TAKERIA LA PALAPA

4250 OVERSEAS HWY, MARATHON, Monroe County. DBPR licence 5453314. 7 inspection visits from 2023-10-17 to 2026-08-19.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-19: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

2 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Monroe County average that year (2 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
2026-08-19	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	1.29	1 area 03 Food Out of Temperature
2026-01-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	1.25
2025-08-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	1.25	1 area 11 Personnel with infections restricted
2025-02-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	0.95	1 area 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2024-08-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	0.95	2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored
2024-03-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	1.32	2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored
2023-10-17	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.