POLLO TROPICAL #109

12000 NW 7TH AVENUE, NORTH MIAMI, Miami-Dade County. DBPR licence 2333437. 7 inspection visits from 2023-08-07 to 2026-08-21.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-21: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

0 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Miami-Dade County average that year (5 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

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, 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	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-08-21	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2		2 areas 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2026-03-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1.13	1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2025-10-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1.13	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-02-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0.86	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2024-08-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	0.86	3 areas 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2023-08-10	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4		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 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2023-08-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	1.07	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

The food: where these dishes come from

Pollo Tropical is known for citrus-marinated grilled chicken (mojo). The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

This is a Pollo Tropical location. How Pollo Tropical's 132 Florida stores compare with their counties.

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.