DON'S TACO AUTHENTIC MEXICAN RESTAURANT LLC

706 EAST TARPON AVE, TARPON SPRINGS, Pinellas County. DBPR licence 6218697. 12 inspection visits from 2024-10-30 to 2026-10-19.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2026-10-19: follow-up visit, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

3 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Pinellas 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, Pinellas 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
2026-10-19	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	1	0	1		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-08-19	Follow-up visit	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	1	1	3		3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x3) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2026-08-18	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	3	4	6	1.13	9 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x4) 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2026-04-09	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	0		1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2026-04-08	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	1	2	0		2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2026-04-06	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	2	2	3	1.15	5 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2025-11-18	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	1	1	0		2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-11-17	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	3	1	1	1.15	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-01-17	Licensing inspection	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles
2025-01-13	Licensing inspection	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	1	1	2		3 areas 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 50 Current license properly displayed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation (x2)
2024-11-06	Licensing inspection	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	1	1	3		4 areas 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 50 Current license properly displayed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation (x2)
2024-10-30	Licensing inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	2	3		4 areas 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 50 Current license properly displayed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation (x2)

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.