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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Slow summer months for Austin Public Health’s inspections of restaurants, medical facilities, schools and grocery stores are on the way out, with the city agency giving scores to 553 locations.
This is still down from 2023 when APH inspected 639 locations, and from 2022, when it checked 911 locations.
Just one local restaurant got a perfect inspection score — Javi’s Best of Tex-Mex, located at 7709 E Ben White Blvd.
And these franchise restaurants scored 100s:
- Cava, located at 2426 Guadalupe St
- Delicious Tamales, located at 1931 E Oltorf St
- Double Dave’s Pizzaworks, located at 8947 FM 2244 Rd
- Kerbey Lane Cafe, located at 13435 N US-183
- P.Terry’s Burger Stand, located at 1551 E Hwy 71
- Tarka Indian Kitchen, located at 2525 W Anderson Ln
- Whataburger, located at 6301 W Parmer Ln
- Whataburger, located at 6106 Cameron Rd
On average, 11.4% of inspected locations earned scores of 100. Roughly 58% earned a score in the 90s and 22.4% earned a score in the 80s. Just two locations earned scores of 70 or below.