{"id":600498,"date":"2026-02-19T07:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/600498\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T07:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:14:17","slug":"poor-handwashing-unsafe-food-temperatures-found-at-phoenix-area-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/600498\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor handwashing, unsafe food temperatures 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=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maricopa County\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Valley restaurants that did not make the grade for Feb. 18, 2026:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><b>Original Chop Shop<\/b> &#8211; 35 W Boston Street, Chandler<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">3 violations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>Multiple plastic and metal containers stacked as clean with visible food debris<\/li>\n<li>Cooked broccoli not kept hot enough<\/li>\n<li>Plumbing problem at food prep sink<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><b>Crazy Greek<\/b> &#8211; 430 E Bell Rd, Phoenix<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">3 violations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>No certified food manager<\/li>\n<li>Staff members not washing hands properly<\/li>\n<li>Feta cheese and tzatziki sauce not kept cold enough<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><b>WaBa Grill<\/b><b> <\/b>&#8211; 555 N Scottsdale Rd, Tempe<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">3 violations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>No certified food manager<\/li>\n<li>Cook washing hands without soap<\/li>\n<li>Employee scratched nose then plated an order<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><b>Fuji San Sushi and Grill<\/b> &#8211; 2100 S Gilbert Rd, Chandler<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">4 violations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>Chef handling raw cabbage with bare hands<\/li>\n<li>Raw eggs stored above raw shrimp<\/li>\n<li>Dishwasher not cleaning properly<\/li>\n<li>Cut leaf kale not kept cold enough<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><b>Cloves Indian Groceries and Kitchen<\/b> &#8211; 1825 W Chandler Blvd, Chandler<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">8 violations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>No hand wash sink in customer service line<\/li>\n<li>White organic substance on tamarind<\/li>\n<li>Raw chicken stored above raw eggs<\/li>\n<li>Build up of food debris on can opener<\/li>\n<li>Vegetable and meat soups not kept hot enough<\/li>\n<li>Goat bones and goat pie filling kept past discard dates<\/li>\n<li>Window cleaner above spices<\/li>\n<li>Buckets of rice stored on floor<\/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\/2026\/02\/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)Valley restaurants with perfect health inspection scores<\/p>\n<tr>RestaurantLocation<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hava Java<\/td>\n<td>2849 N Power Rd, Mesa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pasta Brioni<\/td>\n<td>4416 N Miller Road, Scottsdale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Habit Burger Grill<\/td>\n<td>16553 N Waddell Rd, Surprise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sprouts Farmers Market<\/td>\n<td>21181 S Ellsworth Loop Rd, Queen Creek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Athena Pita<\/td>\n<td>2737 W Thunderbird Rd, Phoenix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chipotle Mexican Grill<\/td>\n<td>19657 W Indian School Rd, Buckeye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/news\/investigates\/dirty-dining\/\" rel=\"nofollow 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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KTVK\/KPHO. 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