Dave's Hot Chicken
7511 S New Braunfels Ave, 78235
Area: South Side / Brooks
· Metro Health licence 1785432
Mixed record · rank 53 of 112
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Latest health inspection
96/100 on Jun 4, 2026 (63 days ago)
Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation found. 69 or below is a failing inspection. A score describes one visit on one day — Metro Health says so itself — not the condition of the business today.
Inspection history — 5 on record
Open any inspection to see what the inspector actually found, in plain English, with the Food Code section it was cited under.
Jun 4, 2026 96 2 findings · 1 illness risk factor
Sanitizer was at the wrong strength
Too weak and it does not kill anything; too strong and it becomes a chemical hazard on the plate. Both are common and both need a test strip to catch.
“no sanitize dispensing from the warewashing machine. Ensure warewashing is dispensing sanitizer”Inspector’s note · SA Metro Health
Food Code 4-501.114(F) — Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization - Temperature, pH, Conc · inspection item 10
The plumbing was leaking or in disrepair
A leak under a prep sink puts standing water on the floor and drips onto whatever is stored below it.
“leak from the mop sink. Ensure mop sink is in good repair”Inspector’s note · SA Metro Health
Food Code 5-205.15(B) — System Maintained in Good Repair · inspection item 46
Dec 2, 2025 100 No violations recorded
✓ Metro Health recorded no violations at this inspection.
Jul 21, 2025 96 2 findings · 1 illness risk factor
Warewashing equipment was not cleaned often enough
The dish sink and machine themselves get dirty, and a dirty machine cannot clean anything.
“warewashing machine with heavy debris build up. Ensure routine cleaning to prevent debris build up”Inspector’s note · SA Metro Health
Food Code 4-501.14 — Warewashing Equipment, Cleaning Frequency · inspection item 33
The water supply could not meet peak demand
If hot water runs out during service, handwashing and dishwashing both stop working.
“3 compartment sink temperature at 107F and not holding temperature. Ensure three compartment sink temperature is at 110F and holding”Inspector’s note · SA Metro Health
Food Code 5-103.11(B) — Capacity · inspection item 23
Oct 15, 2024 99 1 finding · 1 illness risk factor
Food-contact surfaces were not cleaned often enough
Slicers, prep boards and dispensing heads need cleaning on a schedule — every four hours in constant use — not just at close.
Food Code 4-602.11(E)(4) — Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils
Dec 21, 2023 100 No violations recorded
✓ Metro Health recorded no violations at this inspection.
What these numbers do and do not mean
An inspection score describes one visit on one day. It is what one inspector recorded on one date at one address — Metro Health says so itself. It is not a standing condition, not a grade for the food, and not a prediction about your lunch. A kitchen that scored 88 in March may be spotless today, and one that scored 100 may not be.
A 311 complaint is a phone call, not a finding. The city records that a member of the public called. It is not a citation, not an investigation result, and not evidence that anything was wrong. The city files it against an address, so where two food businesses share one, neither the record nor we can tell them apart. We publish the count with its denominator and let you weigh it.
Awards are reported, not endorsed. Every recognition on this site carries its publisher, its year and a link to the page we read it on. We did not judge those contests and we do not vouch for them; where a publisher named a business rather than an address, the page says so.
Absence of data is never rendered as a finding. No inspection on record means no Bird Score — never a zero, never quietly ranked last. No award found means we searched 172 recognitions from 13 publishers and found none, which is a statement about press coverage and not about cooking.
If something here is wrong, we will fix it. Every figure links to the record it came from. Email us with the correction and we will check it against the source and correct it within 48 hours, whether or not you are a customer. How to request a correction.