Hungry Howie's

Hungry Howie's's Florida stores average -0.47 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.55 to -0.40), below the county baseline. Rank 6 of 7 pizza brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.47vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.55 to -0.40

0.52 vs 0.98raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

188stores in 48 counties, 563 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Hungry Howie's is known for pizza. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

PizzaThe Origin of Pizza: From a Bishop's Rent to NaplesPlateTales

By fiscal year

Relative to the county baseline, first visits of routine inspections. Open circle and * = fiscal year in progress (data as of 2026-11-09). Hover a point for n.

Most-cited violation codes

Citations per 100 routine inspections, Hungry Howie's vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 563). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Hungry Howie's	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	46.0	39.9	1.15x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	36.1	46.9	0.77x
53	Food management certification valid / Employee training verification	32.7	21.1	1.55x
08	Food protection, cross-contamination	29.3	48.1	0.61x
11	Personnel with infections restricted	28.6	16.5	1.73x

Outcomes

20.2% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.71% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

100%of 178 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

3 closures of Hungry Howie's stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 3 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-07-27	St Petersburg	Pinellas	Rodent & fly activity
2026-07-16	St Petersburg	Pinellas	Roach & rodent activity
2026-03-27	Green Cove Springs	Clay	Roach activity

Other pizza brands

Ranked pizza brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Pizza Hut	-0.85	-0.90 to -0.80	358
2	Domino's	-0.74	-0.78 to -0.70	489
3	Papa John's	-0.65	-0.71 to -0.58	297
4	Marco's Pizza	-0.52	-0.61 to -0.42	164
5	Little Caesars	-0.48	-0.55 to -0.40	235
6	Hungry Howie's	-0.47	-0.55 to -0.40	188
7	Jet's Pizza	-0.47	-0.64 to -0.29	40

Look up a single Hungry Howie's location

Store-level matching: a store counts for Hungry Howie's when its DBPR business name matches the reviewed aliases in InspectLens's brand list. Co-branded units (for example KFC with Taco Bell) are not counted for either brand.