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LAS CARNITAS EXPRESS

3438 LAKE WORTH RD, Lake Worth FL 33461

Last inspected Jun 5, 2025 · 4 visits since September 2023

□ Not on the state's active licence list

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.

Licence typeFood service
Licence6000228
Grade history
SEP 23
MAR 24
OCT 24
JUN 25
▼ IMPROVING

4 inspections, climbing. The current grade is the best on record.

Worst finding 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.
High priority/03A-02-5
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Disciplinary actions

1 case · $400

CaseViolation dateFinal orderAmount
2--2019040749Aug 7, 2019Jan 3, 2020$400

Inspection history

4 visits, newest first

Jun 5, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionLicensing Inspection

Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.

0 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
Oct 14, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

2 High priority0 Intermediate2 Basic
Show 4 findings ▾
Container of medicine improperly stored. Over flip top cooler on cook line
High priority/41-07-4
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
High priority/12A-16-4
Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Kitchen entry way
Basic/36-17-5
Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Chicken at room temperature
Basic/06-01-5
Mar 4, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 9 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

1 High priority3 Intermediate5 Basic
Show 9 findings ▾
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.
High priority/03A-02-5/Corrective Action Taken
No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. Not turning on
Intermediate/05-08-4
Raw/undercooked animal food offered and establishment has no written consumer advisory. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service.
Intermediate/02B-02-5
Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. At triple sink
Intermediate/41-17-4
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.
Basic/12B-12-5
In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. 74 f at coffee machine at front counter
Basic/10-07-4
In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board.
Basic/21-04-4
Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Under triple sink
Basic/21-38-4
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour
Basic/02D-01-5
Sep 14, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 11 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

5 High priority0 Intermediate6 Basic
Show 11 findings ▾
Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Thank you grocery bags storing bread in walk in cooler
High priority/14-15-4
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.
High priority/08A-02-6/Corrected On-Site
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
High priority/08A-05-6/Corrected On-Site
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.
High priority/01B-02-5
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.
High priority/03A-02-5
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl as scoop flour
Basic/14-01-5
Equipment in poor repair. Walk in cooler door not sealing and closing Gaskets torn one door cooler cook line
Basic/14-11-5
Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. At kitchen entry In front of triple sink
Basic/36-17-5
Insect control device installed over food preparation area. Over freezer chest where employee is doing food prep
Basic/35B-02-4
No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Sliding door cooler in dining room
Basic/05-09-4
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour container under counter
Basic/02D-01-5

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.