TACO BELL 2534766

169 S US HWY 17, EAST PALATKA, Putnam County. DBPR licence 6400890. 7 inspection visits from 2023-08-21 to 2026-08-13.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-13: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 5 basic violations

0 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Putnam County average that year (5 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, Putnam 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
2026-08-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	5	2.24	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2026-02-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1	1.27	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-07-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	1.27	2 areas 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2025-01-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	3	1.58	4 areas 01 Approved source 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2024-07-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	2	1.58	3 areas 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 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
2024-01-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	5	1.88	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2023-08-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	1.88	2 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained

The food: where these dishes come from

Taco Bell is known for tacos, nachos and quesadilla. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

TacosHistory of Tacos: Silver Mines, Not 10,000 YearsPlateTales

NachosWho Invented Nachos? Ignacio Anaya and the 1940 Paper TrailPlateTales

This is a Taco Bell location. How Taco Bell's 447 Florida stores compare with their counties.

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.