Armando's Mexican Grill
Last inspected: Apr 27, 2026
100
Score
Inspectors have visited Armando's Mexican Grill 10 times, with records going back to 2022. Inspectors last stopped by on Apr 27, 2026. When a facility lands in the low risk tier, it usually means nothing alarming showed up at the most recent visit.
Recent visits have produced comparable findings, with counts hovering near seven violations per visit.
Looking across the full record, “food-contact surface soiled with food debris” is the recurring theme, flagged six times.
Among Live Oak restaurants, the typical score is 81; Armando's Mexican Grill is comfortably above that bar. There isn't much in the file that would give a customer pause.
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Inspections
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Inspection History
Apr 27, 2026
Complaint Partial
No violations found.
100
Feb 9, 2026
Routine - Food
3 major violations. 6 minor violations.
View 9 violations
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Reach-in cooler cutting board soiled with mold-like substance. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Food bin and cleaning pad in kitchen hand wash sink. Manager removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
31A-11-4
Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. No soap at back room hand wash sink. Manager replaced. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-03-4
Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Standing water in reach-in prep cooler. **Repeat Violation**
29-49-6
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Kitchen ceiling vents soiled with dust and grease accumulation. **Repeat Violation**
36-34-5
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Exposed rust on bottom shelf of reach-in cooler at doorway to back kitchen room. Ice buildup in reach-in freezer. Cutting boards burned, melted, and grooved. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on oven door handle. **Repeat Violation**
10-20-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Soda machine backsplash soiled with mold-like substances. Reach-in cooler and reach-in freezer gaskets soiled with old food debris. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Old labels on clean bins on rack near back room hand wash sink.
16-46-4
55
Jul 10, 2025
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 3 major violations. 7 minor violations.
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High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. No vacuum breaker on hose bibb at mop sink. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
29-34-4
High Priority - Employee touched bare body part and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Cook touched face with hands and continued food preparation with no handwash. Manager had cook wash hands. **Corrective Action Taken**
12A-10-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Reach-in cooler cutting board soiled with mold-like substance. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Chip pieces in bottom of handwash sink.
31A-11-4
Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Employee Toledo Food Handler Certificate expired 9-2-2024.
53B-14-5
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Kitchen ceiling vents soiled with dust and grease accumulation. **Repeat Violation**
36-34-5
Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Pitcher hanging from rack near dish machine not inverted or protected.
24-05-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach-in cooler gaskets torn. Cutting boards burned, melted, and grooved. Handle broken on reach-in freezer. Ice buildup in reach-in freezer. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on oven door handle. **Repeat Violation**
10-20-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Soda machine backsplash soiled with mold-like substances. Reach-in cooler and reach-in freezer gaskets soiled with old food debris. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Standing water in prep cooler.
29-49-6
Basic - Stored food not covered. Bin of beans not covered in walk-in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
08B-12-5
39
Mar 18, 2025
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Mar 17, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 1 major violation. 7 minor violations.
View 11 violations
Supervisor/Person in Charge Present
FL-01
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
Adequate Handwashing Facilities Supplied and Accessible
FL-10
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Warewashing Facilities Maintained and Used
FL-24
Equipment Adequate to Maintain Product Temperature
FL-29
Equipment, Food and Non-Food Contact Surfaces Approved
FL-35
Lighting Adequate; Required Shields in Place
FL-36
25
Sep 5, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 7 minor violations.
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High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Four live flies in kitchen area.
35A-02-6
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Whisk in kitchen hand wash sink.
31A-11-4
Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Milk not date marked in kitchen vertical reach-in cooler. Employee marked. **Corrected On-Site**
02C-03-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Reach-in cooler cutting board soiled with mold-like substance. Ice bin interior soiled with mold-like substance. Independent cutting board stained with mold-like substance. Can opener blade soiled with food debris and rust. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on handle of oven. **Repeat Violation**
10-20-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Soda machine backsplash soiled with mold-like substance. Walk-in cooler fan guard soiled with mold-like substance. Cooking equipment, countertops, coolers, and oven sides soiled with grease accumulation and food debris. Reach-in cooler and reach-in freezer gaskets soiled throughout. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Kitchen ceiling vents soiled with dust and grease accumulation. **Repeat Violation**
36-34-5
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drinks on prep table. Employee discarded. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Kitchen reach-in cooler gaskets torn. Hood filter missing. Cutting board burned, melted, grooved, and disfigured. Handle broken on reach-in freezer. Standing water in reach-in cooler across from grill. Ice buildup in reach-in freezer. Reach-in cooler cutting board grooved. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Standing water on floor near large ice machine. **Repeat Violation**
36-22-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Jug of liquid margarine on floor of exterior storage shed.
08B-38-4
45
Mar 6, 2024
Routine - Food
2 major violations. 12 minor violations.
View 14 violations
Certified Food Manager Identification
FL-02
Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, or Tobacco Use
FL-06
Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
Adequate Handwashing Facilities Supplied and Accessible
FL-10
Food Received at Proper Temperature
FL-12
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Proper Hot and Cold Holding Temperatures
FL-21
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Approved Thawing Methods Used
FL-31
Lighting Adequate; Required Shields in Place
FL-36
Personal Cleanliness
FL-40
Washing Fruits and Vegetables
FL-42
Plumbing Maintained; Sewage Disposal
FL-51
39
Nov 28, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 13 minor violations.
