PUPUSERIA EXPRESS

7607 CAUSEWAY BLVD, TAMPA, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3954337. 7 inspection visits from 2025-03-05 to 2026-08-05.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-05: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 4 basic violations

1 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hillsborough County average that year (1 had none)

1emergency closure recommended at an inspection since July 2023 (latest 2025-09-30)

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
2026-08-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	4	0.93	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2)
2026-04-16	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	1	2	0		3 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2026-04-09	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	4	3	2	1.01	7 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 50 Current license properly displayed
2025-12-02	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	1		2 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2025-10-01	Follow-up visit	Closure follow-up: more time given DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Time Extension	0	4	4		5 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2025-09-30	Routine inspection	Emergency closure recommended DBPR: Emergency order recommended	1	5	7	1.01	9 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x3) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 28 Sewage and wastewater disposed properly 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2025-03-05	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0

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.