Freebirds
This facility may no longer be open. The city’s record for it is flagged OOB, and its last recorded inspection was April 4, 2024 — 888 days ago. The scores below are historical.
96/100 — Excellent
Scores higher than 4,571 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 66% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 96 means
Excellent. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 96 means 4 points of violations were recorded on that visit. 90 and above is the strongest of the three bands this site groups Austin scores into, and it is where most inspected Austin restaurants land.
Scores higher than 4,571 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 66% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78704, it scores higher than 311 of 402 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 91/100).
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 Freebirds Health Inspections
Austin Public Health’s records carry Freebirds under an “OOB” naming prefix, at 515 S Congress Ave Unit 101, Austin, Texas (78704). Scores higher than 4,571 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 66% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78704, it scores higher than 311 of 402 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 91/100).
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 April 4, 2024 — 888 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 399 days (median), across 2 recorded visit dates.
- 888 days since the most recent visit (April 4, 2024).
- Tracked for 13 months.
- Most recent scored visit held steady — 96/100 on March 2, 2023 to 96/100 on April 4, 2024.
📍Location Details
Address: 515 S Congress Ave Unit 101
City: Austin, TX
ZIP Code: 78704
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 46 found
📈Score Trend
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2023 | 96 |
| Apr 4, 2024 | 96 |
Complete inspection history
Every inspection Austin Public Health has published for this facility, newest first, covering 13 months. Scores are published as a number out of 100; the individual violations behind each one are not published.
| Date | Score | Rating | Visit type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 96/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection | |
| 96/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Freebirds’s 96. 40 of the at least 46 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Sweetgreen0.07 mi away · inspected Apr 11, 2023100/100
- Sweetgreen0.07 mi away · inspected Apr 11, 2023100/100
- Sunlife Organics0.08 mi away · inspected Jan 9, 2024100/100
- Sunlife Organics0.08 mi away · inspected Jan 9, 2024100/100
- Soho House Austin First Floor Bar0.08 mi away · inspected Jan 16, 2024100/100
- Bennu Coffee on Congress0.00 mi away · inspected Jun 8, 202399/100
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 Freebirds
- What was Freebirds's last health inspection score?
- Freebirds scored 96 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on April 4, 2024. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 96 means 4 points of violations were recorded on that visit. 90 and above is the strongest of the three bands this site groups Austin scores into, and it is where most inspected Austin restaurants land. Scores higher than 4,571 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 66% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 2 scored inspections is 96/100.
- Is Freebirds 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 April 4, 2024, the inspector deducted 4 points for a score of 96/100, and scores higher than 4,571 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 66% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Freebirds had?
- Freebirds has 2 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 13 months. 2 scored 90 or above, 0 scored 80 to 89, and 0 scored below 80. The median gap between recorded visits is 399 days.
- Where is Freebirds located?
- Freebirds is at 515 S Congress Ave Unit 101, Austin, TX 78704. Located near at least 46 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Freebirds?
- There are at least 46 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Bennu Coffee on Congress (99/100), Bennu Coffee on Congress (99/100), Bennu Coffee on Congress (96/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Is Freebirds 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 April 4, 2024 — 888 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 Freebirds'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 April 4, 2024. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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