THE LATINO BUFFET LLC
8560 CR 833, Clewiston FL 33440
Last inspected Mar 6, 2025 · 3 visits since December 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.
3 inspections within 5 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Awarded on the inspection record alone. What they mean →
Inspection history
3 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 3 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. Operator obtained some test strips.
Establishment using wood (other than a hard, close-grained wood) as a food-contact surface. Wood spoons on line. Operator removed.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour removed from bulk not labeled. Operator labeled.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. RW shell eggs over beans in stand up reach in cooler. Operator removed eggs and stored correctly.
Cleaned and sanitized equipment or utensils not properly stored:cooking utensils on line not stored with handles up. Operator removed and placed to wash and sanitize.
Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only.
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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No color/concentration comparison chart available for chemical test kit used to check sanitizer for chlorine.
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. Operator was provided form, and signed.
Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed behind line.
Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface on line.
Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour removed from bulk in reach in cooler not labeled. Operator labeled.
Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only.
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.