San Antonio restaurant inspections: February 17, 2017

Neighbor Mini Mart: 260 Tarasco, San Antonio, Texas 78227



Date: 02/09/2017 Score: 79



Highlights: Eggs and lunch meats not maintained at the correct temperature in the cold hold unit, no hot water available in the establishment, inside of ice machine needs cleaning, no soap or paper towels at hand washing sinks, no Certified Food Manager (CFM) present at time of inspection. less Neighbor Mini Mart: 260 Tarasco, San Antonio, Texas 78227



Date: 02/09/2017 Score: 79



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In this week’s long list of restaurant violations, inspectors made two things clear: Pooches don’t belong in an eatery and pest “excreta” shouldn’t sit next to a tortilla maker.

The wild violations were noted at Old Hwy 90 Café at 607 Old Hwy 90, where “old and dry rodent-like excreta pellets” were seen on the floor behind the large mixer and on the windowsill above tortilla machine, and Lee’s Garden Chinese Restaurant at 7271 Wurzbach Road, where roaches and dogs were seen in the establishment.

The restaurants were two of 21 spots around San Antonio that received enough demerits to make this week’s dirty list.

Notable names include The Pod Restaurant at 18745 Redland Road, cited for storing bread in garbage bags, and Urban Bricks Pizza at 17603 La Cantera Parkway, which received demerits when black residue was seen on the can opener blade.

To make the Express-News' list of dirtiest restaurants, an establishment must earn a score of 89 or below — or anything less than an "A" — during a random city health inspection.

Get all the highlights from this week's dirtiest restaurant list in the slideshow above.

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The San Antonio Express-News examines hundreds of restaurant inspections each week conducted by the San Antonio Food and Environmental Health Services division to bring you the eateries with scores of 89 or below.

Restaurants are graded on a 100-point system, where "100" is a perfect score, and demerits are based upon the number of violations found during a regular food establishment inspection. There are three categories of demerits and each are assigned a demerit score of 3, 2 or 1 points, according to the health division.

Scores and demerits listed are only representative of the state of the restaurant at the time of inspection and are surveyed at random.

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