Balkan Cafe & Grill
This facility may no longer be open. The city’s record for it is flagged OOB, and its last recorded inspection was July 2, 2025 — 434 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 78753, it scores higher than 258 of 351 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 Balkan Cafe & Grill Health Inspections
Austin Public Health’s records carry Balkan Cafe & Grill under an “OOB” naming prefix, at 11800 N Lamar Blvd Bldg 3, Austin, Texas (78753). 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 78753, it scores higher than 258 of 351 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 July 2, 2025 — 434 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 246 days (median), across 4 recorded visit dates.
- 434 days since the most recent visit (July 2, 2025).
- Tracked for 2 years.
- Most recent scored visit declined by 3 points — 99/100 on September 12, 2024 to 96/100 on July 2, 2025.
📍Location Details
Address: 11800 N Lamar Blvd Bldg 3
City: Austin, TX
ZIP Code: 78753
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 42 found
📈Score Trend
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2023 | 94 |
| Jan 10, 2024 | 84 |
| Sep 12, 2024 | 99 |
| Jul 2, 2025 | 96 |
Complete inspection history
Every inspection Austin Public Health has published for this facility, newest first, covering 2 years. 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 | |
| 99/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection | |
| 84/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 94/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Balkan Cafe & Grill’s 96. 36 of the at least 42 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Borinken Roots0.05 mi away · inspected Oct 11, 202399/100
- Borinken Roots0.05 mi away · inspected Oct 11, 202399/100
- Borinken Roots0.05 mi away · inspected Apr 2, 202598/100
- Borinken Roots0.05 mi away · inspected Apr 2, 202598/100
- Zaytouna0.00 mi away · inspected Mar 27, 202497/100
- Zaytouna0.00 mi away · inspected Mar 27, 202497/100
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 Balkan Cafe & Grill
- What was Balkan Cafe & Grill's last health inspection score?
- Balkan Cafe & Grill scored 96 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on July 2, 2025. 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 4 scored inspections is 93/100.
- Is Balkan Cafe & Grill 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 July 2, 2025, 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 Balkan Cafe & Grill had?
- Balkan Cafe & Grill has 4 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 2 years. 3 scored 90 or above, 1 scored 80 to 89, and 0 scored below 80. The median gap between recorded visits is 246 days.
- Where is Balkan Cafe & Grill located?
- Balkan Cafe & Grill is at 11800 N Lamar Blvd Bldg 3, Austin, TX 78753. Located near at least 42 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Balkan Cafe & Grill?
- There are at least 42 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Zaytouna (94/100), Zaytouna (97/100), Zaytouna (94/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Is Balkan Cafe & Grill 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 July 2, 2025 — 434 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 Balkan Cafe & Grill'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 July 2, 2025. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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