EL COJIDO RESTAURANT

5843 N UNIVERSITY DR, TAMARAC, Broward County. DBPR licence 1622886. 4 inspection visits from 2023-11-07 to 2025-03-20.

No inspection since 2025-03-20. The restaurant may have closed, moved or changed licence; DBPR's files do not say which.

Referred for possible fineLast visit, 2025-03-20: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 3 basic violations

4 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Broward County average that year (0 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

0inspections 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
2025-03-20	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	2	0	3	1.22	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2024-12-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	3	1.22	5 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2024-02-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	5	5	1.26	10 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-11-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	15	6	13	1.26	18 areas 01 Approved source (x2) 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x2) 03 Food Out of Temperature (x3) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x4) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored (x2) 11 Personnel with infections restricted 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x3) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x3) 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly (x2) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification

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.