Health inspectors found rice crawling around rice bags at the Phoenix restaurant

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Each week, Arizona Family searches for restaurants that have been recently inspected by the Maricopa County Department of Environmental Services. Restaurants with some of the highest numbers of “risk factors,” which inspectors consider major violations of health codes, are selected for our Dirty Dining Report. For more details on the restaurant inspection scoring system, visit Maricopa County website.

Here are the restaurants in the Valley that did not make the grade on October 26, 2022:

Denny’s – 1150 S. Country Club Drive, Mesa

3 violations

• The staff does not wash their hands enough
• Food is not kept at the right temperature

Café Boa – 5063 E. Elliot Road, Phoenix

3 violations

• Pasta and meatballs without date marks
• The cheesecake has not been kept cold enough

hiding place- 6746 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek

3 violations

• Boxes of raw chicken stored over alcohol
• Workers handling ready-to-eat lettuce with their bare hands

Que Huong Restaurant- 3424 N. 19th Avenue, Phoenix

4 violations

• Live cockroaches crawling around in bags of rice
• Raw duck preserved over carrots

Down with Joe’s – 1927 N. Gilbert Road, Mesa

5 violations

• Pulled pork has been kept past the discard date
• Beef and shrimp are not stored at the right temperature
• Mushroom soup with organic waste

Dean’s List – Valley restaurants with perfect health inspection scores

Greek Pita – 2501 W. Happy Valley Road, Phoenix

Horizon High School – 5601 E. Greenway Road, Scottsdale

Floridino’s – 50 E. Guadalupe Road, Gilbert

Cold Stone Creamery – 7507 S Power Road, Queen Creek

Subway – 17037 N 43rd Ave, Glendale

Sesame Inn – 34482 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale

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