EL RANCHITO MEXICAN RESTAURANT
2645 E GULF TO LAKE HWY · INVERNESS · Citrus County · FL 34453
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
17 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 8
03D-02-5High Priority – Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Cooked pork prepared last night around 7:40 pm. No temperature monitoring was completed. See stop sale **Warning**
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. Kitchen employee touched tortillas with bare hand. Temperature of tortilla was 122. Discussed with manager who had employee wash hands and put gloves on. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
35A-02-6High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Two flies in server station and four flies in the kitchen. **Warning**
02C-01-5High Priority – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/ Tamale labeled 07/08/2024, operator stated it was made last night. **Warning**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Pork, chile relleno, tamale **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach in cooler by hot well- Chile Ralleno 57-see stop sale Tamale 57-see stop sale Sour cream 55-moved to cooler brought from walk in at 11 am. Moved to freezer. Sour cream not observed at the end of the inspection **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03B-01-6High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Rice 114- reheated to 175. Beans 129- **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
41-15-5High Priority – Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Strip turned black sanitizer bucket in kitchen. **Warning**
Intermediate 2
05-05-4Intermediate – Ambient air thermometer in holding unit not accurate within plus or minus 3 degrees Fahrenheit. Ambient thermometer gauge broken on reach in cooler by back door Operator added new thermometer **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board soiled and grooved **Warning**
Basic 7
28-02-4Basic – Condensation or other drainage not disposed of according to law. Vent above three compartment sink is dripping on clean food containers. Operator removed containers and washed them **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
35B-01-4Basic – Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. **Warning**
36-73-4Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floor in kitchen and walk in cooler soiled. **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Container of oil in floor in kitchen. **Warning**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Inside Walk in cooler, reach in coolers, reach in freezers soiled. Mop bucket outside soiled. **Warning**
25-32-4Basic – Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Salsa in soy sauce container in walk in cooler. **Warning**
08B-12-5Basic – Stored food not covered. Cut onions and pico in walk in cooler not covered. Operator covered **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 1, 2026 2:28 PM.
Violation category totals
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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.