La Cabana

5302 N Armenia Ave, Tampa, FL 33603

Passed · Aug 24, 2026 Directions
64
Poor BiteKarma score 64 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 10 of 10 graded inspections since 2025.
  • Last inspected Aug 24, 2026: passed with 10 violations, 3 critical.
  • Keeps coming up: Food protection, cross-contamination, cited 5 times, plus 21 other repeat issues.
  • #95 in Tampa's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 13 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 10 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Aug 24

    Complaint Inspection

    10 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
    • Minor Cleaning and maintenance equipment
    • Minor Bathrooms
    • Minor Employee personal belongings
    • Minor Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
    • Minor Garbage and refuse; premises maintained
    • Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
    • Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
  3. Passed Jul 20

    Complaint Inspection

    8 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
    • Critical Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
    • Minor Current license properly displayed
    • Minor Bathrooms
    • Minor Employee personal belongings
    • Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
    • Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
  4. Passed Apr 15

    Routine Inspection

    5 violations
    • Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
    • Minor Food protection, cross-contamination
    • Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
    • Minor Employee personal belongings
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
  5. 2025
  6. Passed Nov 13

    Routine Inspection

    7 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
    • Minor Cleaning and maintenance equipment
    • Minor Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
    • Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
    • Minor Employee personal belongings
    • Minor Chemicals/toxic substances
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized

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