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PUPUSERIA AND CAFETERIA CENTROAMERICANA

With 4 documented inspections, PUPUSERIA AND CAFETERIA CENTROAMERICANA in TAMPA has achieved a 2.6/5 food safety rating. Recent inspections indicate some food safety concerns.

2504 West Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard
Tampa, Florida, 33607
Hillsborough County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★½☆☆ (2.6/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 10/21/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10892282

  • 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 14-31-5:High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Cheese and various meat in grocery bags stored in reach-in freezers.
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken and raw beef stored over cooked yuca, cooked chicken and other cooked food in glass door reach-in cooler at cook line. Operator rearranged items to prevent cross contamination at time of inspection. Corrected On-Site
  • 53B-13-5:Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. 2 food employees has no proof of training.
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked chicken, cooked rice and various cooked food in reach-in coolers.
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. 1 spray bottle under three-compartments sink.

Inspection Date: 4/8/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10714500

  • 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Operator removed tongs at time of inspection.

Inspection Date: 11/6/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8776648

  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink stored on prep table
  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee bag stored on prep table
  • 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Mop stored in mop bucket
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Stored on prep table on cookline
  • 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk salt not labeled on cook line
  • 14-31-5:High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Food stored in yellow plastic bag in reachin cooler
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand sink used as a dump sink, observe d ice poured into sink
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle filled with pink sanitizer not labeled on chemical shelf

Inspection Date: 5/15/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8600979

  • 14-05-4:Basic - Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. Observed in reachin cooler under espresso machine
  • 24-05-4:Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Observed plates not inverted on storage shelf on cookline
  • 14-31-5:High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Observed veggies stored in non food grade bags in reachin cooler