EMPANADAS & AREPAS FACTORY

5602 N ARMENIA AVE, TAMPA, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3917582. 4 inspection visits from 2023-07-06 to 2026-07-09.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-09: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

2 of 4routine 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
2026-07-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	2	0.93	2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-11-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	1.01
2024-07-19	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	1	1	2	0.99	3 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed (x2)
2023-07-06	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	1	0	1	1.02	2 areas 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed

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.