SANTA FE #2
207 SW 5 AVE, Okeechobee FL 34974
Last inspected Nov 14, 2025 · 6 visits since July 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.
5 inspections trending up, 12 points better than where it started.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Please note: Licence renewal was 12/1/23. Visit Myfloridalicense.com to make your payment, if you have not already done so.
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Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths for quaternary.
No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. Operator obtained.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Probe thermometer not within the intended measuring range of use. Operator obtained.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable at small make table reach in cooler.
Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment. Terro ant strips in back storage.
No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Provided operator with the Food Employee Reporting agreement. Operator signed and had all other employees sign.
Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Operator obtained license from online.
Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Pork at 30 F sitting in water, thawing.
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Provided operator with the vomiting and diarrhea clean up poster
No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Provided operator with agreements and employees signed.
Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Hector Maria
No copy of latest inspection report available. Printed operator the current inspection report.
Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner.
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Please note: Licence renewal was 12/1/23. Visit Myfloridalicense.com to make your payment, if you have not already done so.
Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Provided operator with the Vomiting and Diarrhea clean up form
No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Provided Operator with the Food Reporting Agreement, all employees were able to sign by completion of inspection.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Operator discarded item.
Food stored on floor. Beans Coli g on floor in ice. Operator educated employee and stored on table.
In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container. Knife handle in cheese. Operator removed.
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Refried beans cooked last night per operator at 50 F. Operator removed from service and voluntarily discarded.
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Refried beans cooked last night per operator at 50 F. Operator removed from service and voluntarily discarded.
No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Provided Operator with the Food Reporting Agreement in Spanish.
Garbage can located inside establishment that is not continually used is not covered.
No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit: stand up reach in freezer and reach in cooler on line.
Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
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.