The Bayou Cafe at 118 East Tarpon Avenue in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, was temporarily closed by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation on December 4, 2025, after inspectors found 11 total violations during a routine food inspection. The breakfast and lunch spot, housed in a former theater, was ordered to stop operations until all violations had been corrected.
Several Previous Closures
This marks the tenth time the restaurant has been temporarily closed, with previous closures on August 7, 2023, February 22, 2023, December 20, 2022, May 17, 2021, March 17, 2021, January 13, 2021, October 22, 2018, November 27, 2017, and November 3, 2017.
What The Inspections Revealed
Inspectors found six high-priority violations, three intermediate violations, and two basic violations at the restaurant, which holds a 4.5-star rating from 352 Google reviews and a 4.0-star rating from 53 Yelp reviews. The violations at this eatery were broken down into problems that needed attention right away and others that needed improvement.…