EL TEQUILAS AUTHENTIC MEXICAN RESTAURANT
1784 S RIDGEWOOD AVE · SOUTH DAYTONA · Volusia County · FL 32119
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
20 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 9
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee returning to line from front area **Warning**
35A-02-7High Priority – Live, small flying insects found. 4 **Warning**
41-24-4High Priority – Pesticide-emitting strip present in food prep/storage area. In the bar, dichlorvos emitting strips **Warning**
08A-04-5High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Raw chicken over cases of produce walk in cooler **Warning**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over uncovered sauces, back cookline double cooler **Warning**
01B-24-5High Priority – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Red sauce 6/23, menudo 6/23 Herote 6/10, flan 6/16, pollo 6/23. Carnitas tacos 6/23, carnitas normal 6/23 **Warning**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Half and half 46F bottom of expo sauce cooler Bottom of true cooler next to cookline handsink for 4.25 hours per employee: Steak 47F, chicken 47F Overnight per employee: tamale 47F **Warning**
29-34-4High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Next to cookline handsink **Warning**
Intermediate 4
03D-15-4Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Cooling from 10 @ 12:55 Burrito sauce 49F+, at 2:15 49-64F. **Warning**
11-26-1Intermediate – 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. Employees with no proof of food handler training **Warning**
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Dish area **Warning**
27-16-4Intermediate – Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Bar, turned off at three compartment and handsink **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Basic 7
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Shoes, boxing gloves, sweater with single service **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-12-4Basic – Floors not constructed to be easily cleanable. Deep grout lines with pooling water/soil **Warning**
33-29-4Basic – Grease receptacle lid open, broken, or missing. Grease, old food/debris, and flies in the area, no lid on grease recycle container inside enclosure **Warning**
36-24-5Basic – Hole in or other damage to wall. Near back door **Warning**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Fan cover reach in cooler back cookline Under grill **Warning**
29-49-6Basic – Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Sauce expo cooler **Warning**
42-03-5Basic – Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Large mixers, paint rollers, spray foam, stored on top of or with bags of masa and chicharrones **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 8, 2026 12:14 PM.
Violation category totals
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2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.