Four restaurants receive top scores on health inspection

Four of Maricopa’s dining locations – Barro’s Pizza, Mando’s Mexican Food, New Headquarters Café and The Water Boy – received a score of excellent on their March inspections by the Pinal County Health Department.

The department randomly inspects restaurants and other establishments that either serve or sell food products to determine the cleanliness and safeness of these establishments.

Any critical violations must be fixed within 10 days and affect a location’s score. Non-critical violations must be fixed within 90 days. Depending on the number of violations, the department hands the establishment a grade of E – Excellent, S – satisfactory, N – needs improvement or U – unacceptable.

Five Maricopa restaurants received an S grade. Below are those restaurants and reasons for a ding in their grade:

Arena Sports Grill
20800 N. John Wayne Pkwy
Potentially hazardous foods not held at proper cooling temperature.
Foods being stacked on top one another without lids or protective coverings to protect against cross contamination.

Native New Yorker
21164 N. John Wayne Pkwy
Employees not wearing gloves or washing hands when handling food.
Employee observed drinking in a non-approved area.
Cooked chicken wings in bar cooler stacked on top of each other without a lid or protective covering

Rice Garden
21044 N. John Wayne Parkway
Foods not being stored at correct temperatures.
Employees observed drinking in non-approved areas.

Sunrise Cafe
20917 N. John Wayne Pkwy
Potentially hazardous foods not held at proper cooling temperature.
Observed improperly stored raw animal foods stored directly above ready-to-eat foods.
Ready-to-eat potentially hazardous foods are not correctly date marked.

Teakwoods Tavern & Grill
21141 N. John Wayne Pkwy, Suite D-100
Ready-to-eat potentially hazardous foods are not correctly date marked.
Proper cooling methods are not being used

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