TACO BELL AT WATERS AVE

7329 W WATERS AVE, TAMPA, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3906566. 8 inspection visits from 2023-10-10 to 2026-10-08.

Referred for possible fineLast visit, 2026-10-08: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 2 basic violations

1 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hillsborough County average that year (4 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Hillsborough County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-10-08	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	1	1	2	0.93	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2)
2026-05-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	1.01	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2026-04-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	2	1.01	2 areas 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2)
2025-02-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.99	2 areas 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2024-12-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1	0.99	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-06-10	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0		1 area 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-03-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	3	1.02	5 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2023-10-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	1.02	2 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored

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This is a Taco Bell location. How Taco Bell's 447 Florida stores compare with their counties.

A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.