Meches Mexican Restaurant
71/100 — Needs Improvement
Scores higher than 73 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 71 means
Needs improvement. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 71 means 29 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 73 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78617, it scores higher than 0 of 83 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 Meches Mexican Restaurant Health Inspections
Meches Mexican Restaurant is a food establishment inspected by Austin Public Health, at 13602 FM 812 Rd Unit B Del Valle, Austin, Texas (78617). Scores higher than 73 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78617, it scores higher than 0 of 83 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 96/100).
⏱️Inspection Cadence
- Visited roughly every 246 days (median), across 4 recorded visit dates.
- 509 days since the most recent visit (April 18, 2025).
- Tracked for 2 years.
- Most recent scored visit declined by 5 points — 76/100 on August 15, 2024 to 71/100 on April 18, 2025.
- 1 follow-up re-inspection on record — a facility is only revisited this way after an earlier inspection failed.
📍Location Details
Address: 13602 FM 812 Rd Unit B Del Valle
City: Austin, TX
ZIP Code: 78617
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 · 23 found
📈Score Trend
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2023 | 60 |
| Feb 21, 2023 | 71 |
| Aug 15, 2024 | 76 |
| Apr 18, 2025 | 71 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 76/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 71/100 | Needs Improvement | Follow-up re-inspection | |
| 60/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Meches Mexican Restaurant’s 71. 17 of the 23 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Dollar General #161980.31 mi away · inspected Jan 31, 2024100/100
- Dollar General #161980.31 mi away · inspected Jan 31, 2024100/100
- Dollar General #161980.31 mi away · inspected Apr 24, 202596/100
- Dollar General #161980.31 mi away · inspected Apr 24, 202596/100
- Dollar General #161980.31 mi away · inspected Feb 14, 202395/100
- Dollar General #161980.31 mi away · inspected Feb 14, 202395/100
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 Meches Mexican Restaurant
- What was Meches Mexican Restaurant's last health inspection score?
- Meches Mexican Restaurant scored 71 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on April 18, 2025. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 71 means 29 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 73 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 4 scored inspections is 70/100.
- Is Meches Mexican Restaurant 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 18, 2025, the inspector deducted 29 points for a score of 71/100, and scores higher than 73 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Meches Mexican Restaurant had?
- Meches Mexican Restaurant has 4 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 2 years. 0 scored 90 or above, 0 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 246 days.
- Where is Meches Mexican Restaurant located?
- Meches Mexican Restaurant is at 13602 FM 812 Rd Unit B Del Valle, Austin, TX 78617. Located near 23 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Meches Mexican Restaurant?
- There are 23 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Club Mis Amigos (85/100), Club Mis Amigos (92/100), Club Mis Amigos (85/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Does Austin publish the violations behind Meches Mexican Restaurant'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 18, 2025. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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