SALSA & SAZON LATIN RESTAURANT

1048 US 27 S #1178, AVON PARK, Highlands County. DBPR licence 3801243. 3 inspection visits from 2025-09-12 to 2026-07-23.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-23: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 3 basic violations

2 of 2routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Highlands 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, Highlands 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
2026-07-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3	0.79	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored
2025-12-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	3	0.82	5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2025-09-12	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0

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.