The Boozy Pig

3255 W Cypress St, Tampa, FL 33607
Bar / Pub
Last inspected: Oct 24, 2025
82
Score
Low Risk

The Boozy Pig has been inspected 11 times since 2022. The most recent report on file is from Oct 24, 2025. Low risk indicates the latest report didn't flag anything that would worry the average customer.

Things have been moving in the right direction, with the rolling count dropping from around nine violations to closer to four violations per visit.

The pattern that stands out is “operator is doing a special process”, which has been cited four times.

The Boozy Pig's latest score of 82 sits above the Tampa average of 79. The full picture is one of consistent compliance.

11
Inspections
0
Critical latest
1
Major latest
2
Minor latest
Inspection History
Oct 24, 2025
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
View 3 violations
Intermediate - Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. The establishment is conducting reduced oxygen packaging raw and cook meat for storage onsite. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03G-50-1
Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. In walk-in cooler. Employee removed drink.
12B-13-4
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic container with no handle used in flour bin.
14-01-5
82
Apr 17, 2025
Complaint Partial
1 major violation. 1 minor violation.
View 2 violations
Intermediate - Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Reduced oxygen packaging with raw meats and jerky. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03G-50-1
Basic - Label on a food item prepared and packaged onsite for customer self-service does not include product identity/description, date product was packaged and name and address of the establishment that prepared and packaged the food. Missing address on labels. **Repeat Violation**
02D-03-4
86
Jan 24, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 1 major violation. 4 minor violations.
View 8 violations
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Ricotta 11/13, cooked noodles 11/13, chorizo 11/13, lemon horsey sauce with garlic and oil 11/13, pesto sauce 11/9, cooked pork 11/13, chimichurri sauce 11/10, knuckle sauce 11/13, garlic oil 9/27, chimichurri 10/25, truffle butter 9/29 **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-24: Pasta out of date 1/12 Ricotta cheese 1/11 Cooked peppers 1/16 Breakfast sausage 1/15 Pesto sauce 1/16 Chimichurri 1/17 **Admin Complaint**
02C-01-5
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Ricotta 11/13, cooked noodles 11/13, chorizo 11/13, lemon horsey sauce with garlic and oil 11/13, pesto sauce 11/9, cooked pork 11/13, chimichurri sauce 11/10, knuckle sauce 11/13, garlic oil 9/27, chimichurri 10/25, truffle butter 9/29 **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-24: Pasta out of date 1/12 Ricotta cheese 1/11 Cooked peppers 1/16 Breakfast sausage 1/15 Pesto sauce 1/16 Chimichurri 1/17 **Admin Complaint**
01B-24-5
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Added splitter **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-24: Vacuum break missing at mop sink at time of callback **Admin Complaint**
29-42-4
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Reduced oxygen packaging with raw meats and jerky **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-24: Spoke with Office of Program Quality and plans have not been submitted **Admin Complaint**
03G-50-1
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs hanging on oven door handle on cooks line. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-24: Tongs stored on equipment handles at time of callback **Admin Complaint**
10-20-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Rubber spatula handle melted **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-24: Rubber spatula handles melted at time of callback **Admin Complaint**
14-11-5
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Stored food not covered. Potatoes in small white freezer are stored uncovered. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-24: Potatoes not covered at time of callback **Admin Complaint**
08B-12-5
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Label on a food item prepared and packaged onsite for customer self-service does not include product identity/description, date product was packaged and name and address of the establishment that prepared and packaged the food. Missing business address **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-01-24: Address missing at time of callback **Admin Complaint**
02D-03-4
47
Nov 21, 2024
Routine - Food
6 critical violations. 1 major violation. 10 minor violations.
View 17 violations
High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Added splitter **Warning**
29-42-4
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Pesto 80F pesto laced inside refrigerator for rapid chill at 1:47. **Warning**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Ricotta 11/13, cooked noodles 11/13, chorizo 11/13, lemon horsey sauce with garlic and oil 11/13, pesto sauce 11/9, cooked pork 11/13, chimichurri sauce 11/10, knuckle sauce 11/13, garlic oil 9/27, chimichurri 10/25, truffle butter 9/29 **Warning**
01B-24-5
High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Ricotta 11/13, cooked noodles 11/13, chorizo 11/13, lemon horsey sauce with garlic and oil 11/13, pesto sauce 11/9, cooked pork 11/13, chimichurri sauce 11/10, knuckle sauce 11/13, garlic oil 9/27, chimichurri 10/25, truffle butter 9/29 **Warning**
02C-01-5
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs over cook beef on reach in cooler on cooks line, raw milk labeled for pet consumption location over Mac n cheese in customer grab n go **Warning**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Employee with infected sore/cut/burn/wound on hand, finger or wrist without a single-use glove over an impermeable cover such as a bandage, finger cot or stall covering the wound is handling food, clean equipment or utensils, or unwrapped single-service items. Bandage on hand with no impermeable cover. Discussed with employee. **Warning**
11-13-5
Intermediate - Operator is doing a special process, conducting reduced oxygen packaging, cooking time/temperature control for safety food to a time and temperature combination lesser than those in the Food Code or operating a molluscan shellfish tank for human consumption without a HACCP plan approved by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Reduced oxygen packaging with raw meats and jerky **Warning**
03G-50-1
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. On shelf on cook line Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Opened water bottle on front line in display case with sodas, in 3 door reach in cooler prep area **Warning**
12B-07-4
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee not using hair restraint working cooks line. Put hair restraint on **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
13-03-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Rubber spatula handle melted **Warning**
14-11-5
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs hanging on oven door handle on cooks line. **Warning**
10-20-4
Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Utensils stored in water at at 84F. **Warning**
10-07-4
Basic - Label on a food item prepared and packaged onsite for customer self-service does not include product identity/description, date product was packaged and name and address of the establishment that prepared and packaged the food. Missing business address **Warning**
02D-03-4
Basic - Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. Collard greens **Warning**
08B-39-4
