Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods
This facility may no longer be open. The city’s record for it is flagged OOB, and its last recorded inspection was February 26, 2024 — 926 days ago. The scores below are historical.
79/100 — Needs Improvement
Scores higher than 510 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 7% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 79 means
Needs improvement. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 79 means 21 points of violations were recorded on that visit. Below 80 is the lowest of the three bands this site groups Austin scores into — a minority of Austin inspections end here, and a result this low is the kind that tends to be followed by a re-inspection.
Scores higher than 510 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 7% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78735, it scores higher than 5 of 101 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 92/100).
A score is a snapshot of a single visit on a single day. It measures compliance with food-safety rules — not food quality, service or how clean the place is today. Austin Public Health does not publish the individual violations behind a score, so this dataset cannot say what was found.
About Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Health Inspections
Austin Public Health’s records carry Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods under an “OOB” naming prefix, at 4970 W US 290 WB HWY, Austin, Texas (78735). Scores higher than 510 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 7% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78735, it scores higher than 5 of 101 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 92/100).
Its name in Austin Public Health's dataset carries an "OOB" prefix — an undocumented naming convention, not a status field. Facilities marked this way have a median last-inspection date of March 4, 2024, against December 19, 2025 for everything else in the dataset, and only 4 of 239 were inspected in 2026, versus 3,192 of 6,622 (about 48%) for the rest. This facility's own most recent recorded visit was February 26, 2024 — 926 days ago. Together, that pattern points toward the business having closed, though the city's dataset has no status field to confirm it.
⏱️Inspection Cadence
- Visited roughly every 217 days (median), across 3 recorded visit dates.
- 926 days since the most recent visit (February 26, 2024).
- Tracked for 14 months.
- Most recent scored visit declined by 16 points — 95/100 on June 21, 2023 to 79/100 on February 26, 2024.
📍Location Details
Address: 4970 W US 290 WB HWY
City: Austin, TX
ZIP Code: 78735
Inspections conducted by Austin Public Health
Health inspections are conducted by Austin Public Health to ensure restaurants maintain proper food safety standards. Scores are based on compliance with Texas Food Establishment Rules (TFER) and assess factors including food temperature control, employee hygiene, facility cleanliness, and pest control. Regular inspections help protect public health by identifying and correcting violations before they can cause foodborne illness. Austin Public Health does not publish individual violation records alongside the score, so specific findings from a given visit are not part of this dataset.
🍴Nearby Restaurants
Within 0.5 miles · at least 44 found
📈Score Trend
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2022 | 94 |
| Jun 21, 2023 | 95 |
| Feb 26, 2024 | 79 |
Complete inspection history
Every inspection Austin Public Health has published for this facility, newest first, covering 14 months. Scores are published as a number out of 100; the individual violations behind each one are not published.
| Date | Score | Rating | Visit type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 95/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection | |
| 94/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods’s 79. 38 of the at least 44 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Sam's Club/Meat & Produce #47200.00 mi away · inspected Dec 20, 202298/100
- Sam's Club/Meat & Produce #47200.00 mi away · inspected Dec 20, 202298/100
- Crossmark, Inc. # 47200.00 mi away · inspected Jun 26, 202398/100
- Crossmark, Inc. # 47200.00 mi away · inspected Jun 26, 202398/100
- Crossmark, Inc. # 47200.00 mi away · inspected Jan 4, 202398/100
- Crossmark, Inc. # 47200.00 mi away · inspected Jul 1, 202598/100
Distances are straight-line from the geocoded address, and every score shown is that facility’s most recent published one, which may be from a different date than the score above. A higher number is not a recommendation — it is one inspector’s reading of one visit.
Common questions about Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods
- What was Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods's last health inspection score?
- Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods scored 79 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on February 26, 2024. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 79 means 21 points of violations were recorded on that visit. Below 80 is the lowest of the three bands this site groups Austin scores into — a minority of Austin inspections end here, and a result this low is the kind that tends to be followed by a re-inspection. Scores higher than 510 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 7% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 3 scored inspections is 89/100.
- Is Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods clean?
- Nobody can answer that from this dataset, and this page will not pretend to. A score is a snapshot of a single visit on a single day. It measures compliance with food-safety rules — not food quality, service or how clean the place is today. Austin Public Health does not publish the individual violations behind a score, so this dataset cannot say what was found. What the record does show: at the last scored visit, on February 26, 2024, the inspector deducted 21 points for a score of 79/100, and scores higher than 510 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 7% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods had?
- Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods has 3 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 14 months. 2 scored 90 or above, 0 scored 80 to 89, and 1 scored below 80. The median gap between recorded visits is 217 days.
- Where is Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods located?
- Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods is at 4970 W US 290 WB HWY, Austin, TX 78735. Located near at least 44 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods?
- There are at least 44 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Sam's Club/Meat & Produce #4720 (89/100), Sam's Club / Snack Bar #4720 (94/100), Craigo's Pizza and Pastaria (84/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Is Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods still open?
- Its name in Austin Public Health's dataset carries an "OOB" prefix — an undocumented naming convention, not a status field. Facilities marked this way have a median last-inspection date of March 4, 2024, against December 19, 2025 for everything else in the dataset, and only 4 of 239 were inspected in 2026, versus 3,192 of 6,622 (about 48%) for the rest. This facility's own most recent recorded visit was February 26, 2024 — 926 days ago. Together, that pattern points toward the business having closed, though the city's dataset has no status field to confirm it.
- Does Austin publish the violations behind Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods's score?
- No. The City of Austin open dataset behind this page (ecmv-9xxi) carries the establishment name, address, ZIP, inspection date, score, facility ID, and whether the visit was routine or a follow-up — and nothing else. There is no violation-level field, so no site republishing this dataset can tell you what an inspector actually found. Austin Public Health holds the full inspection reports.
All figures on this page come from Austin Public Health via the City of Austin open data portal, dataset ecmv-9xxi, newest inspection for this facility February 26, 2024. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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