EL PILON LOKO BAR & GRILL
823 EAGLE RIDGE DR UNIT 600, Lake Wales FL 33859 · 787-688-1877
Last inspected Feb 27, 2026 · 5 visits since September 2023
5 inspections within 16 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
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Inspection history
5 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Both Soda Guns at the bar, operator cleaned and sanitized with sanitizing solution.
Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Microwave on cook line with rice debris inside operator cleaned and sanitized mixture with sanitizing solution.
Reach-in cooler interior has accumulation of soil residues at Cook line in reach in cooler, operator cleaned and sanitized area.
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In reach in cooler across from cook line raw chicken breast over raw pork, operator removed raw chicken breast from over raw pork.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Across from cook line Operator replaced paper towels
Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing.
Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee put on hair restraints
Knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Cook line, operator removed items
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. In walk in cooler plantains stored in Lowe's and Home Depot buckets.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. At the bar soda dispenser nozzles. Operator cleaned and sanitized nozzles with soap water and sanitizer solution.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Across from the cook line. Operator placed paper towels in dispenser.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Open Drink on of water on top of reach in cooler on cook line. Employee removed and disposed of water bottle.
Knives stored between equipment on cook line reach in. Operator removed knives.
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soda guns at the bar.
No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths.
Ice buildup in walk-in freezer.
Light not functioning. On the cook line.
This record follows the licence, not the owner. Restaurants change hands and the licence history normally does not, so an older entry may describe people who no longer run the place. Every inspection above links to the state's own report. Something wrong? Tell us.