Las Carretas Mexican Restaurant
3501 Sw 2 Ave, Gainesville, FL 32607
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
- Keeps coming up: Food protection, cross-contamination, cited 7 times, plus 19 other repeat issues.
- #2 in Gainesville's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 6 of 14 graded inspections since 2024.
- Last inspected Sep 15, 2026: failed with 1 violation.
- 22 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 14 visits
- 2026
- Failed Sep 15
Callback Reinspection
1 violation
- Minor Food management certification valid / employee training verification
- Failed Jul 16
Callback Reinspection
1 violation
- Minor Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
- Failed Jul 16
Routine Inspection
19 violations, 4 critical
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Critical Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
- Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
- Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Single-service and single-use items
- Minor Approved source
- Minor Sewage and wastewater disposed properly
- Minor Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
- Minor Chemicals/toxic substances
- Minor Time/temperature control foods properly thawed
- Minor Food management certification valid / employee training verification
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- Minor Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils; air drying
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Passed Apr 8
Callback Reinspection
1 violation
- Minor Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
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