EL MOCHO RESTAURANT

5708 MALONEY AVE, STOCK ISLAND, Monroe County. DBPR licence 5401728. 6 inspection visits from 2024-02-08 to 2026-08-03.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-03: routine inspection, 4 high-priority, 3 intermediate, 3 basic violations

4 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Monroe 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, Monroe 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
2026-08-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	3	3	1.29	8 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 11 Personnel with infections restricted 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly (x2) 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2026-08-03	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	2	1	1		2 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x3)
2025-08-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	2	0	1.25	5 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-04-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	2	0.95	5 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-07-31	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	3	3	3	0.95	7 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x3) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-02-08	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	0		2 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated

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.