Chido Mexican Grill

7322 Us Hwy 90, Glen St. Mary, FL 32040
Mexican / Latin
Last inspected: Aug 28, 2025
100
Score
Low Risk

Public records show nine inspections at Chido Mexican Grill stretching back to 2022. Chido Mexican Grill was last inspected on Aug 28, 2025. A low risk tier reflects an inspection that turned up minimal issues.

Recent visits have flagged more than earlier ones: around 11 violations per visit lately, up from roughly eight violations before.

When inspectors have written things up, “time/temperature control for safety food cold held” has been the most frequent reason, cited three times.

The city-wide average for Florida sits at 72, putting Chido Mexican Grill on the better side of that line. Taken together, the history looks like that of a busy facility working through the usual inspection cycle.

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Inspections
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Major latest
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Inspection History
Aug 28, 2025
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Aug 18, 2025
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 3 major violations. 8 minor violations.
View 13 violations
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Certified Food Manager Identification
FL-02
Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
Adequate Handwashing Facilities Supplied and Accessible
FL-10
Proper Hot and Cold Holding Temperatures
FL-21
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
Approved Thawing Methods Used
FL-31
Lighting Adequate; Required Shields in Place
FL-36
Personal Cleanliness
FL-40
Wiping Cloths Properly Used and Stored
FL-41
29
Feb 10, 2025
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 2 major violations. 13 minor violations.
View 19 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In the flip top reach in cooler, salsa (49F - Cold Holding) per operator refilled container recently. Operator relocated the salsa to the walk in cooler to bring back to temperature range. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In the standup reach in freezer, raw chorizo in package over unwrapped ready to eat chile rellenos. Employee relocated the chile rellenos. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-02-6
High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. By the prep area, hydrogen peroxide of tortillas. Operator relocated the medicine. **Corrected On-Site**
41-07-4
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed one fly in kitchen area land on operator, employee attempted to remove fly. **Corrective Action Taken**
35A-02-6
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at hand wash sink by three compartment sink. Operator provided paper towels. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-02-4
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. In the walk in cooler, tamales prepared the day before not date marked.
02C-02-5
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Interior of flip top reach in cooler behind flip top has build up of debris.
22-16-4
Basic - Open dumpster lid. Dumpster lid open.
33-16-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Underside of bar counter soda dispenser for Coca-Cola has residue build up behind nozzle. Employee began to clean. **Corrective Action Taken**
23-03-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on in use prep table. Employee drink in reach in freezer. Operator relocated drinks. **Corrective Action Taken**
12B-07-4
Basic - In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment. Knife between reach in cooler doors. Tongs stored on oven door handles. Ice bucket on bulk ice bin not inverted or covered for protection. Operator relocated items. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
10-02-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Bulk container of chips stored on the floor. **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Flip top reach in cooler on cook line has torn door gaskets and a broken door handle. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Bar counter sanitizer solution at 0ppm, operator asked employee to add chlorine bleach. **Corrective Action Taken**
21-07-4
Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Wet mop head stored in mop sink. **Repeat Violation**
42-01-4
Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall behind bulk ice bin has build up of dust.
36-27-5
Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. On prep table, vacuum packed fish still frozen thawing at ambient air temperature. Operator had employee relocated and cut open the packaging. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
06-01-5
Basic - Stored food not covered. In the reach in freezer, uncovered tamales and chile rellenos. In the walk in cooler, uncovered beans.
08B-12-5
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On shelf over three compartments sink, clean metal containers stacked while wet. **Repeat Violation**
24-08-4
23
Aug 30, 2024
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Aug 29, 2024
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 3 major violations. 8 minor violations.
View 14 violations
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. Bar counter sanitizer solution 200+ppm. Operator asked employee to add water. **Corrective Action Taken**
41-15-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At the pass through window, portioned salsa in styrofoam cups (54/62F - Cold Holding). Operator states portioned around 2. Relocated the cups to the walk in cooler. Discussed time as public health control with operator. At conclusion of inspection salsa second temperature 15 minutes (60/47F - Cold Holding). In the cook line reach in cooler, cut tomatoes (47F - Cold Holding); beef (46F - Cold Holding); shrimp (48/54F - Cold Holding); chicken (47F - Cold Holding) per operator door had been left open after lunch rush. Employee placed ice baths on all items. At conclusion of inspection cut tomatoes second temperature (44F - Cold Holding); beef second temperature (43F - Cold Holding); shrimp second temperature (44/47F - Cold Holding); chicken second temperature (44F - Cold Holding). **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In the walk in cooler, raw chicken over raw beef. Operator switched the storage levels. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-20-5
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. In the walk in cooler open container of milk from Tuesday with no product date marking.
02C-03-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Mold like substance at bar counter soda dispenser underside and nozzles. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Chemical spray bottle of bleach missing label on chemical storage shelf.
41-17-4
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Ice bin deflector plate with mold like substance in the corner. **Repeat Violation**
22-20-5
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On the shelf over the three compartments sink, clean metal containers stacked while wet.
24-08-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler on cook line missing handle. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. Fryer oil on the floor at the end of the cook line. Soda syrup boxes in the prep area on the floor. Operator relocated the items from the floor. Bulk chips containers stored on the floor. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4
Basic - In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment. Knife on the cook line between flip top door and side of the reach in cooler. Tongs on the oven door handles on the cook line. Operator relocated the utensils. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
10-02-4
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No hand wash signage in men's restroom.
