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4941 E BUSCH BLVD #140, TAMPA, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3918894. 10 inspection visits from 2023-10-05 to 2026-07-30.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2026-07-30: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

3 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hillsborough County average that year (2 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
2026-07-30	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	2		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2026-07-29	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	3	2	2	0.93	7 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 50 Current license properly displayed
2026-01-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	1.01
2025-07-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	1.01	2 areas 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-02-12	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	2		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-02-11	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	2	4	0.99	8 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2024-09-23	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	2	4		4 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3)
2024-09-16	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	5	3	11	0.99	13 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x2) 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3) 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-04-15	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2023-10-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	3	1.02	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean (x2)

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.