LA ESCONDIDA II

702 N 6 AVE, WAUCHULA, Hardee County. DBPR licence 3550058. 3 inspection visits from 2024-04-18 to 2026-04-20.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-04-20: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 3 intermediate, 6 basic violations

2 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hardee 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, Hardee 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
2026-04-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	3	6	0.91	8 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed (x2) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean (x2) 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 50 Current license properly displayed
2025-06-19	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	4	6	1.69	9 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed (x2) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 50 Current license properly displayed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2024-04-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	1.47	1 area 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly

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.