Azul Tacos
Last inspected: Jan 15, 2026
50
Score
Public records show nine inspections at Azul Tacos stretching back to 2022. Azul Tacos was last inspected on Jan 15, 2026. A high risk tier suggests the facility had a rough recent inspection, with multiple violations on record.
Recent visits have flagged more than earlier ones: around 11 violations per visit lately, up from roughly seven violations before.
“Handwash sink not accessible for employee use” comes up most often, recorded three times in the inspection record.
By comparison, the average Tampa facility scores 79, putting Azul Tacos on the weaker side. Diners may want to weigh the inspection history when deciding to visit.
9
Inspections
0
Critical latest
4
Major latest
6
Minor latest
Inspection History
Jan 15, 2026
Routine - Food
4 major violations. 6 minor violations.
View 10 violations
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board stained
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Cooking ware in hand sink, operator removed them **Corrected On-Site**
31A-09-4
Intermediate - No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products.
05-08-4
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked chicken in reach in cooler no date mark more than 24 hours
02C-02-5
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee no hair restraint while engaged food preparation
13-03-4
Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
50-09-4
Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall soiled and grease buildup
36-27-5
Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Reach in cooler door handle soiled **Repeat Violation**
23-24-4
Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed tomatoes above cheese in reach in cooler, operator restored it **Corrected On-Site**
08B-17-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gasket soiled in reach in cooler
23-03-4
50
Mar 14, 2025
Routine - Food
8 minor violations.
View 8 violations
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Cooler handles soiled **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-03-14: **Time Extended**
23-24-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Current posted decal expired 2/1/22 **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-03-14: Still observed **Time Extended**
50-09-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Mobile food dispensing vehicle connected to utilities on more than a temporary basis. At time of inspection, trailer connected to 120gal propane tank permanently located along parking lot curb at rear of trailer **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-03-14: Still observed. Propane tank connected to food trailer at time of call back. **Admin Complaint**
51-06-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Mobile food dispensing vehicle license number not permanently affixed on the side of the unit in figures at least 2 inches high and in contrasting colors from the background of the vehicle. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-03-14: Not observed **Time Extended**
50-04-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Mobile food dispensing vehicle service opening not kept closed except during food service. No screen on service window, kept open when not serving customers **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-03-14: Still observed **Time Extended**
35B-14-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-03-14: **Time Extended**
23-03-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Screen in door torn/in poor repair. Screen on exit door torn **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-03-14: still observed **Time Extended**
36-60-5
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Accumulation of grease around equipment on cook line **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-03-14: **Time Extended**
36-27-5
67
Jan 6, 2025
Routine - Food
5 major violations. 10 minor violations.
View 15 violations
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Stained cutting boards Accumulation of grease on cook line **Warning**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Bag of produce in hand sink, removed **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
31A-09-4
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At hand sink, operator purchased paper towels from gas station **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
31B-02-4
Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. At hand sink, operator purchased from gas station **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
31B-03-4
Intermediate - Nonself-sufficient mobile food dispensing vehicle operator failed to submit a Commissary Notification form to the division for each commissary prior to use. Business is using fdacs licensed gas station to store food inside walk in cooler and freezers in rear storage area, no commissary letter on file. Letter was emailed to operator during inspection and instructed to send to District 3 office. **Warning**
51-21-4
Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Cooler handles soiled **Warning**
23-24-4
Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Current posted decal expired 2/1/22 **Warning**
50-09-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Box of unwashed produce stored on floor in walk-in cooler **Warning**
08B-38-4
Basic - Food stored outside. Plastic jug of cooking oil on ground outside trailer, operator moved inside. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-42-4
Basic - Mobile food dispensing vehicle connected to utilities on more than a temporary basis. At time of inspection, trailer connected to 120gal propane tank permanently located along parking lot curb at rear of trailer **Warning**
51-06-4
Basic - Mobile food dispensing vehicle license number not permanently affixed on the side of the unit in figures at least 2 inches high and in contrasting colors from the background of the vehicle. **Warning**
50-04-4
Basic - Mobile food dispensing vehicle service opening not kept closed except during food service. No screen on service window, kept open when not serving customers **Warning**
35B-14-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled. **Warning**
23-03-4
Basic - Screen in door torn/in poor repair. Screen on exit door torn **Warning**
36-60-5
Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Accumulation of grease around equipment on cook line **Warning**
36-27-5
37
May 31, 2024
Routine - Food
3 major violations. 1 minor violation.
View 4 violations
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. - From follow-up inspection 2024-05-31: Still observed **Time Extended**
11-27-4
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No plan review submitted and approved - renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. The direct link to the Plan Review page is https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. Unused reach in cooler stored outside no food inside. A wooden shed not moveable. With sodas and bottle water stored in igloo cooler chest. Observed a stove top a fryer with pots of pork and chicken being cooked inside shed and reach in cooler inside. Owner states they don't use the kitchen equipment. Several feet over is a moveable storage truck with a flat top grill a fryer a rice cooker pot and a three compartment sink not connected. Owner state's equipment is not in use. **Admin Complaint** - From follow-up inspection 2024-05-31: Observed shed with only water bottles inside for food no cooking observed kitchen equipment Is still in the shed **Admin Complaint**
51-16-7
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. One employee - From follow-up inspection 2024-05-31: Still observed **Time Extended**
11-26-1
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Food stored outside. Oil case stored on a reach in cooler outside **Admin Complaint** - From follow-up inspection 2024-05-31: Still observed **Admin Complaint**
08B-42-4
70
May 28, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 5 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 10 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Hot holding: cook beans 95 f 1st temp 2nd temp 180 f **Corrected On-Site**
03B-01-6
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw fish over ready to eat beef reach in cooler. Employee removed to proper storage **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment.
