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Taqueria Garcia's

7500 S Westmoreland Rd, Dallas, TX 75237 · 75237 · Restaurant

Passed all 6 inspections — critical violations noted

Inspections
6
6 passed
Last Inspected
2025-06-25
Pass Rate
100%
0 failures
Score
63/100
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6 consecutive passes, most recently 2025-06-25
No failures across all 6 inspections on record
5 food temperature violations found across 2 inspections
4 other violations found across 3 inspections
Sanitation serious 12×
Food Temperature critical
Other critical
Food Storage & Handling serious
Documentation & Training minor
Plumbing & Waste serious
Pest Activity critical
2025-06-25 Pass New Retail Food 2022

No violations found.

2024-07-01 Pass New Retail Food 2022

No violations found.

2023-01-25 Pass Routine
CRITICAL 8
minor Sanitation

*39 Equipment & utensils cleaned before restocking

OBSERVED GRIME BUILD UP ON RESTOCKED SLICER, THOROUGHLY CLEAN BEFORE RESTOCKING

critical Other

*37 Food protected from cross contamination by storing the food in packages, covered containers, or

OBSERVED UNCOVERED POT OF FOOD.

minor Sanitation

*42 Dirty nonfood contact surfaces

DUST BUILD UP IN WALK IN COOLER.

minor Sanitation

*39 Store all equipment & utensil covered or inverted

OBSERVED LARGE POTS STORED UPRIGHT AND UNCOVERED. STORE INVERTED OR COVERED.

minor Documentation & Training

*21 RFSM - Not On Site

RFSM NOT ONSITE

minor Food Storage & Handling

*22 Accredited food handler certificate - 60 days

EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD MUST BE TRAINED ON FOOD SAFETY, OBTAIN TEXAS FOOD HANDLER CARDS.

minor Sanitation

*47 Conditions of Permit-in use of food equipment

POST CONSUMER HEALTH SIGN THAT STATES MOST RECENT HEALTH REPORT IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

serious Sanitation

*10 A chemical sanitizer used: contact times criteria

NO SANITIZER SOLUTION USED WHEN CLEAN AND WASHING UTENSILS. USE SANITIZER SOLUTION AS FINAL STEP WHEN CLEANING UTENSILS, EQUIPMENT AND FOOD CONTACT SURFACES.

2022-07-12 Pass Routine
CRITICAL 6
serious Food Storage & Handling

*07 Food safe, good condition, unadulterated, and honestly presented

observed food in walk in cooler with mold and observed food in reach in freezer. ESTABLISHMENT IS CLOSED PER OWNER AND PIC. REMOVE ALL FOOD FROM PREVIOUS LEASER.

critical Pest Activity

*34 Controlling pests. Eliminating harborage conditions

OBSERVED POOLING OF WATER AND FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOOR, REMOVE HARBORING CONDITIONS.

minor Sanitation

*39 Equipment in good repair and proper adjustment.

OBSERVED MISSING COVER FOR ICE MACHINE, REPAIR AND COVER.

minor Sanitation

*42 Floors/walls/ceiling/nonfood dirty

OBSERVED GRIME ON WALLS AND DEBRIS ON FLOOR, CLEAN. DEBRIS BUILD UP IN WALK IN COOLER, CLEAN.

critical Food Temperature

*29 Cold/hot hold unit thermometer easily viewable

PROVIDE THERMOMETER FOR WALK IN COOLER.

serious Plumbing & Waste

*20 Grease Trap Tickets

NO AVAILABLE GREASE TRAP TICKET. PROVIDE ONSITE AND READILY AVAILABLE

2022-01-11 Pass Routine
CRITICAL 6
minor Sanitation

*42 Dirty nonfood contact surfaces

grime build up on walls, clean. grime build up on wire shelves.

minor Food Storage & Handling

*41 Food storage containers, identified with common name of food.

observed spices in non original container not labeled, label.

critical Other

*37 Food protected from cross contamination by storing the food in packages, covered containers, or

observed spiced not covered.

minor Sanitation

*39 Equipment & utensils cleaned before restocking

observed soiled utensils restocked, clean thoroughly before restocking.

minor Other

*31 Individual, disposable towels

no available towels at hand sink, provide.

minor Documentation & Training

*47 RFSM Certificate - Not Display

RFSM not posted.

2021-03-22 Pass Routine
CRITICAL 11
critical Food Temperature

*27 Cooling method, criteria - smaller portions

observed large pot of cooked beans cooling at room temperature, use smaller shallow pots to cool food properly. COS

critical Food Temperature

*39 Cooling using containers that allow max. heat transfer

observed pot of cooked beans uncovered, cover. COS

minor Documentation & Training

*21 RFSM - Not On Site

rfsm paper work not onsite, second repeated offense

minor Sanitation

*42 Floors/walls/ceiling/nonfood dirty

grime on walls, clean.

critical Food Temperature

*29 Cold/hot hold unit thermometer easily viewable

no available thermometer observed in walk in cooler, provide.

minor Food Storage & Handling

*28 Date marking > 24 hrs,on site,temp 41F

observed prep food, RTE food, and raw meat removed from original packaged in walk in cooler not date marked.

minor Sanitation

*36 Cloths in-use for wiping between uses stored

wet cloths observed on food contact surface.

minor Plumbing & Waste

*44 Trash can provided for papertowel waste

provide small trash can for hand sink

minor Food Temperature

*38 Thawing. under running water criteria - < 4 hours

observed fish thawing under still water. thaw under running water

minor Other

*31 Individual, disposable towels

no available towels at hand sink

minor Sanitation

*45 Store maintenance equip away from food/food equip

observed maintenance equipment stored next to food and utensils, store properly

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