NYS Department of Health

CAMINO REAL MEXICAN RESTAURANT

Inspection of December 17, 2025 reports 10 violations.

NYSDOH inspection records are snapshots in time, may not immediately reflect remediation, and were not collected or endorsed as a restaurant grading system. This item reports violations found; it does not label the establishment as passed or failed.

Inspected

December 17, 2025

Address

821 ARSENAL STREET, Watertown, 13601

County

Jefferson County

Inspection type

Inspection

Health department

Watertown District Office

What the inspector recorded

• Item 10A

  Food (ice) contact surfaces are improperly designed, constructed, installed, located (cracks, open seams, pitted surfaces, tin cans reused, uncleanable or corroded food contact surfaces)

• Item 10B

  Non-food contact surfaces and equipment are improperly designed, constructed, installed, maintained (equipment not readily accessible for cleaning, surface not smooth finish)

• Item 11B

  Wiping cloths dirty, not stored properly in sanitizing solutions

• Item 11D

  Non food contact surfaces of equipment not clean

• Item 15B

  Lighting and ventilation inadequate, fixtures not shielded, dirty ventilation hoods, ductwork, filters, exhaust fans

• Item 2ECritical

  Accurate thermometers not available or used to evaluate potentially hazardous food temperatures during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding.

• Item 5CCritical

  Potentially hazardous foods are not stored under refrigeration except during necessary preparation or approved precooling procedures (room temperature storage).

• Item 5ECritical

  Enough refrigerated storage equipment is not present, properly designed, maintained or operated so that all potentially hazardous foods are cooled properly and stored below 45°F as required.

• Item 6ACritical

  Potentially hazardous foods are not kept at or above 140°F during hot holding.

• Item 8E

  Accurate thermometers not available or used to evaluate refrigerated or heated storage temperatures

Inspector’s comments

The official record

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