El Balcon de las Americas
7932 W Sample Rd, Margate, FL 33065
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 6 of 7 graded inspections since 2024.
- Last inspected Oct 9, 2026: passed with 2 violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Oct 8, 2026.
- Keeps coming up: Food protection, cross-contamination, cited 5 times, plus 11 other repeat issues.
- #5 in Margate's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 13 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 7 visits
- 2026
- Passed Oct 9
Callback Reinspection
2 violations
- Minor Food management certification valid / employee training verification
- Minor Employee health knowledge; ill/symptomatic employee present
- Failed Oct 8
Routine Inspection
13 violations, 6 critical
- Critical Approved source
- 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
- Critical Employee health knowledge; ill/symptomatic employee present
- Minor Wiping cloths; clean and soiled linens; laundry facilities
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
- Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor Food management certification valid / employee training verification
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Passed Aug 27
Routine Inspection
6 violations, 3 critical
- Critical Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
- Critical No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Passed Jan 15
Routine Inspection
3 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Wiping cloths; clean and soiled linens; laundry facilities
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around El Balcon de las Americas, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.