Irene's
84/100 — Satisfactory
Scores higher than 1,083 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 16% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 84 means
Satisfactory. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 84 means 16 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 1,083 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 16% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78701, it scores higher than 96 of 531 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 Irene's Health Inspections
Irene's is a food establishment inspected by Austin Public Health, at 506 West Ave, Austin, Texas (78701). Scores higher than 1,083 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 16% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78701, it scores higher than 96 of 531 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 91/100).
⏱️Inspection Cadence
- Visited roughly every 183 days (median), across 3 recorded visit dates.
- 819 days since the most recent visit (June 12, 2024).
- Tracked for 12 months.
- Most recent scored visit declined by 3 points — 87/100 on December 12, 2023 to 84/100 on June 12, 2024.
📍Location Details
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 |
|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2023 | 87 |
| Dec 12, 2023 | 87 |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 84 |
Complete inspection history
Every inspection Austin Public Health has published for this facility, newest first, covering 12 months. Scores are published as a number out of 100; the individual violations behind each one are not published.
| Date | Score | Rating | Visit type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 87/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 87/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Irene's’s 84. 38 of the at least 44 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Favorite Pizza0.06 mi away · inspected Dec 2, 202595/100
- Sammie's Italian LLC0.06 mi away · inspected Oct 2, 202494/100
- Sammie's Italian LLC0.06 mi away · inspected Oct 2, 202494/100
- Favorite Pizza0.06 mi away · inspected Feb 3, 202593/100
- Favorite Pizza0.06 mi away · inspected Feb 3, 202593/100
- Sammie's Italian LLC0.06 mi away · inspected Jul 15, 202593/100
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 Irene's
- What was Irene's's last health inspection score?
- Irene's scored 84 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on June 12, 2024. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 84 means 16 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 1,083 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 16% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 3 scored inspections is 86/100.
- Is Irene's 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 June 12, 2024, the inspector deducted 16 points for a score of 84/100, and scores higher than 1,083 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 16% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Irene's had?
- Irene's has 3 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 12 months. 0 scored 90 or above, 3 scored 80 to 89, and 0 scored below 80. The median gap between recorded visits is 183 days.
- Where is Irene's located?
- Irene's is at 506 West Ave, Austin, TX 78701. Located near at least 44 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Irene's?
- There are at least 44 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Taquero Mucho LLC (83/100), Taquero Mucho LLC (83/100), Taquero Mucho LLC (79/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Does Austin publish the violations behind Irene's'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 June 12, 2024. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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