Chico's Restaurant

4070 W 12 Ave, Hialeah, FL 33012

Passed · Sep 1, 2026 Directions
52
Poor BiteKarma score 52 out of 100
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

  • Last inspected Sep 1, 2026: passed with 12 violations, 3 critical.
  • Passed 7 of 9 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Keeps coming up: Time and temperature control for safety foods, cited 7 times, plus 21 other repeat issues.
  • #24 in Hialeah's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 17 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 9 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Sep 1

    Routine Inspection

    12 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Minor Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
    • Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
    • Minor Time/temperature control foods properly thawed
    • Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
    • Minor Approved source
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
    • Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
    • Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
  3. Passed Mar 30

    Routine Inspection

    8 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Critical Approved source
    • Critical Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
    • Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
    • Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
    • Minor Wiping cloths; clean and soiled linens; laundry facilities
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
    • Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
  4. 2025
  5. Passed Oct 23

    Callback Reinspection

    3 violations
    • Minor Lighting provided as required; fixtures shielded or bulbs protected
    • Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
  6. Failed Oct 22

    Callback Reinspection

    5 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Critical Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
    • Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
    • Minor Lighting provided as required; fixtures shielded or bulbs protected

Nearby

BiteKarma scores around Chico's Restaurant, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.

  1. 76 Little Caesars Pizza 0.2 mi
  2. 75 Cafe Krystal 0.2 mi
  3. 81 Tu Sushi 305 0.2 mi
  4. 94 Bella Havana Pasteleria Cubana 0.2 mi
  5. 77 El Valle 0.2 mi