JC TAQUERIA COMPANY
150 PLAZA AVE, Lake Placid FL 33852
Last inspected Aug 18, 2026 · 6 visits since November 2024
5 inspections within 19 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Please note: License renewal was 12/1/25. Visit Myfloridalicense.com to make your payment, if you have not already done so. Establishment observed preparing, serving, or selling food to customers with an expired license.
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Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime: cutting boards.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Operator removed seat covers,
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Steak and chicken not date marked. Operator will date mark.
Stored food not covered. Cooked bacon in quarter pan in chest freezer not covered. Operator covered.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Please note: License renewal was 12/1/25. Visit Myfloridalicense.com to make your payment, if you have not already done so. Establishment observed preparing, serving, or selling food to customers with an expired license.
Clean equipment/dishware/utensils stored below soap or paper towel dispenser exposing the items to drips from people's hands at triple sink. Operator removed.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee was educated on proper technique.
Raw animal food stored in top portion of make table over ready-to-eat food in bottom portion of make table - no complete physical barrier between top and bottom. Raw shrimp over cooked beef, in dual freezer, reach in cooler. Operator removed raw shrimp and stored correctly.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Items stored in handwashing sink. Operator removed.
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. Provided operator with form, and he had employees sign.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed bowl in the yellow rice, operator removed.
Cloth used as a food-contact surface. Observed paper towel lined inside container with cilantro and onions in it, operator removed the towel and discarded.
Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Observed employee with bracelet on, employee removed.
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Observed floor behind cook line has 2 inch hole, operator will seal.
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.