Valley Restaurants Failed Health Inspections: A Look at the Dirty Dining Report

Maricopa County’s Environmental Services Department conducts weekly checks on recently inspected restaurants. Restaurants that fail to meet health inspection standards are highlighted in the Dirty Dining Report. The report features restaurants with a high number of “risk factors,” which are major health code violations. To learn more about the restaurant inspection scoring system, visit Maricopa County’s website.

On May 9, 2024, several Valley restaurants were found to have failed to meet health inspection standards. Tommy Bahama Restaurant and Bar in Scottsdale had three violations, including employees handling dirty dishes before clean ones, a dishwasher not cleaning properly, and mushroom sauce not being kept at a safe temperature. Someburros in Chandler also had three violations, such as employees not washing hands after using the restroom, shredded beef not at the proper temperature, and shredded cheese not kept cold enough. Frys Marketplace in Tempe had four violations, including employees touching trash cans then handling food, cooked chicken not kept at a safe temperature, beef ribs out of temperature, and deli meats kept past discard dates. Salsitas Mexican Food in Phoenix also had four violations, including cooked birria not cooling properly, salsa at the salsa bar not kept cold enough, and masa stored in grocery bags. Pho Mai in Chandler had four violations