El Mezcal Mexican Restaurant
18750 Us 441, Mount Dora, FL 32757
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 11 of 12 graded inspections since 2024.
- Last inspected Jul 16, 2026: passed with 7 violations.
- Keeps coming up: Food protection, cross-contamination, cited 6 times, plus 20 other repeat issues.
- #5 in Mount Dora's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 7 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 12 visits
- 2026
- Passed Jul 16
Callback Reinspection
7 violations
- Minor Bathrooms
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- 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
- Passed Jul 15
Routine Inspection
11 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor Chemicals/toxic substances
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Bathrooms
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils; air drying
- 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
- Passed Jan 7
Callback Reinspection
7 violations
- Minor Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; painted/artificial fingernails
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Passed Jan 6
Routine Inspection
12 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
- Minor Bathrooms
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
- Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
- 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 surfaces clean and sanitized
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; painted/artificial fingernails
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Chemicals/toxic substances
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