Placita's Restaurant
75/100 — Needs Improvement
Scores higher than 264 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 4% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 75 means
Needs improvement. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 75 means 25 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 264 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 4% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78744, it scores higher than 5 of 208 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 94/100).
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 Placita's Restaurant Health Inspections
Placita's Restaurant is a food establishment inspected by Austin Public Health, at 5310 S Pleasant Valley Rd Ste A, Austin, Texas (78744). Scores higher than 264 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 4% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78744, it scores higher than 5 of 208 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 94/100).
⏱️Inspection Cadence
- Visited roughly every 127 days (median), across 4 recorded visit dates.
- 400 days since the most recent visit (August 5, 2025).
- Tracked for 15 months.
- Most recent scored visit declined by 5 points — 80/100 on March 31, 2025 to 75/100 on August 5, 2025.
- 1 follow-up re-inspection on record — a facility is only revisited this way after an earlier inspection failed.
📍Location Details
Address: 5310 S Pleasant Valley Rd Ste A
City: Austin, TX
ZIP Code: 78744
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 |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2024 | 83 |
| May 10, 2024 | 100 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 80 |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 80/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 100/100 | Excellent | Follow-up re-inspection | |
| 83/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Placita's Restaurant’s 75. 36 of the at least 42 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Circle K #27421690.09 mi away · inspected Aug 2, 202398/100
- Circle K #27421690.09 mi away · inspected Aug 2, 202398/100
- Sonic Drive-In #15660.36 mi away · inspected Sep 29, 202597/100
- Rancho Grande Supermercado0.15 mi away · inspected Jan 13, 202396/100
- Rancho Grande Supermercado0.15 mi away · inspected Jan 13, 202396/100
- All Star Grocery #30.15 mi away · inspected Aug 12, 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 Placita's Restaurant
- What was Placita's Restaurant's last health inspection score?
- Placita's Restaurant scored 75 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on August 5, 2025. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 75 means 25 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 264 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 4% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 4 scored inspections is 85/100.
- Is Placita's 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 August 5, 2025, the inspector deducted 25 points for a score of 75/100, and scores higher than 264 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 4% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Placita's Restaurant had?
- Placita's Restaurant has 4 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 15 months. 1 scored 90 or above, 2 scored 80 to 89, and 1 scored below 80. 1 of them was a follow-up re-inspection. The median gap between recorded visits is 127 days.
- Where is Placita's Restaurant located?
- Placita's Restaurant is at 5310 S Pleasant Valley Rd Ste A, Austin, TX 78744. Located near at least 42 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Placita's Restaurant?
- There are at least 42 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Circle K #2742169 (91/100), Circle K #2742169 (90/100), Circle K #2742169 (90/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Does Austin publish the violations behind Placita's 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 August 5, 2025. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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