{"id":325830,"date":"2025-10-23T06:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/325830\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T06:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:46:11","slug":"drain-flies-expired-food-found-at-phoenix-area-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/325830\/","title":{"rendered":"Drain flies, expired food found at Phoenix-area restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Every week, Arizona\u2019s Family looks up restaurants recently inspected by Maricopa County\u2019s Environmental Services Department. Restaurants with some of the highest numbers of \u201crisk factors,\u201d considered major health code violations by inspectors, are selected for our Dirty Dining Report. For more details on the restaurant inspection scoring system, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/envapp.maricopa.gov\/EnvironmentalHealth\/FoodInspections\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maricopa County\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Valley restaurants that did not make the grade for Oct. 22, 2025:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>Restaurant Sinaloa <\/b>&#8211; 45 W Broadway Rd, Mesa<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">3 violations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>Pans of raw shrimp stored above cooked beef<\/li>\n<li>Dirty knives stored as clean<\/li>\n<li>Bucket of salsa kept past discard date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>Carniceria Ponderosa<\/b>&#8211; 1909 W Thunderbird Rd, Phoenix<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">3 violations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>No paper towels at hand wash sink<\/li>\n<li>Pork skins and fried shrimp not held hot enough<\/li>\n<li>Batches of barbacoa kept past discard date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>Zipps Sports Grill<\/b> &#8211; 4710 E Warner Rd, Phoenix<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">4 violations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>Dishwashing machine not cleaning properly<\/li>\n<li>Pot of marinara sauce out of temperature<\/li>\n<li>Shredded chicken not kept hot enough<\/li>\n<li>5-6 drain flies in mop sink<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>Convenience Mart<\/b> &#8211; 757 S Country Club Dr, Mesa<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">4 violations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>Tomato paste not date marked<\/li>\n<li>Unlabeled sauce with green and gray organic growth<\/li>\n<li>Raw chicken stored above ready-to-eat rice<\/li>\n<li>Medicine stored above yogurt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"List of restaurants with a perfect health inspection score make the Dirty Dining &quot;Dean's List.&quot;\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761201971_479_AK4ZNQCEIBB25FTXNUUAVCC37M.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"252\" \/>List of restaurants with a perfect health inspection score make the Dirty Dining &#8220;Dean&#8217;s List.&#8221;(AZFamily)Dean\u2019s List &#8211; Valley restaurants with perfect health inspection scores<\/p>\n<tr>RestaurantLocation<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Halal Mart<\/td>\n<td>912 N Alma School Rd, Chandler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fili\u2019s Bar and Grill <\/td>\n<td>4740 S 35th Ave, Phoenix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Manuel\u2019s Mexican Restaurant<\/td>\n<td>13319 W McDowell Rd, Goodyear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ono Hawaiian BBQ<\/td>\n<td>6725 W McDowell Rd, Phoenix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican<\/td>\n<td>2904 S Santan Village Pkwy, Gilbert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Robeks Juice Bar<\/td>\n<td>1840 E Warner Rd STE 101, Tempe, AZ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/news\/investigates\/dirty-dining\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click or tap here to see all Dirty Dining reports.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? 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