Nico's Arepas Grill Restaurant
Last inspected: Apr 14, 2026
58
Score
Nico's Arepas Grill Restaurant, located at 8303 N Armenia Ave Ste B in Tampa, FL, underwent a moderate-risk inspection on April 14, 2026. The inspection identified two critical violations, one major violation, and three minor violations. Nico's Arepas Grill Restaurant has a history of mostly medium-risk inspections over ten scored visits.
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Inspections
2
Critical latest
1
Major latest
3
Minor latest
Inspection History
Apr 14, 2026
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 1 major violation. 3 minor violations.
58
Aug 13, 2025
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Aug 8, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 minor violation.
82
Jul 21, 2025
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 minor violations.
67
Feb 13, 2025
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 3 minor violations.
64
Aug 23, 2024
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 6 minor violations.
67
Mar 18, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 4 minor violations.
64
Sep 26, 2023
Routine - Food
2 major violations. 4 minor violations.
67
May 2, 2023
Routine - Food
2 major violations. 6 minor violations.
61
Nov 28, 2022
Routine - Food
5 minor violations.
78
Violations — Apr 14, 2026 Inspection
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Observed a mold like substance on white plastic shield inside ice machine bin at time of inspection. **Warning**
22-20-5
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed clear plastic food containers in bulk rice and bulk sugar at time of inspection. **Warning**
14-01-5
Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed reach in cooler door handles are soiled at time of inspection. **Warning**
23-24-4
High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Machine testing 0ppm at time of inspection **Warning**
22-41-4
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed raw chicken stored over sauces in reach in cooler. Operator moved chicken to lower shelf during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed whisk in hand wash sink in prep room at time of inspection. **Warning**
31A-11-4
Priority (Critical)
Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)
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