EL MAGUEY MEXICAN RESTAURANT
4327 66 ST N, KENNETH CITY, FL 33709
License #6217025
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Solid Health Score
How is this score calculated? →EL MAGUEY MEXICAN RESTAURANT in KENNETH CITY currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 87.8 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has 2 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on January 28, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 14 total violations — 3 critical, 4 major, 7 minor.
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Inspection History
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- Inspection Completed - No Further Action
- [02C-03-5] Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Cooked chorizo in reach in cooler in back storage room made 1/26 not date marked. Operator labeled with date.
- [22-48-5] Establishment using a sanitizer solution that does not meet the requirements specified in 40 CFR 180. Only use single-service items to serve food to customers until approved sanitizer is available for warewashing. Establishment is using bleach with additives for laundry as sanitizer in 3 compartment sink and sanitize buckets. Operator went to store and got proper bleach. Tested sanitizer buckets at 50 PPPM.
- [05-09-4] No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. No ambient thermometer in reach in cooler behind bar holding salsas. Operator put ambient thermometer inside.
- [03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach in cooler behind bar used for holding bottled drinks and salsas not keeping salsas in temperature. Salsa (66F - Cold Holding) All salsas had been in unit overnight. No way to determine how long theyd been out of temperature. Operator had not taken temperatures of salsas in that unit today. Outside display shows temperature of 37F. Operator put thermometer inside thats reading 43F. Operator has contacted a repair person. Stop Sale issued on salsas and unit will not be used for temperature sensitive foods until it has been repaired.
- [01B-02-5] Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Reach in cooler behind bar used for holding bottled drinks and salsas not keeping salsas in temperature. Salsa (66F - Cold Holding) All salsas had been in unit overnight. No way to determine how long theyd been out of temperature. Operator had not taken temperatures of salsas in that unit today. Outside display shows temperature of 37F. Operator put thermometer inside thats reading 43F. Operator has contacted a repair person. Stop Sale issued on salsas and unit will not be used for temperature sensitive foods until it has been repaired.
- [33-23-4] Grease receptacle on dirt, not on proper pad/nonabsorbent surface.
- [14-74-7] Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Reach in cooler behind bar used for holding bottled drinks and salsas not keeping salsas in temperature. salsa roja hot (66F - Cold Holding); salsa verde (49F - Cold Holding); salsa roja mild (46F - Cold Holding) Outside display shows temperature of 37F. Operator put thermometer inside thats reading 43F. Operator has contacted a repair person. Stop Sale issued on salsas and unit will not be used for temperature sensitive foods until it has been repaired.
- [35A-03-4] Dead roaches on premises. 1 dead roach behind reach in cooler in back room near restrooms Operator cleaned up.
- [36-34-5] Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. -ceiling in kitchen soiled with dust -wall behind ice machine soiled with dust
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