Congress Express
88/100 — Satisfactory
Scores higher than 1,867 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 27% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 88 means
Satisfactory. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 88 means 12 points of violations were recorded on that visit. 80 to 89 is the middle band: real violations were found and written up, but the visit did not fall into the lowest group. It is a pass, not a clean sheet.
Scores higher than 1,867 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 27% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78704, it scores higher than 121 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 Congress Express Health Inspections
Congress Express is a food establishment inspected by Austin Public Health, at 3630 S Congress Ave, Austin, Texas (78704). Scores higher than 1,867 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 27% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78704, it scores higher than 121 of 402 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 91/100).
⏱️Inspection Cadence
- Visited roughly every 437 days (median), across 3 recorded visit dates.
- 352 days since the most recent visit (September 22, 2025).
- Tracked for 2.5 years.
- Most recent scored visit improved by 4 points — 84/100 on August 28, 2024 to 88/100 on September 22, 2025.
📍Location Details
Address: 3630 S Congress Ave
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 44 found
📈Score Trend
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| May 3, 2023 | 95 |
| Aug 28, 2024 | 84 |
| Sep 22, 2025 | 88 |
Complete inspection history
Every inspection Austin Public Health has published for this facility, newest first, covering 2.5 years. Scores are published as a number out of 100; the individual violations behind each one are not published.
| Date | Score | Rating | Visit type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 84/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 95/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Congress Express’s 88. 38 of the at least 44 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden, LLC0.01 mi away · inspected Jan 29, 2025100/100
- Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden, LLC0.01 mi away · inspected Jan 29, 2025100/100
- Paleteria Y Neveria Las Delisias0.08 mi away · inspected Mar 2, 202397/100
- Paleteria Y Neveria Las Delisias0.08 mi away · inspected Mar 2, 202397/100
- Paleteria Y Neveria Las Delisias0.08 mi away · inspected Mar 18, 202596/100
- Paleteria Y Neveria Las Delisias0.08 mi away · inspected Mar 18, 202596/100
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 Congress Express
- What was Congress Express's last health inspection score?
- Congress Express scored 88 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on September 22, 2025. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 88 means 12 points of violations were recorded on that visit. 80 to 89 is the middle band: real violations were found and written up, but the visit did not fall into the lowest group. It is a pass, not a clean sheet. Scores higher than 1,867 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 27% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 3 scored inspections is 89/100.
- Is Congress Express 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 September 22, 2025, the inspector deducted 12 points for a score of 88/100, and scores higher than 1,867 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 27% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Congress Express had?
- Congress Express has 3 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 2.5 years. 1 scored 90 or above, 2 scored 80 to 89, and 0 scored below 80. The median gap between recorded visits is 437 days.
- Where is Congress Express located?
- Congress Express is at 3630 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704. Located near at least 44 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Congress Express?
- There are at least 44 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden, LLC (85/100), Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden, LLC (100/100), Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden, LLC (91/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Does Austin publish the violations behind Congress Express'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 September 22, 2025. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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