Cafe Blue
76/100 — Needs Improvement
Scores higher than 325 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 5% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 76 means
Needs improvement. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 76 means 24 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 325 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 5% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78738, it scores higher than 2 of 173 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 96/100).
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 Cafe Blue Health Inspections
Cafe Blue is a food establishment inspected by Austin Public Health, at 12800 Hill Country Blvd Ste 115, Bee Cave, Texas (78738). Scores higher than 325 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 5% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78738, it scores higher than 2 of 173 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 96/100).
⏱️Inspection Cadence
- Visited roughly every 235 days (median), across 6 recorded visit dates.
- 138 days since the most recent visit (April 24, 2026).
- Tracked for 2.5 years.
- Most recent scored visit improved by 15 points — 61/100 on April 9, 2026 to 76/100 on April 24, 2026.
- 1 follow-up re-inspection on record — a facility is only revisited this way after an earlier inspection failed.
📍Location Details
Address: 12800 Hill Country Blvd Ste 115
City: Bee Cave, TX
ZIP Code: 78738
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 40 found
📈Score Trend
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2023 | 80 |
| May 22, 2024 | 81 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | 78 |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 70 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | 61 |
| Apr 24, 2026 | 76 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76/100 | Needs Improvement | Follow-up re-inspection | |
| 61/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 70/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 78/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 81/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 80/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Cafe Blue’s 76. 34 of the at least 40 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- BC - Cinemark Hill Country0.01 mi away · inspected Dec 11, 202598/100
- BC - Amy's Ice Creams0.00 mi away · inspected Dec 22, 202397/100
- BC - Amy's Ice Creams0.00 mi away · inspected Dec 22, 202397/100
- BC - Amy's Ice Creams0.00 mi away · inspected Jan 6, 202597/100
- BC - Amy's Ice Creams0.00 mi away · inspected Jan 6, 202597/100
- BC - Amy's Ice Creams0.00 mi away · inspected Jun 2, 202695/100
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 Cafe Blue
- What was Cafe Blue's last health inspection score?
- Cafe Blue scored 76 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on April 24, 2026. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 76 means 24 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 325 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 5% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 6 scored inspections is 74/100.
- Is Cafe Blue 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 24, 2026, the inspector deducted 24 points for a score of 76/100, and scores higher than 325 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 5% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Cafe Blue had?
- Cafe Blue has 6 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 2.5 years. 0 scored 90 or above, 2 scored 80 to 89, and 4 scored below 80. 1 of them was a follow-up re-inspection. The median gap between recorded visits is 235 days.
- Where is Cafe Blue located?
- Cafe Blue is at 12800 Hill Country Blvd Ste 115, Bee Cave, TX 78738. Located near at least 40 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Cafe Blue?
- There are at least 40 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including BC - Amy's Ice Creams (97/100), BC - Tony C's (94/100), BC - Tony C's (80/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Does Austin publish the violations behind Cafe Blue'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 24, 2026. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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