LAS CARNITAS EXPRESS
3438 LAKE WORTH RD, Lake Worth FL 33461
Last inspected Jun 5, 2025 · 4 visits since September 2023
This licence isn't in DBPR's current active file, which usually means the business has closed, been sold, or let the licence lapse. Everything below belongs to this licence, not to whoever may be trading here now. The history stays public because it is a public record.
4 inspections, climbing. The current grade is the best on record.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cheese (47F - Cold Holding); in walk in cooler. Operator states cheese or prepped or portioned today. In unit over four hours.
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Disciplinary actions
1 case · $400
| Case | Violation date | Final order | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2--2019040749 | Aug 7, 2019 | Jan 3, 2020 | $400 |
Inspection history
4 visits, newest first
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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Container of medicine improperly stored. Over flip top cooler on cook line
Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Waitress observed returning to work from dining room to make coffee. Hands not washed before beginning work
Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Kitchen entry way
Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Chicken at room temperature
Met inspection standards. 9 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cream cheese (64F - Cold Holding); at front counter. Out less than four hours. Not prepped or portioned. Placed in cooler.
No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. Not turning on
Raw/undercooked animal food offered and establishment has no written consumer advisory. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service.
Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. At triple sink
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.
In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. 74 f at coffee machine at front counter
In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board.
Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Under triple sink
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour
Met inspection standards. 11 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. Thank you grocery bags storing bread in walk in cooler
Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Open box Raw beef Pattie's not commercially packaged over cooked chicken not commercially packaged in one door freezer. Removed.
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs over cut cabbage and tortillas in walk in cooler removed
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cheese (47F - Cold Holding); in walk in cooler. Operator states cheese or prepped or portioned today. In unit over four hours.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cheese (47F - Cold Holding); in walk in cooler. Operator states cheese or prepped or portioned today. In unit over four hours.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl as scoop flour
Equipment in poor repair. Walk in cooler door not sealing and closing Gaskets torn one door cooler cook line
Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. At kitchen entry In front of triple sink
Insect control device installed over food preparation area. Over freezer chest where employee is doing food prep
No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Sliding door cooler in dining room
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour container under counter
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.