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EL TORO MEXICAN RESTAURANT

3816 PAXTON AV, #1, CINCINNATI, OH

Last inspected Jan 29, 2026

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Inspection history

  1. Jan 29, 2026

  2. Nov 3, 2025

    4 violations
    • 6.1(A) - Floors, walls, and ceilings
    • 4.4(A)(2) - Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    • 6.1(C)(1) - Floor and wall junctures - coved, and enclosed or sealed
    • 6.1(M) - Outer Openings - Protected
  3. Oct 29, 2025

    19 violations
    • 4.5(A)(1) - VII. Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • 6.1(A) - Floors, walls, and ceilings
    • 5.1(O)(2) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance
    • 5.1(C)(1) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing facility - Installation
    • 6.2(I)(1) - Lighting - intensity
    • 3.2(Q) - Food Storage: Preventing Contamination from the Premises
    • 4.4(A)(2) - Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    • 3.2(K) - In-use utensils - between-use storage
    • 6.1(C)(1) - Floor and wall junctures - coved, and enclosed or sealed
    • 6.1(M) - Outer Openings - Protected
    • 3.4(C) - Thawing TCS
    • 5.1(S)(2) - Plumbing System- Maintained in Good Repair
    • 2.4(C)(15) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Person in charge - duties
    • 3.4(K)(3) - Reduced oxygen packaging without a variance
    • 7.0(B) - X. Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
    • 5.1(O)(1) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance
    • 3.4(G)(4) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • 3.4(F)(1)(a) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Time/Temperature Controlled for Safety Food - Hot Holding
    • 3.4(F)(1)(b) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Time/Temperature Controlled for Safety Food - Cold Holding
  4. Jul 15, 2025

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    20 violations
    • 3.2(C)(1)(H) - VII. Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • 5.1(O)(2) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance
    • 4.4(B) - Cutting surfaces.
    • 4.5(B)(1)(e) - VII. Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food Contact Surfaces and Utensils – Cleaning Frequency
    • 3.2(Q) - Food Storage: Preventing Contamination from the Premises
    • 6.4(F) - Drying Mops
    • 4.2(J) - Sanitizing solutions - Testing Devices
    • 4.4(A)(2) - Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    • 3.5(C) - Food Labeling
    • 5.1(S)(2) - Plumbing System- Maintained in Good Repair
    • 7.0(B) - X. Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
    • 3.4(K)(3) - Reduced oxygen packaging without a variance
    • 5.1(O)(1) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance
    • 3.4(G)(1) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • 3.2(K) - In-use utensils - between-use storage
    • 5.4(N)(2) - Covering Receptacles
    • 6.2(I)(3) - Lighting - intensity
    • 6.4(B)(1) - Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
    • 4.4(P) - Warewashing equipment: Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration
    • 4.5(A)(1) - VII. Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
  5. Dec 5, 2024

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    16 violations
    • 4.5(B)(1)(e) - VII. Protection from Contamination - Cleaning frequency
    • 3.2(D) - Food Storage containers
    • 5.1(S)(2) - Plumbing system
    • 7.0(B) - X. Chemical - Poisonous/toxic material
    • 3.4(K)(3) - Reduced oxygen packaging without a variance
    • 6.2(B) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Facilities
    • 3.4(G)(4) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • 3.4(F)(1)(a) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - TCS - hot and cold holding
    • 4.5(A)(1) - VII. Protection from Contamination - Equipment cleanliness
    • 4.4(P) - Warewashing equipment
    • 6.1(C)(1) - Facilities: Floor and wall junctures - coved, and enclosed or sealed
    • 6.2(I)(1) - Facilities: Lighting - intensity
    • 3.2(Q) - Food Storage
    • 4.4(A)(1) - Equipment
    • 5.4(N)(2) - Refuse/recyclables/returnables
    • 3.2(K) - In-use utensils - between-use storage
  6. Jul 26, 2024

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    5 violations
    • 6.1(M)(3) - Facilities
    • 6.1(C)(1) - Facilities: Floor and wall junctures - coved, and enclosed or sealed
    • 3.2(T) - Food preparation
    • 3.4(E)(2) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Cooling methods
    • 4.4(A)(1) - Equipment
  7. Jul 25, 2024

    15 violations
    • 3.4(F)(1)(b) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - TCS - hot and cold holding
    • 4.2(I) - Sanitizing solutions
    • 3.2(Q) - Food Storage
    • 4.1(Y) - Temperature Measuring Devices
    • 4.4(A)(1) - Equipment
    • 3.3(H)(1) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Reheating For Hot Holding
    • 3.4(F)(1)(a) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - TCS - hot and cold holding
    • 6.2(C) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Facilities
    • 3.4(K)(3) - Reduced oxygen packaging without a variance
    • 3.2(D) - Food Storage containers
    • 6.4(K) - Facilities: Pest control:
    • 4.5(A)(2)(3) - Equipment, food-contact surfaces, nonfood-contact surfaces, and utensils
    • 6.2(B) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Facilities
    • 3.2(Y) - Miscellaneous sources of contamination
    • 6.1(M)(3) - Facilities

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