HUNGRY HOWIES
1302 78 ST, Tampa FL 33619
Last inspected Oct 7, 2025 · 4 visits since November 2023
This licence isn't in DBPR's current active file, which usually means the business has closed, been sold, or let the licence lapse. Everything below belongs to this licence, not to whoever may be trading here now. The history stays public because it is a public record.
3 inspections, climbing. The current grade is the best on record.
Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
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Inspection history
4 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards in kitchen.
Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Hot water shut off in restroom at time of inspection. Employee turned back on.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on shelf over prep table in kitchen.
No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. In any reach in coolers in kitchen.
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Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Walks throughout kitchen.
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cold holding: ham 60 F, mozzarella 58 F, cheddar cheese 54 F, sausage 50 F, Per operator items were put in reach in cooler 45 prior. Time temped 2:45.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime.
Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall at pizza station.
Referred for a formal case, which can lead to a fine. 8 violations recorded, 2 high priority.
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Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cold holding: ham 60 F, mozzarella 58 F, cheddar cheese 54 F, sausage 50 F, Per operator items were put in reach in cooler 45 prior. Time temped 2:45.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Clear plastic bowl in bulk Sesame seeds.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table in kitchen.
Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach in cooler for pizzas.
Single-service articles improperly stored. Pizza boxes on floor in dry storage.
Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall at pizza station.
Met inspection standards. 11 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Container of medicine improperly stored. Pain relief medicine on shelf over salad reach in cooler.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cold holding: beef 60 F, per operator beef has only been out for one hour. Operator put in walk in cooler at time if inspection.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards in kitchen.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee Snapple on prep table in kitchen.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on pizza box in kitchen. Operator removed at time of inspection. Employee phones on prep tables in kitchen.
Food stored on floor. Bulk sodas on floor in kitchen.
In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife between reach in cooler and metal tray. Operator relocated at time of inspection.
Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Employee Starry and multiple drinks in reach in cooler over food for establishment. Operator removed at time if inspection.
Single-service articles improperly stored. Bulk boxes of ramiken lids and pizza boxes on floor in dry storage room.
Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall at prep table near walk in cooler.
Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On prep tables in kitchen.
This record follows the licence, not the owner. Restaurants change hands and the licence history normally does not, so an older entry may describe people who no longer run the place. Every inspection above links to the state's own report. Something wrong? Tell us.