290 Express
89/100 — Satisfactory
Scores higher than 2,073 of 6,853 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 30% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 89 means
Satisfactory. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 89 means 11 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 2,073 of 6,853 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 30% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78736, it scores higher than 4 of 30 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 93/100).
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 290 Express Health Inspections
290 Express is a food establishment inspected by Austin Public Health, at 9520 Highway 290 W Unit A, Austin, Texas (78736). Scores higher than 2,073 of 6,853 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 30% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78736, it scores higher than 4 of 30 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 93/100).
⏱️Inspection Cadence
- Visited roughly every 129 days (median), across 8 recorded visit dates.
- 175 days since the most recent visit (February 17, 2026).
- Tracked for 3 years.
- Most recent scored visit held steady — 89/100 on October 28, 2025 to 89/100 on February 17, 2026.
📍Location Details
Address: 9520 Highway 290 W Unit A
City: Austin, TX
ZIP Code: 78736
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 · 14 found
📈Score Trend
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2022 | 88 |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 84 |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 89 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | 93 |
| Dec 10, 2024 | 94 |
| May 12, 2025 | 91 |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 89 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 89 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 89/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 91/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection | |
| 94/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection | |
| 93/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection | |
| 89/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 84/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 88/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above 290 Express’s 89. 8 of the 14 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Stony's Pizza0.06 mi away · inspected Jan 15, 2025100/100
- Stony's Pizza0.06 mi away · inspected Jan 15, 2025100/100
- Amici0.06 mi away · inspected Dec 12, 202596/100
- Amici0.06 mi away · inspected Jan 15, 202594/100
- Amici0.06 mi away · inspected Jan 15, 202594/100
- Amici0.06 mi away · inspected Jul 30, 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 290 Express
- What was 290 Express's last health inspection score?
- 290 Express scored 89 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on February 17, 2026. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 89 means 11 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 2,073 of 6,853 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 30% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 8 scored inspections is 90/100.
- Is 290 Express 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 17, 2026, the inspector deducted 11 points for a score of 89/100, and scores higher than 2,073 of 6,853 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 30% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has 290 Express had?
- 290 Express has 8 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 3 years. 3 scored 90 or above, 5 scored 80 to 89, and 0 scored below 80. The median gap between recorded visits is 129 days.
- Where is 290 Express located?
- 290 Express is at 9520 Highway 290 W Unit A, Austin, TX 78736. Located near 14 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near 290 Express?
- There are 14 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Amici (93/100), Stony's Pizza (100/100), Amici (94/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Does Austin publish the violations behind 290 Express'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 17, 2026. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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