Main Plaza Bistro Bar
Last inspected: Dec 17, 2025
35
Score
Main Plaza Bistro Bar, located at 216 W Main Street in Wauchula, FL, had a high-risk inspection on December 17, 2025, with a score of 35. This inspection identified 2 critical, 4 major, and 7 minor violations. The facility has a history of mostly high-risk inspections across seven scored visits.
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Inspections
2
Critical latest
4
Major latest
7
Minor latest
Inspection History
Dec 17, 2025
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 4 major violations. 7 minor violations.
35
May 22, 2025
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 3 major violations. 2 minor violations.
50
Apr 23, 2025
Routine - Food
1 major violation.
90
Mar 27, 2024
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 1 major violation. 7 minor violations.
33
Oct 31, 2023
Routine - Food
6 major violations.
55
Mar 17, 2023
Routine - Food
3 major violations.
74
Sep 23, 2022
Food-Licensing Inspection
3 critical violations. 1 major violation. 12 minor violations.
32
Violations — Dec 17, 2025 Inspection
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed a clear container with no handle in a container of rice and a container of powdered mashed potatoes in the dry storage area, owner moved. **Corrected On-Site**
14-01-5
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed torn gasket in reach in cooler in the kitchen on the cook line and torn gasket on the walk in cooler door on the bottom.
14-11-5
Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Observed microwave soiled with food debris in kitchen.
22-08-4
Basic - Open dumpster lid. Owner closed. **Corrected On-Site**
33-16-4
Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Observed to go trays on a top shelve in the kitchen no inverted, owner corrected. **Corrected On-Site**
25-06-4
Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Observed standing water on bottom of reach in cooler in the kitchen.
29-49-6
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Observed chicken, steak and prepared grits in pans not labeled in the reach in freezer in, employee labeled. **Corrected On-Site**
02D-01-5
High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Observed yellow rice in direct contact in carry out bags in the microwave.
14-31-5
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed hard raw shell eggs over Birria in the reach in cooler in the kitchen, owner moved eggs to the bottom and raw bacon over bread in the reach in cooler on the cook line, owner moved to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Establishment not maintaining clam/mussel/oyster tags for 90 days. Observed no oyster tags have been kept for the past 90 days.
01C-02-4
Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Owner had testing strips by end of inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
16-37-1
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed no towels in women's and men's bathroom, owner replaced. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-02-4
Intermediate - No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products.
05-08-4
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Core (Minor)
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