The Pinal County Department of Environmental Health made several inspections of Maricopa food establishments between May 16 and June 15 and found two out of 26 to be short of “excellent” in food safety.
Both Good Donuts and True Grit Tavern made corrections during inspections to receive “satisfactory” marks. Good Donuts was marked down for having items in the hand-washing sink, leaving a frosting mix uncovered, having milk and half-and-half without date markings, unlabeled water spray bottle and bulk bins, and empty boxes and milk crates used as shelving. True Grit received ticks for having a prep table and walk-in refrigerator with food temperatures above 41 degrees.
EXCELLENT [No violations found]
Arby’s
Barro’s Pizza
Carl’s Jr.
Circle K
Copa Craze
Crate Coffee
CVS Pharmacy
Domino’s Pizza
F.O.R. Maricopa
The Green Zone Nutrition
Honeycutt Coffee
Little Caesar’s Pizza
McDonald’s (John Wayne Parkway)
McDonald’s (Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway)
Papa John’s Pizza
Pizza Hut
QuikTrip
QuikTrip – Kitchen
Rob’s Convenience
Shell – Dairy Queen
Starbucks (Maricopa Station)
Subway
Taco Bell
Yogurt Jungle
SATISFACTORY [Violations corrected during inspection]
Good Donuts
True Grit Tavern
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT [Critical item noted during inspection cannot be corrected immediately, requiring follow-up inspection]
None
UNACCEPTABLE [Gross, unsanitary conditions necessitating the discontinuation of operations]
None
This item appeared in the July issue of InMaricopa.