Metro Food & Cafe
This facility may no longer be open. The city’s record for it is flagged OOB, and its last recorded inspection was April 23, 2024 — 869 days ago. The scores below are historical.
93/100 — Excellent
Scores higher than 3,458 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 50% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 93 means
Excellent. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 93 means 7 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 3,458 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 50% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78758, it scores higher than 169 of 344 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 93/100).
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 Metro Food & Cafe Health Inspections
Austin Public Health’s records carry Metro Food & Cafe under an “OOB” naming prefix, at 11900 Metric Blvd Ste L, Austin, Texas (78758). Scores higher than 3,458 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 50% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78758, it scores higher than 169 of 344 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 93/100).
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 23, 2024 — 869 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 166 days (median), across 4 recorded visit dates.
- 869 days since the most recent visit (April 23, 2024).
- Tracked for 15 months.
- Most recent scored visit declined by 4 points — 97/100 on October 16, 2023 to 93/100 on April 23, 2024.
📍Location Details
Address: 11900 Metric Blvd Ste L
City: Austin, TX
ZIP Code: 78758
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 |
|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2023 | 97 |
| May 3, 2023 | 96 |
| Oct 16, 2023 | 97 |
| Apr 23, 2024 | 93 |
Complete inspection history
Every inspection Austin Public Health has published for this facility, newest first, covering 15 months. Scores are published as a number out of 100; the individual violations behind each one are not published.
| Date | Score | Rating | Visit type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection | |
| 97/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection | |
| 96/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection | |
| 97/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Metro Food & Cafe’s 93. 36 of the at least 42 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Canary Roost0.07 mi away · inspected Dec 28, 202299/100
- Tacos Durango Inc.0.00 mi away · inspected Jan 26, 202397/100
- Tacos Durango Inc.0.00 mi away · inspected Jan 26, 202397/100
- Canary Roost0.07 mi away · inspected Jan 4, 202497/100
- Canary Roost0.07 mi away · inspected Jan 4, 202497/100
- River City Donut II0.07 mi away · inspected Jul 21, 202394/100
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 Metro Food & Cafe
- What was Metro Food & Cafe's last health inspection score?
- Metro Food & Cafe scored 93 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on April 23, 2024. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 93 means 7 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 3,458 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 50% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 4 scored inspections is 96/100.
- Is Metro Food & Cafe 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 23, 2024, the inspector deducted 7 points for a score of 93/100, and scores higher than 3,458 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 50% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Metro Food & Cafe had?
- Metro Food & Cafe has 4 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 15 months. 4 scored 90 or above, 0 scored 80 to 89, and 0 scored below 80. The median gap between recorded visits is 166 days.
- Where is Metro Food & Cafe located?
- Metro Food & Cafe is at 11900 Metric Blvd Ste L, Austin, TX 78758. Located near at least 42 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Metro Food & Cafe?
- There are at least 42 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Metro Food & Cafe (88/100), Tacos Durango Inc. (84/100), Metro Food & Cafe (88/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Is Metro Food & Cafe 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 23, 2024 — 869 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 Metro Food & Cafe'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 23, 2024. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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