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113 CENTRAL DR, BRANDON, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3952042. 6 inspection visits from 2023-09-14 to 2026-04-16.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-04-16: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 1 basic violations

2 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hillsborough County average that year (0 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
2026-04-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	1	1.01	4 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-09-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	4	1	1.01	5 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2)
2025-03-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	4	3	0.99	7 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2024-07-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	3	2	0.99	7 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2024-01-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	3	1.02	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2023-09-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	4	1.02	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x3) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed

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.