View 16 violations
High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. No vacuum breaker on bibb of exterior mop sink.
29-42-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Reach-in cooler cutting board soiled with mold-like substance. White plate in ice bin soiled with mold-like substance. Independent cutting board stained with mold-like substance. Microwave interior soiled with food debris and grease accumulation. Can opener blade soiled with food debris. **Repeat Violation** **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. No soap at hand wash sink next to dish washer. **Repeat Violation**
31B-03-4
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Kitchen ceiling vents soiled with dust accumulation.
36-34-5
Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Exterior large c/o tank not properly secured.
51-11-4
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Drinking glass used as scoop in bulk container of sugar.
14-01-5
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table. Employee discarded. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
Basic - Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Employee eating in kitchen area.
12B-02-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee jackets stored on soda boxes. Employee speaker on prep table near ice machine.
40-06-5
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Small cutting board burned, melted, grooved, and disfigured. Handle missing from reach-in freezer across from dish washer. Hood filter missing. Microwave handle broken. Standing water in reach-in cooler across from grill. Ice buildup in reach-in freezer across from dishwasher. Reach-in cooler cutting board grooved. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Standing water on floor near large ice bin.
36-22-4
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. One set of tongs on handle of oven. **Repeat Violation**
10-20-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Cooking equipment, countertops, coolers, oven, sides soiled with grease accumulation and food debris. Reach-in cooler and reach-in freezer gaskets soiled throughout. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. Bin of rice in walk-in cooler not covered.
08B-12-5
Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Wiping cloth bucket of solution and cloths stored on floor near grill
21-38-4
Basic - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Rop salmon in walk-in cooler still in vacuum pan.
06-09-1
37
Mar 10, 2023
Food-Licensing Inspection
1 critical violation. 4 major violations. 7 minor violations.
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High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. One live fly in kitchen
35A-02-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Reach-in cooler cutting board stained with black mold-like lines. Can opener blade soiled with paper and food debris. Slicer soiled with old food debris.
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Prep area hand wash sink blocked by bucket. Manager moved. **Corrected On-Site**
31A-09-4
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at prep area hand wash sink. Manager filled. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-02-4
Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. No soap at kitchen hand wash sink. Manager filled. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-03-4
Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Reach-in cooler cutting board grooved..
14-09-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on shelf over prep table. Manager removed. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Handle missing from reach-in freezer across from dish washer.
14-11-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. Canned tomatoes on floor in storage trailer.
08B-38-4
Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice buildup in kitchen reach-in freezer..
14-69-4
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Two tongs on stove handle in kitchen. Manager removed. **Corrected On-Site**
10-20-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach-in cooler and reach-in freezer gaskets soiled throughout kitchen.
23-03-4
41
Aug 17, 2022
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 3 major violations. 5 minor violations.
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High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 2 flies flying around kitchen and land on tortilla wrappers.
35A-02-6
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw bacon over mushrooms in reach in cooler on cooks line. Raw pork in ziploc bag over corn dogs in reach in freezer. Operator moved all raw items to the bottom.
08A-05-6
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Peroxide disinfecting spray over tamarind juice, operator moved bottle. **Corrected On-Site**
41-10-4
High Priority - Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. So strong that it bleached out strip after it turned black it started turning white again. Operator added water, 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
41-15-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soda nozzle of soda gun behind bar.
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Operator filled up water pitcher at Handwash sink in kitchen to add to sanitizer bucket.
31A-11-4
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle on shelf in back area no label. **Repeat Violation**
41-17-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Blue water jug on tray with pitchers. Plate of food on same table by tea urns. Employees moved beverage. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
Basic - Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. On the microwave button on the cooks line.
14-71-4
Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed tomatoes and limes over cut onions in walk in cooler, operator placed onions over the unwashed. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-17-4
Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Behind bar. **Repeat Violation**
29-49-6
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior white containers on clean dish rack stained. Fan vent guard in reach in cooler soiled holding premade salsas and milk.
23-03-4
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Armando's Mexican Grill last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Armando's Mexican Grill on file is from Apr 27, 2026. The public record contains 10 inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Armando's Mexican Grill?
Across the inspection record, “food-contact surface soiled with food debris” has been cited six times, more than any other issue at Armando's Mexican Grill.
How does Armando's Mexican Grill compare to other restaurants in Live Oak?
Armando's Mexican Grill most recently scored 100 out of 100, which is higher than the Live Oak average of 81.
Has Armando's Mexican Grill's inspection record improved over time?
Results have been roughly steady. Inspections at Armando's Mexican Grill have averaged around seven violations per visit across the recent record.
What does a low risk rating mean?
A low risk rating at Armando's Mexican Grill means inspectors found minimal or no significant issues at the most recent visit. Most facilities at this tier have a clean recent inspection report.
How often is Armando's Mexican Grill inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Armando's Mexican Grill is inspected around three times per year on average.
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