Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex
80/100 — Satisfactory
Scores higher than 581 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 8% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 80 means
Satisfactory. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 80 means 20 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 581 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 8% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78705, it scores higher than 20 of 199 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 Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex Health Inspections
Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex is a food establishment inspected by Austin Public Health, at 3704 N Interstate 35, Austin, Texas (78705). Scores higher than 581 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 8% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78705, it scores higher than 20 of 199 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 92/100).
⏱️Inspection Cadence
- Visited roughly every 163 days (median), across 4 recorded visit dates.
- 405 days since the most recent visit (July 31, 2025).
- Tracked for 2 years.
- Most recent scored visit improved by 10 points — 70/100 on February 18, 2025 to 80/100 on July 31, 2025.
- 1 follow-up re-inspection on record — a facility is only revisited this way after an earlier inspection failed.
📍Location Details
Address: 3704 N Interstate 35
City: Austin, TX
ZIP Code: 78705
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 |
|---|---|
| May 3, 2023 | 65 |
| Jun 12, 2023 | 85 |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 70 |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 80 |
Complete inspection history
Every inspection Austin Public Health has published for this facility, newest first, covering 2 years. Scores are published as a number out of 100; the individual violations behind each one are not published.
| Date | Score | Rating | Visit type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 70/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 85/100 | Satisfactory | Follow-up re-inspection | |
| 65/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex’s 80. 36 of the at least 42 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Local Leaf, LLC0.07 mi away · inspected Jul 7, 2023100/100
- DFG Noodles0.07 mi away · inspected Jun 1, 2023100/100
- DFG Noodles0.07 mi away · inspected Jun 1, 2023100/100
- Local Leaf, LLC0.07 mi away · inspected Jul 7, 2023100/100
- Stepping Stone School0.11 mi away · inspected Feb 18, 2025100/100
- Stepping Stone School0.11 mi away · inspected Oct 17, 2023100/100
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 Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex
- What was Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex's last health inspection score?
- Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex scored 80 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on July 31, 2025. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 80 means 20 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 581 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 8% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 4 scored inspections is 75/100.
- Is Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex 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 July 31, 2025, the inspector deducted 20 points for a score of 80/100, and scores higher than 581 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 8% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex had?
- Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex has 4 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 2 years. 0 scored 90 or above, 2 scored 80 to 89, and 2 scored below 80. 1 of them was a follow-up re-inspection. The median gap between recorded visits is 163 days.
- Where is Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex located?
- Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex is at 3704 N Interstate 35, Austin, TX 78705. Located near at least 42 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex?
- There are at least 42 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including OOB - Chicas Bonitas (89/100), OOB - Chicas Bonitas (89/100), S & SM Inc. (99/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Does Austin publish the violations behind Cafe Hornitas Tex Mex'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 July 31, 2025. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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