La Vitanuova Restaurant 607
1003 W Hillsborough Ave, Tampa, FL 33603
Passed · Oct 28, 2026 Directions
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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
- Last inspected Oct 28, 2026: passed with 6 violations, 2 critical.
- Keeps coming up: Food protection, cross-contamination, cited 9 times, plus 20 other repeat issues.
- #14 in Tampa's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 6 of 16 graded inspections since 2024.
- 19 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 16 visits
- 2026
- Passed Oct 28
Licensing Inspection
6 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Minor Time/temperature control foods properly thawed
- Minor Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
- Minor Sewage and wastewater disposed properly
- Minor Current license properly displayed
- 2025
- Passed Sep 30
Callback Reinspection
12 violations
- Minor Wiping cloths; clean and soiled linens; laundry facilities
- Minor Garbage and refuse; premises maintained
- Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Food protection, cross-contamination
- Minor Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; painted/artificial fingernails
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
- Minor Single-service and single-use items
- Minor Current license properly displayed
- Failed Sep 29
Routine Inspection
22 violations, 3 critical
- Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
- Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Minor Current license properly displayed
- Minor Garbage and refuse; premises maintained
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Food management certification valid / employee training verification
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Minor Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils; air drying
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
- Minor Wiping cloths; clean and soiled linens; laundry facilities
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
- Minor Employee health knowledge; ill/symptomatic employee present
- Minor Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; painted/artificial fingernails
- Minor Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
- Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
- Minor Employee personal belongings
- Minor Single-service and single-use items
- Passed Jul 24
Callback Reinspection
14 violations
- Minor Food protection, cross-contamination
- Minor Food management certification valid / employee training verification
- Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Garbage and refuse; premises maintained
- Minor Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils; air drying
- Minor Employee health knowledge; ill/symptomatic employee present
- Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
- Minor Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
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