Tarpon Springs, Florida
Pinellas County · 124 restaurants
Tarpon Springs is home to the largest percentage of Greek Americans of any U.S. city, a legacy of the sponge-diving industry that Greek immigrants built here starting in the early 1900s. The Sponge Docks along Dodecanese Boulevard remain the heart of the city's dining scene, where Greek restaurants and bakeries serve pastitsio, gyros, and baklava to tourists and locals alike. With 121 restaurants packed into a small historic city, Tarpon Springs' Greek Orthodox Epiphany celebration each January — one of the largest in the country — draws crowds that fill every table on Dodecanese Boulevard.
Data on this page
InspectFL turns public DBPR inspection records into city-level score trends, grade breakdowns, and restaurant history so this page is useful for comparison, not just a list of names.
How to use this city page
Start with the citywide grade mix, then use filters to narrow by category, grade, or inspection dates before opening the full restaurant record.
What the citywide data means
Tarpon Springs has a heavier concentration of failing restaurants than you’d want, which makes recent inspection history and dispositions especially important.
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About Dining in Tarpon Springs
Of Tarpon Springs's 124 graded restaurants, 42.7% earned an A grade — below the statewide average, suggesting room for improvement in local food safety. Currently, 21.0% of restaurants hold a failing F grade, representing 26 establishments with significant health violations. The average InspectFL Health Score across Tarpon Springs is 83.4 out of 100, based on 500 inspections on record.
What Inspectors Look For
Florida DBPR inspectors evaluate restaurants on food temperature control, employee hygiene, pest activity, and equipment cleanliness. Violations are categorized as critical (immediate health risk), major (significant concern), or minor (procedural issue). Learn more about how grades work.
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Highest Rated in Tarpon Springs
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Restaurants
Page 1 of 5BJ'S ASIAN FUSION
883 S PINELLAS AVE
WHISKEY WINGS
40737 US HWY 19 N
YEFSI
861 KLOSTERMAN RD E
DUNKIN DONUTS
1143 S PINELLAS AVE
LITTLE THAI CAFE
1810 S PINELLAS AVE 1
MIMI'S HOTCAKES
1722 S PINELLAS AVE
TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE
40912 US HWY 19 N
MARCO'S PIZZA 8607
1147 S PINELLAS AVE
PAPA JOHN'S PIZZA 1218
39028 US HWY 19 N UNIT 8
SUBWAY 20088
1998 ALT. 19 SOUTH
TACO BELL #17693
40976 N US HWY 19
BURGER KING 24024
40565 US HWY 19 N
CAPTAIN JACK'S WATERFRONT GRILLE
21 OSCAR HILL RD
DIMITRI'S ON THE WATER
690 DODECANESE BLVD
DON'S TACO AUTHENTIC MEXICAN RESTAURANT LLC
706 EAST TARPON AVE
MCDONALD'S 1939
40728 N 19 US HWY
ARBYS 156
40972 US HIGHWAY 19 N
LITTLE GREEK
40908 US HWY 19 N
RICK'S NY PIZZA & RESTAURANT
905 KLOSTERMAN RD
YIANNIS GREEK CUISINE DBA ACROPOLIS GREEK TAVERNA TARPON SPRINGS
514 DODECANESE
ANT BITES CAFE AND BAKERY
217 S PINELLAS AVE
DREAMY SCOOPS
927 DODECANESE BLVD STE 3
NIKO'S GRILL HOUSE
614 ATHENS ST
TARPON FAMILY DINER
600 S PINELLAS AVE
THE GREEKS OF TARPON SPRINGS
128 N PINELLAS AVE STE B
Important context for city pages
City pages are comparison tools built from public Florida DBPR inspection data. They help surface local patterns quickly, but they are not official government rankings and they should not replace reading the individual restaurant page before making a decision.
