LA ESENCIA LATIN CUISINE

6944 COLLINS AVE, MIAMI BEACH, Miami-Dade County. DBPR licence 2329040. 7 inspection visits from 2023-09-14 to 2026-10-23.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-10-23: routine inspection, 4 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 5 basic violations

1 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Miami-Dade County average that year (3 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, Miami-Dade 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
2026-10-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	1	5	1.12	7 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x2) 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed (x2)
2026-03-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	1.13	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-12-17	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	1		2 areas 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 50 Current license properly displayed
2025-10-14	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	4	5	1.13	8 areas 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 50 Current license properly displayed (x2) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-12-02	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.86
2024-06-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	1.07	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2)
2023-09-14	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	3		3 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2)

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.