Arco Iris Cafe
Last inspected: Oct 23, 2025
32
Score
The Arco Iris Cafe, located at 4001 N Habana Ave in Tampa, FL, had a high-risk inspection on October 23, 2025, with a score of 32. This inspection identified 3 critical, 4 major, and 6 minor violations, including issues with a cutting board's cleanability, employee beverage storage, and food items stored on the floor in the walk-in cooler and dry storage areas. This inspection follows a historical pattern of mostly high-risk findings across eight scored inspections for the facility.
8
Inspections
3
Critical latest
4
Major latest
6
Minor latest
Inspection History
Oct 23, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 4 major violations. 6 minor violations.
32
Apr 22, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 4 major violations. 6 minor violations.
43
Jan 15, 2025
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 5 minor violations.
70
Nov 13, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 3 major violations. 8 minor violations.
37
Mar 20, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 2 minor violations.
50
Jul 13, 2023
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 3 major violations. 11 minor violations.
32
Dec 6, 2022
Complaint Full
1 critical violation. 4 major violations. 6 minor violations.
43
Jul 21, 2022
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 8 minor violations.
47
Violations — Oct 23, 2025 Inspection
Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
14-09-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drinks stored on prep table at cook line.
12B-07-4
Basic - Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. A pan of raw pork and raw chicken stored on floor in walk-in cooler. A few bags of rice and other dry food items stored on floor in dry food storage. Employee moving items to shelf in dry storage room. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
08B-47-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. Cooked pork, cooked beans and various cooked food in walk-in cooler.
08B-12-5
Basic - Water leaking from pipe under handwash sink next to walk-in cooler at cook line.
29-11-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
21-12-4
High Priority - Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee put on hair net then returned to slice ham at prep room without washing hands first.
12A-28-4
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw fish stored over cooked rice, cooked bean and other ready to eat food in walk-in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. A container of cooked onion (112F - Hot Holding) stored on shelf over stove top and a container of cooked yellow rice (126F - Hot Holding) stored on prep table. Recommended to reheat to 165F or above.
03B-01-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards stained. Can opener blade soiled with old food debris.
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Employee rinsed containers in handwash sink at front service line. **Repeat Violation**
31A-11-4
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At cook line, dry storage room next to ice machine and at front service counter. **Repeat Violation**
31B-02-4
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked pork, cooked chicken and various cooked food in walk-in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
02C-02-5
Priority (Critical)
Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)
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