La Colombe Coffee Roasters
This facility may no longer be open. The city’s record for it is flagged OOB, and its last recorded inspection was March 18, 2024 — 905 days ago. The scores below are historical.
97/100 — Excellent
Scores higher than 4,981 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 72% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 97 means
Excellent. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 97 means 3 points of violations were recorded on that visit. 90 and above is the strongest of the three bands this site groups Austin scores into, and it is where most inspected Austin restaurants land.
Scores higher than 4,981 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 72% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78703, it scores higher than 89 of 121 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 92/100).
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 La Colombe Coffee Roasters Health Inspections
Austin Public Health’s records carry La Colombe Coffee Roasters under an “OOB” naming prefix, at 525 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, Texas (78703). Scores higher than 4,981 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 72% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78703, it scores higher than 89 of 121 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 92/100).
Its name in Austin Public Health's dataset carries an "OOB" prefix — an undocumented naming convention, not a status field. Facilities marked this way have a median last-inspection date of March 4, 2024, against December 19, 2025 for everything else in the dataset, and only 4 of 239 were inspected in 2026, versus 3,192 of 6,622 (about 48%) for the rest. This facility's own most recent recorded visit was March 18, 2024 — 905 days ago. Together, that pattern points toward the business having closed, though the city's dataset has no status field to confirm it.
⏱️Inspection Cadence
- Visited roughly every 369 days (median), across 2 recorded visit dates.
- 905 days since the most recent visit (March 18, 2024).
- Tracked for 12 months.
- Most recent scored visit improved by 5 points — 92/100 on March 15, 2023 to 97/100 on March 18, 2024.
📍Location Details
Address: 525 N Lamar Blvd
City: Austin, TX
ZIP Code: 78703
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 48 found
📈Score Trend
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2023 | 92 |
| Mar 18, 2024 | 97 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection | |
| 92/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above La Colombe Coffee Roasters’s 97. 42 of the at least 48 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Whole Foods - Seafood0.00 mi away · inspected Aug 9, 2023100/100
- Whole Foods - Seafood0.00 mi away · inspected Jul 3, 2025100/100
- Whole Foods Market - Retail Foods0.00 mi away · inspected Mar 15, 2023100/100
- Whole Foods - Seafood0.00 mi away · inspected Mar 2, 2026100/100
- Whole Foods - Prepared Foods #20.00 mi away · inspected Apr 1, 2025100/100
- Whole Foods - Seafood0.00 mi away · inspected Jul 2, 2024100/100
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 La Colombe Coffee Roasters
- What was La Colombe Coffee Roasters's last health inspection score?
- La Colombe Coffee Roasters scored 97 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on March 18, 2024. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 97 means 3 points of violations were recorded on that visit. 90 and above is the strongest of the three bands this site groups Austin scores into, and it is where most inspected Austin restaurants land. Scores higher than 4,981 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 72% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 2 scored inspections is 95/100.
- Is La Colombe Coffee Roasters 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 March 18, 2024, the inspector deducted 3 points for a score of 97/100, and scores higher than 4,981 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 72% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has La Colombe Coffee Roasters had?
- La Colombe Coffee Roasters has 2 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 12 months. 2 scored 90 or above, 0 scored 80 to 89, and 0 scored below 80. The median gap between recorded visits is 369 days.
- Where is La Colombe Coffee Roasters located?
- La Colombe Coffee Roasters is at 525 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703. Located near at least 48 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near La Colombe Coffee Roasters?
- There are at least 48 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Whole Foods Market - Retail Foods (96/100), Whole Foods - Kikka (99/100), Whole Foods - Meat Market (99/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Is La Colombe Coffee Roasters still open?
- Its name in Austin Public Health's dataset carries an "OOB" prefix — an undocumented naming convention, not a status field. Facilities marked this way have a median last-inspection date of March 4, 2024, against December 19, 2025 for everything else in the dataset, and only 4 of 239 were inspected in 2026, versus 3,192 of 6,622 (about 48%) for the rest. This facility's own most recent recorded visit was March 18, 2024 — 905 days ago. Together, that pattern points toward the business having closed, though the city's dataset has no status field to confirm it.
- Does Austin publish the violations behind La Colombe Coffee Roasters'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 March 18, 2024. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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