DirtyFLRestaurant Inspection Data

HECTORS MEXICAN FOOD II

3121 East Hillsborough Avenue
Tampa, Florida, 33610
Hillsborough County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★★½☆ (3.5/5)
Based on 7 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 2/3/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8830505

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Repeat Violation
  • 50-03-4:Basic - Hotel and Restaurant license decal not displayed on mobile food dispensing vehicle.
  • 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.

Inspection Date: 9/17/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8832670

  • 14-09-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-18: **Time Extended** - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-17: **Time Extended**

Inspection Date: 7/18/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8830417

  • 14-09-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-18: **Time Extended**
  • 08B-62-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Unprotected small ice machine in a customer/nonsecure area. Outside in not fully enclosed storage unit. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-18: **Time Extended**
  • 51-22-4:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Nonself-sufficient mobile food dispensing vehicle operating from an unapproved commissary. Observed cooked food being stored in a walk-in cooler from an unlicensed building next door to the MFDV. Additionally, a not fully secured enclosed shed is being used next to the MFDV, storing large cooking pots, a mop sink, plastic food containers, food blender equipment, and chemicals. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-18: **Time Extended**
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed cooked beef and cooked chicken stored in glass Reach-In-Cooler not date marked. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-18: **Time Extended**

Inspection Date: 7/16/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8710037

  • 24-24-4:Basic - Clean equipment and utensils stored in a room that is not fully enclosed (open to outdoors/screened). Warning
  • 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Warning
  • 35B-05-4:Basic - Outer openings not protected during operation and vermin and/or environmental cross contamination present. 1 fly observed near back open door of MFDV Warning
  • 08B-62-4:Basic - Unprotected small ice machine in a customer/nonsecure area. Outside in not fully enclosed storage unit. Warning
  • 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Warning
  • 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 1 fly observed near back open door of MFDV Warning
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed temperatures in glass Reach-In-Cooler Cooked Beef (49 F - Cold Holding); Cooked Chicken (51 F - Cold Holding); Cooked pork (51 F - Cold Holding); Operator placing in another Reach-In-Cooler to cool down **Corrective Action Taken** Warning
  • 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed chemicals stored in a not fully secured enclosed shed next to the MFDV. Warning
  • 51-22-4:Intermediate - Nonself-sufficient mobile food dispensing vehicle operating from an unapproved commissary. Observed cooked food being stored in a walk-in cooler from an unlicensed building next door to the MFDV. Additionally, a not fully secured enclosed shed is being used next to the MFDV, storing large cooking pots, a mop sink, plastic food containers, food blender equipment, and chemicals. Warning
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed cooked beef and cooked chicken stored in glass Reach-In-Cooler not date marked. Warning

Inspection Date: 1/3/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8582229

  • 50-04-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : 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. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-01-03: **Time Extended**
  • 11-27-4:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-01-03: **Time Extended**
  • 11-26-1:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-01-03: **Time Extended**

Inspection Date: 12/28/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8481293

  • 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Warning
  • 12B-12-5:Basic - Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Warning
  • 08B-32-4:Basic - Food being prepared outside. Observed operators cleaning raw chicken on prep table next to MFDV in a not fully enclosed shed. Also observed operator cleaning raw fish inside mop sink located inside the not fully enclosed shed Warning
  • 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. Warning
  • 35B-05-4:Basic - Outer openings not protected during operation. Warning
  • 11-27-4:Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Warning
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Plastic container stored inside hand sink Warning
  • 11-26-1:Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Warning
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Warning

Inspection Date: 8/23/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8332273

  • 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
  • 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler.