Idle Hands
78/100 — Needs Improvement
Scores higher than 423 of 6,853 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 6% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 78 means
Needs improvement. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 78 means 22 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 423 of 6,853 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 6% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78701, it scores higher than 27 of 526 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 Idle Hands Health Inspections
Idle Hands is a food establishment inspected by Austin Public Health, at 85 Rainey St, Austin, Texas (78701). Scores higher than 423 of 6,853 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 6% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78701, it scores higher than 27 of 526 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 91/100).
⏱️Inspection Cadence
- Visited roughly every 561 days (median), across 3 recorded visit dates.
- 205 days since the most recent visit (February 6, 2026).
- Tracked for 3 years.
- Most recent scored visit declined by 2 points — 80/100 on October 4, 2024 to 78/100 on February 6, 2026.
📍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 45 found
📈Score Trend
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2023 | 93 |
| Oct 4, 2024 | 80 |
| Feb 6, 2026 | 78 |
Complete inspection history
Every inspection Austin Public Health has published for this facility, newest first, covering 3 years. Scores are published as a number out of 100; the individual violations behind each one are not published.
| Date | Score | Rating | Visit type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 80/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 93/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Idle Hands’s 78. 39 of the at least 45 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Banger's Sausage House & Beer Garden0.02 mi away · inspected Jul 17, 2023100/100
- Banger's Sausage House & Beer Garden0.02 mi away · inspected Jul 17, 2023100/100
- Little Brother Bar0.02 mi away · inspected Jun 22, 202398/100
- Little Brother Bar0.02 mi away · inspected Jun 22, 202398/100
- Metcalf BBQ0.01 mi away · inspected Jan 9, 202397/100
- Metcalf BBQ0.01 mi away · inspected Jan 9, 202397/100
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 Idle Hands
- What was Idle Hands's last health inspection score?
- Idle Hands scored 78 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on February 6, 2026. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 78 means 22 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 423 of 6,853 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 6% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 3 scored inspections is 84/100.
- Is Idle Hands 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 February 6, 2026, the inspector deducted 22 points for a score of 78/100, and scores higher than 423 of 6,853 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 6% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Idle Hands had?
- Idle Hands has 3 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 3 years. 1 scored 90 or above, 1 scored 80 to 89, and 1 scored below 80. The median gap between recorded visits is 561 days.
- Where is Idle Hands located?
- Idle Hands is at 85 Rainey St, Austin, TX 78701. Located near at least 45 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Idle Hands?
- There are at least 45 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Cr@zy Conchaz LLC (93/100), Cr@zy Conchaz LLC (93/100), Icenhauer's (85/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Does Austin publish the violations behind Idle Hands'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 February 6, 2026. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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