11-27-4
Intermediate - Mobile food dispensing vehicle disposing liquid waste improperly. Observed a grey blue boy on wheels underneath the food truck to catch the waste water from waste water tank inside the food truck. Discussed proper liquid disposal with employee to bring the waste tank to the commissary mop sink. **Admin Complaint**
28-09-5
Intermediate - No plan review submitted and approved - renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. The direct link to the Plan Review page is https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. Unused reach in cooler stored outside no food inside. A wooden shed not moveable. With sodas and bottle water stored in igloo cooler chest. Observed a stove top a fryer with pots of pork and chicken being cooked inside shed and reach in cooler inside. Owner states they don't use the kitchen equipment. Several feet over is a moveable storage truck with a flat top grill a fryer a rice cooker pot and a three compartment sink not connected. Owner state's equipment is not in use. **Admin Complaint**
51-16-7
Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. One employee
11-26-1
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. Missing for 1 employee
53B-13-5
Basic - Food being prepared outside. Observed pork and chicken cooking on oven equipment inside a shed that is not mobile or being submitted to plan review. There is a reach in cooler also with waters inside and canned soda and water bottles in shed. **Admin Complaint**
08B-32-4
Basic - Food stored outside. Oil case stored on a reach in cooler outside **Admin Complaint**
08B-42-4
Basic - Mobile food dispensing vehicle connected to utilities on more than a temporary basis. 2 small pro ninja grill propane tanks stored outside by shed. **Admin Complaint**
51-06-4
39
Mar 18, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 4 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 8 violations
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
Food Obtained from Approved Sources
FL-11
Food Received at Proper Temperature
FL-12
Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
FL-28
Plumbing Maintained; Sewage Disposal
FL-51
Toilet Rooms Maintained
FL-53
35
Jan 30, 2023
Routine - Food
2 major violations.
View 2 violations
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink.
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. Beef in reach in cooler prepared the day before not date marked.
02C-02-5
82
Jul 14, 2022
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations.
View 3 violations
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employees exited the truck and did not wash their hands upon returning to truck. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint** - From follow-up inspection 2022-07-14: Employee entered truck and did not wash their hands before touching clean equipment. Employee used apron to wipe sweat from forehead. **Admin Complaint**
12A-16-4
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Mobile food dispensing vehicle disposing liquid waste improperly. Mobile is discarding of waste water into buckets and walking it into gas station to dump in mop sink. - From follow-up inspection 2022-07-14: Not observed during inspection. **Time Extended**
28-09-5
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No plan review submitted and approved - renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. Food truck is using a moving truck to store food items inside. Establishment is currently on a administrative complaint for not submitting plans. **Admin Complaint** - From follow-up inspection 2022-07-14: Establishment is currently on a administrative complaint for not submitting plans. **Admin Complaint**
51-16-7
70
Jul 11, 2022
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations.
View 3 violations
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Spoke with operator about employees going between shed and food truck without washing hands. Employee **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2022-05-04: Employee entered truck and began to touch condiment cups without washing hands. Spoke with operator about discussing with his employees the importance of washing hands and when to so. **Time Extended** - From follow-up inspection 2022-07-11: Two employees and manager exited truck and did not wash hands before returning to work with food. **Admin Complaint**
12A-16-4
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Water turned off at hand-wash sink. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2022-05-04: Water turned off at hand wash sink. Condiment cups in hand wash sink. **Time Extended** - From follow-up inspection 2022-07-11: Hand wash sink has bucket inside of it because there is nowhere for the water to drain due to the waste tank being overfilled. **Admin Complaint**
31A-09-4
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No plan review submitted and approved - renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2022-05-04: **Time Extended** - From follow-up inspection 2022-07-11: The moving truck that is being used for dry food storage has not been added on plans submitted to plan review. **Admin Complaint**
51-16-7
70
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Azul Tacos last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Azul Tacos on file is from Jan 15, 2026. The public record contains nine inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Azul Tacos?
Across the inspection record, “handwash sink not accessible for employee use” has been cited three times, more than any other issue at Azul Tacos.
How does Azul Tacos compare to other restaurants in Tampa?
Azul Tacos most recently scored 50 out of 100, which is lower than the Tampa average of 79.
Has Azul Tacos' inspection record improved over time?
No. Recent inspections at Azul Tacos have averaged around 11 violations per visit, up from roughly seven earlier in the record.
What does a high risk rating mean?
A high risk rating at Azul Tacos means the most recent inspection flagged either critical violations or a substantial number of smaller ones. Diners may want to read the violation details before deciding to visit.
How often is Azul Tacos inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Azul Tacos is inspected around three times per year on average.
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