TALKIN' TACOS

9520 W LINEBAUGH AVE, TAMPA, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3916090. 10 inspection visits from 2023-10-24 to 2026-08-19.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2026-08-19: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic violations

3 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hillsborough County average that year (1 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
2026-08-19	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	1		2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2026-08-17	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	5	2	3	0.93	8 areas 01 Approved source 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2026-05-15	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2026-05-06	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	4	0	1	1.01	4 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2)
2025-10-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	7	1.01	7 areas 01 Approved source 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-05-19	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-03-06	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	3	7	0.99	10 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-12-12	Licensing inspection	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-11-18	Licensing inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	1	0		2 areas 50 Current license properly displayed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2023-10-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	2	1.02	5 areas 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly (x2) 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification

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This is a Tijuana Flats location. How Tijuana Flats's 115 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.