EL JALAPENO

4960 SOUTHARD ST, LAKE WORTH, Palm Beach County. DBPR licence 6051745. 8 inspection visits from 2023-08-23 to 2025-09-26.

Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fineLast visit, 2025-09-26: follow-up visit, 2 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

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

1emergency closure recommended at an inspection since July 2023 (latest 2025-07-24)

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, Palm Beach 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
2025-09-26	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	2	0	0		1 area 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x2)
2025-09-25	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	7	4	5	2.01	10 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x3) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 11 Personnel with infections restricted 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x3) 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-07-25	Follow-up visit	Allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Complied	0	0	1		1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-07-25	Follow-up visit	Not yet allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Not Complied	0	0	2		2 areas 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-07-24	Routine inspection	Emergency closure recommended DBPR: Emergency order recommended	3	1	2	2.01	5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-12-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	1.88
2024-04-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	1.51	2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored
2023-08-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	1.51

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.