GONZALO'S TACOS Y CARNITAS
3365 S MILITARY TRAIL · LAKE WORTH · Palm Beach County · FL 33463
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
12 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
22-42-4High Priority – Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized.at 0 ppm chlorine. Operator fixed to 100 ppm chlorine **Corrected On-Site**
12A-13-4High Priority – Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Operator enter restaurant, didn't wash hands and grabbed clean thermometer. Advised operator to wash hands.
01A-03-4High Priority – Food prepared in a private home per operator. Cooked beef 2 containers . See stop sale. **Admin Complaint**
01B-13-4High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Food prepared in a private home per operator. Cooked beef 2 containers . See stop sale.
Intermediate 4
11-27-4Intermediate – 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. Emailed to operator, operator printed and posted **Corrected On-Site**
03D-15-4Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Sitting on prep table big containers with Cooked steak at 3:38pm ( 90F cooling) and beef soup (114 F cooling);both cooling since 1 hour . At 4 pm both items same temperature. At this current cooling rate product will not cooled to 70F within 2 hours. Operator moved beef soup to ice bath. See Stop Sale for Cooked beef, per operator beef cooked at his house. **Corrective Action Taken**
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. By big garbage cans. Operator moved **Corrected On-Site**
16-37-1Intermediate – No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. For chlorine
Basic 4
36-36-4Basic – Ceiling tile missing. Over clean pots and pans and seasoning areas. **Repeat Violation**
06-09-1Basic – Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Operator removed from packages. **Corrected On-Site**
14-09-4Basic – Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable on kitchen area. **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Container with tamales inside walk in cooler. Operator stored properly **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 13, 2026 12:29 PM.
Violation category totals
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.