RANCHO GRANDE MEXICAN GRILL AND CANTINA
290 N CHERRY ST, Monticello FL 32344 · 850 997 0087
Last inspected Apr 23, 2026 · 6 visits since December 2023
5 inspections, climbing. The current grade is the best on record.
Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Cook plating food. Donned gloves during inspection.
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Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Plate with 1/2 eaten pie on cook line. Plate removed.
Stored food not covered. Pots of food in walk in cooler.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products.
No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled.
Stored food not covered. Bread in walk-in. Covered during inspection.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled.
Stored food not covered. Pan of raw beef in walk-in cooler.
Waste line passing above food. Condensation line in walk-in cooler draining into pan above food.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Cook plating food. Donned gloves during inspection.
Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. Various foods.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. Rice in grocery bag in steam table. Rice Properly stored during inspection.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Onions hot held at 89°, put on flattop to reheat.
In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment.
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