El Tarasco
728 Pine Island Rd Sw Ste 8-9, Cape Coral, FL 33991
How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Passed 8 of 9 graded inspections since 2024.
- Last inspected Sep 24, 2026: passed with 4 violations.
- Keeps coming up: Food protection, cross-contamination, cited 6 times, plus 13 other repeat issues.
- #21 in Cape Coral's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 9 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 9 visits
- 2026
- Passed Sep 24
Callback Reinspection
4 violations
- Minor Food management certification valid / employee training verification
- Minor Bathrooms
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
- Passed Sep 22
Routine Inspection
9 violations, 3 critical
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
- Critical Approved source
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Minor Food management certification valid / employee training verification
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor Bathrooms
- Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
- Passed Mar 6
Routine Inspection
6 violations
- Minor Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
- Minor Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; painted/artificial fingernails
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
- 2025
- Passed Sep 17
Complaint Inspection
8 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Minor Bathrooms
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
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BiteKarma scores around El Tarasco, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.