La Playa El Cuco Restaurant
Last inspected: Sep 6, 2025
78
Score
La Playa El Cuco Restaurant, located at 436 E Crosstimbers in Houston, TX, underwent a low-risk inspection on September 6, 2025, with a score of 78. This inspection identified five minor violations, including issues with cross-contamination, improper date marking of refrigerated ready-to-eat foods, and inadequate consumer advisories for raw or undercooked items. The restaurant's inspection history shows a pattern of mostly medium-risk assessments across seven previous scored inspections.
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Inspections
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Critical latest
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Minor latest
Inspection History
Sep 6, 2025
Reinspection (002)
5 minor violations. 2 corrected on site.
78
May 20, 2025
Reinspection (002)
13 minor violations. 3 corrected on site.
52
Feb 27, 2025
Reinspection (002)
11 minor violations. 6 corrected on site.
58
Nov 5, 2024
Routine Inspection (001)
8 minor violations. 4 corrected on site.
67
May 10, 2024
Routine
4 minor violations.
82
May 9, 2024
Routine Inspection (001)
22 minor violations. 6 corrected on site.
33
Jan 11, 2024
Routine Inspection (001)
7 minor violations. 1 corrected on site.
70
Violations — Sep 6, 2025 Inspection
Cross contamination. except as specified in subitem c of this item, food not protected from cross contamination by separating raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding and display from: raw ready to eat foods including other raw animal food such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish or other raw ready to eat food such as vegetables; cooked ready to eat foods. frozen, commercially processed and packaged raw animal food may be stored or displayed with or above frozen, commercially processed and packaged, ready to eat food.
(corrected on site)
20-21.02(b)(01)
Refrigerated storage. date marking of ready to eat foods. time/temperature controlled for safety (tcs) / ready to eat food opened / prepared / packaged and held refrigerated for more than 24 hours not clearly marked to indicate “time food is opened / prepared” and “disposition date”.
(corrected on site)
20-21.03(b)(10)b
Cooking time/temperature controlled for safety (tcs) foods. consumer advisory (disclosure). when animal food such as beef / eggs / fish / lamb / milk / pork / poultry / shellfish are served or sold raw / undercooked / without otherwise being processed to eliminate pathogens either in ready to eat form or as an ingredient in another ready to eat food (except as specified in items (03) and (08) of this subsection) not including a description of the animal-derived foods, such as \"oysters on the half shell (raw oysters)\", \"raw-egg caesar salad\", and \"hamburgers (can be cooked to order) / identification of the animal-derived foods in a menu or other listing by asterisking them to a footnote that states that the items are served raw or undercooked or contain (or may contain) raw or undercooked ingredients.
20-21.04(c)(06)
Openings. outside openings not protected against the entrance of insects by filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors / walls / ceilings / tight-fitting, self-closing doors, kept closed / closed windows / screening / properly designed and installed air curtains to control flying insects / other means.
20-21.21(b)
Food establishment failed to maintain on premises a certificate of completion of the food handler course for each food employee.
20-53(g)
Substantial (Critical)
Serious (Major)
General (Minor)
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