TAQUERIA EL PATOLOCO

2348 W COLUMBUS DR, TAMPA, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3953178. 2 inspection visits from 2023-08-25 to 2023-08-28.

No inspection since 2023-08-28. The restaurant may have closed, moved or changed licence; DBPR's files do not say which.

Allowed to reopenLast visit, 2023-08-28: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

1 of 1routine 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 2023-08-25)

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
2023-08-28	Follow-up visit	Allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Complied	0	0	0
2023-08-25	Routine inspection	Emergency closure recommended DBPR: Emergency order recommended	3	2	3	1.02	8 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 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean

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.