Tijuana Flats
13009 US Hwy 301, Riverview, FL 33578 · Permanent Food Service · License 3917950
Only a licensing inspection is on record. Grades start with the first routine inspection.
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Inspection history
1 inspection · 2 visitsLicensing inspection
- Follow-up visitSep 22, 2026 Complaint after follow-up
Problems from the first visit still weren't fixed, so the inspector recommended formal action by the state, which can include fines.
5 violations still not corrected:
Official report, on the Florida DBPR websiteWhat was still cited
High priority1
Code 50, Current license displayed: Observed: Establishment operating without a license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants.
Licensing application has not been submitted.
Intermediate1
Code 22, Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized: Observed: Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime.
Basic3
Code 14, Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained: Observed: Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Observed: Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler.
Code 35, Insects, rodents, pests and animals: Observed: Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside.
- First visitJul 22, 2026 Warning issued
Problems were found that had to be fixed. The inspector will come back to check.
9 violations found:
Official report, on the Florida DBPR websiteWhat the inspector cited
High priority3
Code 03, Food out of temperature: Observed: Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41°F.
Salsa 47°F in salsa cooler. Manager placed in walk in cooler. Priority: High Priority
Fixed on the spot
Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Observed: Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.
Splitter missing vacuum breaker. Manager placed on vacuum breaker at time of inspection. Priority: High Priority
Fixed on the spot
Code 50, Current license displayed: Observed: Establishment operating without a license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants.
Operator must obtain a public food service license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants within 60 days. Submit a license application and payment to DBPR/Bureau of Central Intake Unit, 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783. To apply online or obtain an application for license visit https:// www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/ Change of ownership. Priority: High Priority
Intermediate1
Code 22, Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized: Observed: Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime.
Cutting board. Priority: Intermediate
Basic5
Code 14, Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained: Observed: Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food.
Cup with n andle in sugar. Manager removed at time of inspection. Priority: Basic
Fixed on the spot
Observed: Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
Priority: Basic
Code 25, Single-service items: Observed: Unwrapped single-service utensils not presented so that only the handles are touched.
Plastic forks are not all handle first. Manager corrected. Priority: Basic
Fixed on the spot
Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Observed: Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler.
Standing water in reach in cooler with salsa. Priority: Basic
Code 35, Insects, rodents, pests and animals: Observed: Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside.
Back door. Priority: Basic
Reading this report
Priority levels
- High priority The problems most likely to make someone sick directly.
- Intermediate Could lead to a high-priority problem if not fixed.
- Basic Best practices and general upkeep.
Terms in the inspectors’ reports
- Time/temperature control for safety food
- Food that has to be kept hot, at 135°F or above, or cold, at 41°F or below, to stay safe: meat, seafood, eggs, dairy, cooked rice and beans, cut melons and the like.
- Food-contact surface
- Anything food touches, such as cutting boards, utensils, counters and the inside of ice machines.
- Vacuum breaker, backflow
- Plumbing parts that keep dirty water, such as from a mop sink hose, from flowing back into the clean water supply.