31B-04-4
Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Frozen raw chicken and frozen raw beef on crash cart thawing at ambient air temperature. Operator relocated to the walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
06-01-5
Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Wet mop head stored in mop bucket at entrance to kitchen.
42-01-4
32
Dec 12, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 7 minor violations.
View 10 violations
Certified Food Manager Identification
FL-02
Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
Adequate Handwashing Facilities Supplied and Accessible
FL-10
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Potentially Hazardous Food Held at Proper Temperature
FL-16
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Warewashing Facilities Maintained and Used
FL-24
Proper Sanitizer Contact Time and Concentration
FL-33
Wiping Cloths Properly Used and Stored
FL-41
39
Jul 25, 2023
Complaint Full
3 critical violations. 6 major violations. 5 minor violations.
View 14 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Chicken fingers sitting out in bag in kitchen at 60F. Person in charge discarded. Lettuce on line at 47F, person in charge discarded. Recommend adding ice to pan. Queso at 49F. Person in charge states has been out less than 30minutes, moved to reach in. **Corrective Action Taken**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Hardware store bucket used in direct contact with queso.
14-15-4
High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In walk in cooler raw chicken stored over raw beef.
08A-20-5
Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Salsa in covered 5 gallon buckets at 73F, 45min later at 72F. Person in charge still has 2.75 hours to ambient cool as item is not heated, began breaking down into smaller metal containers and placing in reach in freezer. **Corrective Action Taken**
03D-15-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener with debris buildup.
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed pitcher and ice in front hand wash sink. Pitcher was removed. **Corrective Action Taken**
31A-11-4
Intermediate - Misrepresentation of a fruit or fruit juice. Establishment has multiple drink items on bar menu advertising "fresh lime juice" is using commercially processed lime juice during inspection. **Admin Complaint**
52-02-4
Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Person in charge utilizes chlorine, unable to provide test strips. **Repeat Violation**
16-37-1
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Tamales in walk in cooler made Sunday with no date mark.
02C-02-5
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Working containers of food unlabeled, person in charge began marking. **Corrective Action Taken**
02D-01-5
Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Sanitizer testing at 0ppm, person in charge remade to 50ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
21-07-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. In walk in cooler multiple items stored uncovered.
08B-12-5
Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Single service bowls not inverted in kitchen, person in charge inverted. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
25-06-4
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Missing hand wash sign in back men's restroom.
31B-04-4
27
Feb 20, 2023
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 7 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 16 violations
High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Vacuum breaker missing from hose bibb out back with red hose attached. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
29-34-4
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Queso on line at 118F, person in charge began reheating. **Corrective Action Taken**
03B-01-6
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In walk in cooler raw beef stored over prepped peppers. Raw shell eggs stored over sauces. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food.Frozen food items stored in direct contact with to go bag in freezer. Also tool brand bucket used in direct contact with salsa.
14-31-5
High Priority - Food contaminated by employees/consumers and operator continued to serve food. See stop sale. Observed cook on cookline handle raw chicken with gloved hands, then reach into bucket of tortillas chips with same gloved hands with no hand wash. Tortillas chips discarded.
01B-12-4
High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Observed cook on cookline handle raw chicken with gloved hands, then reach into bucket of tortillas chips with same gloved hands with no hand wash. Tortillas chips discarded.
12A-12-4
Intermediate - Water with a temperature of at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Hot water shut off at hand wash sink in kitchen.
27-16-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Only hand wash sink in kitchen blocked by dirty dish cart. Cart was moved. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
31A-09-4
Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Person in charge unable to provide test strips during inspection. **Repeat Violation**
16-37-1
Intermediate - No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation/handling. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ 4+ employees present with no CFM.
53A-05-6
Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Some employees with no proof of training have no proof of being informed of reporting responsibility.
11-26-1
Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Some employees working for 1 year with no proof of CFM.
53B-13-5
Intermediate - Raw/undercooked animal food offered and establishment has no written consumer advisory. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service. Establishment serves steaks to order, no consumer advisory posted. Provided and posted during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
02B-02-5
Basic - Grease receptacle lid open, broken, or missing. Lid open on grease receptacle and dumpster during inspection.
33-29-4
Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. Hole in wall observed at front hand wash sink.
36-24-5
Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Single service items on make line not inverted.
25-06-4
17
Sep 19, 2022
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 3 major violations. 2 minor violations.
View 8 violations
Potentially Hazardous Food Held at Proper Temperature
FL-16
Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
Certified Food Manager Identification
FL-02
Equipment Adequate to Maintain Product Temperature
FL-29
Approved Thawing Methods Used
FL-31
Equipment, Food and Non-Food Contact Surfaces Approved
FL-35
Wiping Cloths Properly Used and Stored
FL-41
Toilet Rooms Maintained
FL-53
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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Chido Mexican Grill last inspected?

The most recent health inspection at Chido Mexican Grill on file is from Aug 28, 2025. The public record contains nine inspections in total.

What is the most common violation at Chido Mexican Grill?

Across the inspection record, “time/temperature control for safety food cold held” has been cited three times, more than any other issue at Chido Mexican Grill.

Has Chido Mexican Grill's inspection record improved over time?

No. Recent inspections at Chido Mexican Grill have averaged around 11 violations per visit, up from roughly eight earlier in the record.

What does a low risk rating mean?

A low risk rating at Chido 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 Chido Mexican Grill inspected?

Based on the inspection history on file, Chido Mexican Grill is inspected around three times per year on average.