573

  • 29-03-4:Basic - Water draining onto floor surface. Waste Water leaking from a connection under the three-compartment sink drain pipe onto the floor inside of the food truck. Employees cleaned water into a bucket also installed a provisional catch bucket. Admin Complaint

Inspection Date: 8/19/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8855739

  • 35B-13-4:Basic - Screening is not 16-mesh to the inch. Screen missing at serving windows