TAQUERIA ESMERALDA

606 COMMERCE DRIVE, PANAMA CITY BEACH, Bay County. DBPR licence 1350282. 10 inspection visits from 2023-07-25 to 2026-06-29.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-06-29: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

2 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Bay County average that year (1 had none)

1emergency closure recommended at an inspection since July 2023 (latest 2024-09-09)

2inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Bay County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-06-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.78
2024-12-02	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	4		7 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2) 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2024-10-02	Follow-up visit	Allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Complied	0	0	0
2024-09-30	Follow-up visit	Not yet allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Not Complied	2	0	0		2 areas 28 Sewage and wastewater disposed properly 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2024-09-09	Routine inspection	Emergency closure recommended DBPR: Emergency order recommended	4	1	1	0.79	6 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 28 Sewage and wastewater disposed properly 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-11-20	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-11-20	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2023-07-26	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	1	0.65	2 areas 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 50 Current license properly displayed
2023-07-26	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-07-25	Complaint inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	3	1	0		4 areas 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 28 Sewage and wastewater disposed properly 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.