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Cantaritos Mexican Restaurant

May 28, 2025 · Score 34
🫥not rated
  • official resultScore 34
  • score34 pts
  • inspection typeAdministrative Miscellaneous / Initial Inspection
  • failed findings7
  • critical findings4

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Failed findings

  • fridge is giving… room tempcritical
    Official wording: Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
    code 02GCriticalstatus: Critical
  • roaches are dining toocritical
    Official wording: Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
    code 04MCriticalstatus: Critical
  • handwashing sink issuescritical
    Official wording: No hand washing facility in or adjacent to toilet room or within 25 feet of a food preparation, food service or ware washing area. Hand washing facility not accessible, obstructed or used for non-hand washing purposes. No hot and cold running water or water at inadequate pressure. No soap or acceptable hand-drying device.
    code 05DCriticalstatus: Critical
  • food left out / unprotectedcritical
    Official wording: Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
    code 06CCriticalstatus: Critical
  • facility / equipment issue
    Official wording: Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
    code 10Dstatus: Not Critical
  • facility / equipment issue
    Official wording: Dishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
    code 10Gstatus: Not Critical
  • Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)
    code 19-06status: Not Critical
  • basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
    Official wording: Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
    code 08A
  • Failure to display required signage about plastic straw availability
    code 19-10

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with A on August 30, 2023: Score changed by +21 points. 8 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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