EL TORO LOCO CHURRASCARIA

11381 SW 40 ST, MIAMI, Miami-Dade County. DBPR licence 2361082. 10 inspection visits from 2023-11-01 to 2026-08-28.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-28: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

2 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Miami-Dade County average that year (2 had none)

1emergency closure recommended at an inspection since July 2023 (latest 2025-09-19)

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
2026-08-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	2	1.12	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2026-02-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	1.13	2 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2025-09-20	Follow-up visit	Allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Complied	0	0	2		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2025-09-19	Routine inspection	Emergency closure recommended DBPR: Emergency order recommended	3	1	4	1.13	7 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation (x2)
2025-05-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	3	0.86	6 areas 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-10-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	2	3	0.86	6 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x3) 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 50 Current license properly displayed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2024-02-27	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	3		5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2023-12-13	Licensing inspection	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	1	2	7		6 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils (x2) 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 50 Current license properly displayed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation (x2)
2023-11-13	Licensing inspection	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	1	2	7		6 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils (x2) 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 50 Current license properly displayed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation (x2)
2023-11-01	Licensing inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	3	5	9		12 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils (x2) 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 50 Current license properly displayed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation (x3)

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.