Shoal Creek Saloon
This facility may no longer be open. The city’s record for it is flagged OOB, and its last recorded inspection was May 5, 2026 — 127 days ago. The scores below are historical.
63/100 — Needs Improvement
Scores higher than 7 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — under 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 63 means
Needs improvement. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 63 means 37 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 7 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — under 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78703, it scores higher than 0 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 Shoal Creek Saloon Health Inspections
Austin Public Health’s records carry Shoal Creek Saloon under an “OOB” naming prefix, at 909 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, Texas (78703). Scores higher than 7 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — under 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78703, it scores higher than 0 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 May 5, 2026 — 127 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 129 days (median), across 9 recorded visit dates.
- 127 days since the most recent visit (May 5, 2026).
- Tracked for 3.5 years.
- Most recent scored visit declined by 25 points — 88/100 on December 8, 2025 to 63/100 on May 5, 2026.
📍Location Details
Address: 909 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 34 found
📈Score Trend
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2022 | 86 |
| Aug 15, 2023 | 81 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | 80 |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 85 |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 83 |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 82 |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 80 |
| Dec 8, 2025 | 88 |
| May 5, 2026 | 63 |
Complete inspection history
Every inspection Austin Public Health has published for this facility, newest first, covering 3.5 years. Scores are published as a number out of 100; the individual violations behind each one are not published.
| Date | Score | Rating | Visit type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 88/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 80/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 82/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 83/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 85/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 80/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 81/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 86/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Shoal Creek Saloon’s 63. 28 of the at least 34 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Wink0.08 mi away · inspected Dec 19, 202493/100
- Fresa's Chicken al Carbon0.00 mi away · inspected May 2, 202490/100
- Fresa's Chicken al Carbon0.00 mi away · inspected May 2, 202490/100
- Fresa's Chicken al Carbon0.00 mi away · inspected Jun 17, 202590/100
- Fresa's Chicken al Carbon0.00 mi away · inspected Jun 17, 202590/100
- 7-Eleven Convenience Store #21884B0.01 mi away · inspected Apr 16, 202490/100
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 Shoal Creek Saloon
- What was Shoal Creek Saloon's last health inspection score?
- Shoal Creek Saloon scored 63 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on May 5, 2026. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 63 means 37 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 7 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — under 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 9 scored inspections is 81/100.
- Is Shoal Creek Saloon 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 May 5, 2026, the inspector deducted 37 points for a score of 63/100, and scores higher than 7 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — under 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Shoal Creek Saloon had?
- Shoal Creek Saloon has 9 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 3.5 years. 0 scored 90 or above, 8 scored 80 to 89, and 1 scored below 80. The median gap between recorded visits is 129 days.
- Where is Shoal Creek Saloon located?
- Shoal Creek Saloon is at 909 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703. Located near at least 34 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Shoal Creek Saloon?
- There are at least 34 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Fresa's Chicken al Carbon (89/100), Fresa's Chicken al Carbon (87/100), Fresa's Chicken al Carbon (90/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Is Shoal Creek Saloon 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 May 5, 2026 — 127 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 Shoal Creek Saloon'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 May 5, 2026. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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