SALA'O CUBAN RESTAURANT AND BAR
1642 SW 8 ST, Miami FL 33135 · (305)642-8989
Last inspected Jan 9, 2026 · 6 visits since October 2023
5 inspections within 9 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
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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 on the flip-top reach in cooler inside walls front of the cookline.
Carbon dioxide tanks not adequately secured at the front counter, bar area.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on the flip-top reach in cooler inside walls front of the cookline.
Carbon dioxide tanks not adequately secured. Front counter
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses.
Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Bar area.
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade soiled.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times by heated boxes.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink by the cookline.
Oyster tags not marked with last date served.
In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Prep table in the kitchen: can opener blade. Operator placed inside the three compartment sink.
Oyster tags not marked with last date served. Discussed with the operator the proper procedures.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Most cutting boards inside the kitchen.
In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Kitchen: tongs on oven door.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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All oyster tags not marked with last date served. Discussed with the operator the proper procedures.
Ice buckets stored on floor between uses. In the kitchen underneath the ice bin.
Ice scoop handle in contact with ice is the ice bin. Kitchen.
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soda gun in the bar area soiled.
Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler in front of the cook line gasket torn.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Spray hose in the ware wash area soiled.
Ripped/worn tin foil used as shelf cover inside the walk in cooler on the top shelf
Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Observed the chlorine sanitizer bucket stored on the prep table and flip top reach in cooler with seafood stored inside.
Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Observed stored on the flip top reach in cooler in front of the cookline.
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.