CIELITO LINDO MEX & SPAN REST
600 S DIXIE HWY · POMPANO BEACH · Broward County · FL 33060-8220
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
8 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 2
09-01-4High Priority – Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands – food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. At cook line; employee touched sliced tomatoes with bare hands. Tomatoes are served without being heated or added to other ingredients to be cooked. Instructed employee to wear gloves when touching ready to eat food. Employee washed hands and put on gloves. **Corrected On-Site**
22-43-4High Priority – Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. At Triple Sink (Quaternary 0ppm). Operator remade to quaternary 200ppm. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 1
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade soiled food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Operator took to triple sink to be washed rinsed and sanitized. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Basic 5
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. At ice machine; accumulation of black mold like substance in the interior. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. At rice storage container; plastic container with no handle used to dispense. Operation removed. **Corrected On-Site**
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. At walk-in cooler; commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged salmon labeled to remove from package before thawing still in sealed package and no longer frozen. Operator removed from reduced oxygen packaged. **Corrected On-Site**
10-07-4Basic – In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At cook line; spatula stored in standing water 102°F. Operator removed. **Corrected On-Site**
29-49-6Basic – Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. At cook line flip top cooler; standing water in bottom.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 22, 2026 1:06 PM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
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3 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.