MECATOS BAKERY & CAFE
5645 HANSEL AVE, Orlando FL 32809 · 352.262.8955
Last inspected Mar 26, 2026 · 4 visits since January 2024
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4 inspections trending down, 31 points off where it started.
Shell eggs not stored at an ambient air temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit or less. Shelled eggs ambient (75F - Cold Holding). Held outside of prep table. Less than 4 hours.
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Inspection history
4 visits, newest first
Mar 26, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
3 High priority1 Intermediate4 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 8 findingsThe state's own report →
Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Staff put her hair up on the front service counter and began working. Management educated staff and she washed her hands.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cut tomatoes (51F - Cold Holding); ham (51F - Cold Holding). Less than 4 hours held in make table. Tomatoes held above the cold line.
Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle with blue substance and other chemicals on the counter next to coffee grinder. Staff removed the items.
Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Blue substance. Staff labeled
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Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside.
Grease on the ground and/or pad around grease receptacle.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Staff removed.
Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Management removed.
Nov 18, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 14 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority2 Intermediate10 Basic
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Shell eggs not stored at an ambient air temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit or less. Shelled eggs ambient (75F - Cold Holding). Held outside of prep table. Less than 4 hours.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. chicken pastry (122F - Hot Holding); blood sausage (112F - Hot Holding). Less than 4 hours. Manager says they use time control.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Front counter sink with pitchers in front of sink and towels in the sink. Manager removed the items.
No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Multiple drinks throughout the kitchen. Manager moved the drinks.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Hat on prep table. Manager removed.
Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside.
Grease on the ground and/or pad around grease receptacle.
In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knives and spatulas between prep table. Staff removed.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. On handle of stove manager removed.
No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. Provided poster. Staff hung the poster.
No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Black reach in cooler.
Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. To go containers. Manager turned them over.
Single-service items for customer self-service not properly protected to prevent contamination. Stirs, utensils and, cups
May 29, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate2 Basic
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Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Tongs inside hand wash sink front counter
Food stored on floor. Bucket with aji next to drive thru
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses.
Jan 19, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionLicensing Inspection
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
0 High priority0 Intermediate0 Basic
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.