LA BAMBA MEXICAN & SPANISH RESTAURANT II

5452 W SAMPLE RD, MARGATE, Broward County. DBPR licence 1615613. 13 inspection visits from 2023-08-07 to 2026-07-30.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-30: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic violations

3 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Broward County average that year (1 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

3inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Broward 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
2026-07-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1	1.48	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2026-03-25	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1		3 areas 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2026-02-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	4	1.25	5 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-09-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	1	7	1.25	9 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x3) 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-06-10	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	1	0	1		2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-06-09	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	1	3		5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-01-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	2	1.22	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x3) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-08-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	1.22	2 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2023-12-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	0	3	1.26	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 50 Current license properly displayed
2023-09-28	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-09-27	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	1		2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2023-08-11	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2023-08-07	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	3	1.26	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained

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.