All but one of the Maricopa eateries examined by inspectors from the Pinal County Health Department between Aug. 15 and Sept. 15 received scores of excellent.
Li’s Garden, newly opened to replace Great Wall Chinese Restaurant, was marked down to “S” for satisfactory for having cooked and raw foods uncovered in the refrigerators and freezer, improper cold holding temperature, unmarked foods in a refrigerator, lack of written procedures for items using time as a control and a prep table that was not working.
Excellent [No violations found]
Aliberto’s Mexican Food
Arby’s Roast Beef Restaurant
Butterfield Elementary School
CAC-Maricopa Café
CAC-Maricopa Culinary
Copa Craze
Crate Enterprises
Helen’s Kitchen
Honeycutt Coffee
Jersey Mike’s Subs
Legacy Traditional School
Maricopa Head Start
Maricopa High School
Maricopa Wells Middle School
McDonald’s, 20700 N. John Wayne Parkway
Saddleback Elementary
Santa Rosa Elementary School
Sequoia Pathway Academy – K-6
Sequoia Pathway Academy – secondary
Starbucks, Maricopa Station
True Grit Tavern
Walgreens
Yogurt Jungle
Zoyo Yogurt
Satisfactory [Violations corrected during inspection]
Li’s Garden
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 article appears in the October issue of InMaricopa.
