DAVE'S HOT CHICKEN

2540 E FOWLER AVE, TAMPA, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3919110. 6 inspection visits from 2023-10-10 to 2026-07-24.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-24: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

0 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hillsborough County average that year (5 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections 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
2026-07-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.93	1 area 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
2026-01-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.01	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2025-07-08	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
2024-09-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	0.99	3 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2023-12-18	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	2	1		5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure
2023-10-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	1.02

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.