Basic - Self-closing device on bathroom door disconnected/broken. Employee **Warning**
32-17-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. Potatoes in small white freezer are stored uncovered. **Warning**
08B-12-5
Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. **Warning**
42-01-4
22
Sep 25, 2024
Routine - Food
2 minor violations.
View 2 violations
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Observed missing at hand sink on service line **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-25: **Time Extended**
31B-04-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed ice build up inside chest freezer on cookline **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-25: **Time Extended**
14-69-4
90
Jul 3, 2024
Routine - Food
3 major violations. 6 minor violations.
View 9 violations
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed hand sink used as a dump sink **Warning**
31A-11-4
Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
53B-01-5
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed a spray bottle filled with bleach not labeled under dish machine Corrected observed employee label **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
41-17-4
Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed ice build up inside chest freezer on cookline **Warning**
14-69-4
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Observed 3 pairs of tongs stored on oven handles Corrected observed employee remove **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
10-20-4
Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed serving utensils stored in water temped at 98F on cookline prep table Corrected -observed employee discard water **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
10-07-4
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Observed missing at hand sink on service line **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
31B-04-4
Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored Observed 2 boxes of dinner napkins stored on floor on service line Corrected observed employee place on shelf **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
25-05-4
Basic - Wood food-contact surface not properly sealed. Observed 3 wood crates used to store to go containers adjacent to dry storage shelves **Warning**
14-06-4
55
Feb 23, 2024
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 4 minor violations.
View 7 violations
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed sanitizer stored with clean equipment Corrected -observed employee remove and place under 3-compartment sink in dish area **Corrected On-Site**
41-10-4
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed butter (70F - Cold Holding) Observed employee discard **Corrected On-Site**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
50-17-3
Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner Observed raw beef thawing in standing water in 2-compartment prep sink Corrected -observed employee remove and place in cooler **Corrected On-Site**
06-01-5
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. observed missing at hand sink adjacent to front registers
31B-04-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed employee drink stored on prep table Corrected -observed employee remove **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed plastic bowl used to scoop bulk sugar
14-01-5
52
Nov 8, 2023
Routine - Food
3 minor violations.
View 3 violations
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drinks stored on food prep counter, corrected, employee removed drink during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2023-11-08: **Time Extended**
12B-07-4
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk containers not labeled. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2023-11-08: **Time Extended**
02D-01-5
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2023-11-08: **Time Extended**
21-12-4
86
Sep 6, 2023
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 1 major violation. 4 minor violations.
View 7 violations
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw eggs over ready to eat foods in walk in cooler, corrected, employee placed raw eggs on bottom shelf . **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-02-6
High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee in kitchen placing gloves on with no hand washing, corrected action taken , inspector went over proper employee hand washing when changing gloves . **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
12A-07-5
Intermediate - Establishment smoking food as a preservation method without an approved variance from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. B. No variance for curing foods. **Warning**
03G-40-1
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drinks stored on food prep counter, corrected, employee removed drink during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12B-07-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Foods stored on floor in walk in cooler . **Warning**
08B-38-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
21-12-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk containers not labeled. **Warning**
02D-01-5
55
Feb 2, 2023
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 2 minor violations.
View 6 violations
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Certified Food Manager Identification
FL-02
Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
Food Received at Proper Temperature
FL-12
Food and Non-Food Contact Surfaces Designed and Constructed
FL-50
Proper Hot and Cold Holding Temperatures
FL-21
52
Jul 14, 2022
Routine - Food
2 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 5 violations
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at employee hand wash sink behind display case , corrected, operator replaced paper towels during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **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. Soup held over 24 hrs and milks open not date marked . **Repeat Violation**
02C-02-5
Basic - Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Employee drink stored on food prep table, corrected, employee removed drink during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
12B-02-4
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs stored on oven door ,corrected , employee removed tongs during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
10-20-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Repeat Violation**
21-12-4
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Frequently Asked Questions

When was The Boozy Pig last inspected?

The most recent health inspection at The Boozy Pig on file is from Oct 24, 2025. The public record contains 11 inspections in total.

What is the most common violation at The Boozy Pig?

Across the inspection record, “operator is doing a special process” has been cited four times, more than any other issue at The Boozy Pig.

How does The Boozy Pig compare to other restaurants in Tampa?

The Boozy Pig most recently scored 82 out of 100, which is higher than the Tampa average of 79.

Has The Boozy Pig's inspection record improved over time?

Yes. Recent inspections at The Boozy Pig have averaged around four violations per visit, down from roughly nine earlier in the record.

What does a low risk rating mean?

A low risk rating at The Boozy Pig means inspectors found minimal or no significant issues at the most recent visit. Most facilities at this tier have a clean recent inspection report.

How often is The Boozy Pig inspected?

Based on the inspection history on file, The Boozy Pig is inspected around three times per year on average.