Take 5 Cafe
3111 W Martin Luther King, Tampa, FL 33607 · Permanent Food Service · License 3912536
Its latest routine or complaint inspection began before our records, so we can't see what the inspector found on the first visit.
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Inspection history
1 inspection · 1 visitFollow-up to an earlier routine inspection
- Follow-up visitJul 9, 2026 Complaint after follow-up
Problems from the first visit still weren't fixed, so the inspector recommended formal action by the state, which can include fines.
2 violations still not corrected:
Official report, on the Florida DBPR websiteWhat was still cited
Intermediate2
Code 22, Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized: Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime.
At the first visit
Interior of the sandwich press soiled with accumulated burned debris and grease at sandwich bar.
Code 53, Manager certification and employee training: Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification.
Jose Vazquez Food Service Director does not have food management training at time of callback. No other certification for food management available.
At the first visit
Jose Vazquez, Food Service Director. No other certified food manager available.
Reading this report
Priority levels
- High priority The problems most likely to make someone sick directly.
- Intermediate Could lead to a high-priority problem if not fixed.
- Basic Best practices and general upkeep.
Terms in the inspectors’ reports
- Food-contact surface
- Anything food touches, such as cutting boards, utensils, counters and the inside of ice machines.