THE CUBAN EMPANADA AND FRY BAR

7901 N. ARMENIA AVE, TAMPA, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3918270. 3 inspection visits from 2023-11-30 to 2024-04-19.

No inspection since 2024-04-19. The restaurant may have closed, moved or changed licence; DBPR's files do not say which.

Closure follow-up: more time givenLast visit, 2024-04-19: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 1 basic violations

0 of 2routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hillsborough County average that year (0 had none)

1emergency closure recommended at an inspection since July 2023 (latest 2024-04-19)

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
2024-04-19	Follow-up visit	Closure follow-up: more time given DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Time Extension	0	2	1		3 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2024-04-19	Routine inspection	Emergency closure recommended DBPR: Emergency order recommended	1	3	2	1.02	6 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 28 Sewage and wastewater disposed properly 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2023-11-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	1.02	1 area 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof

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.