WENDY'S 8888

3601 W HILLSBOROUGH AVE, TAMPA, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3912988. 8 inspection visits from 2023-10-03 to 2026-07-07.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-07: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 4 basic violations

0 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hillsborough County average that year (6 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

0inspections 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
2026-07-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4	0.93	3 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean (x2)
2026-01-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.01	1 area 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2025-07-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	2	1.01	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x3)
2025-05-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	0.99	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-12-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.99
2024-03-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	1.02	3 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 42 Premises maintained, free of litter, unnecessary articles. Cleaning and maintenance equipment properly stored. Kitchen restricted to authorized personnel
2023-10-04	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-10-03	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	2	1.02	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean

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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.