San Antonio restaurant inspections: May 4, 2018

Piedras Negras de Noche Restaurant: 1322 S. Laredo St., San Antonio, TX 78207

Date: 05/01/2018 Score: 65

Highlights: Inspector observed onions and potatoes outside in rain; drink bags/boxes were wet from rain, some bags were on floor in water puddles from rain; dead insects seen inside light shields, evidence of roaches seen in establishment; black buildup around ice shoot; food not protected from cross-contamination (several containers in walk-in, reach-in coolers without covers); food not held at correct temperature (cooked beef on cold-hold unit service line); reach-in cooler not holding correct temperature; food not protected from cross-contamination (raw meat, cut tomatoes); employees seen not washing hands between tasks; employee seen handling ready-to-eat foods with bare hands; prepared foods must be labeled with expiration date (some had no date, some had raw date); no Certified Food Manager present at time of inspections; poisonous/toxic chemicals seen stored near food area (dirty cups in cleaning solution stored over box of lemons); sliding plastic doors on ice machine must be in food repair; standing water observed in garbage area; ware washing machine not properly sanitizing dishes less Piedras Negras de Noche Restaurant: 1322 S. Laredo St., San Antonio, TX 78207

Date: 05/01/2018 Score: 65

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Four River Walk restaurants received a slew of violations during random city health inspections this week, ranging from employees handling guacamole with their bare hands and filling tea urns with mop sink water to gnats in the establishment.

Those restaurants — Schilo's Delicatessen, Rita's on the River, Mad Dogs British Pub and Mokara Hotel & Spa — were among the 12 named to this week's list of dirtiest restaurants in San Antonio, according to reports.

SEE LAST WEEK'S VIOLATIONS: San Antonio restaurant inspections: April 27, 2018

Other notable San Antonio spots on this week's list included puffy taco icon Ray's Drive Inn, longtime dive bar Tucker's Kozy Korner and TV-famous Lulu's Cafe. This is Lulu's third appearance on a week's list of dirtiest restaurants in 2018, but this week's score of 88 is a drastic improvement from March's score of 61.

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.

Perhaps the most disgusting violations this week occurred at Tex-Mex spots. At the lowest-scoring restaurant of the week, Piedras Negras de Noche, an inspector observed onions, potatoes and drink bags and boxes sitting outside in the rain. At Taqueria Los Dos Laredos, a spatula that was in raw beef was also used to scoop cooked potatoes.

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.

See the other eateries that landed on this week's list of dirtiest restaurants in the slideshow above.

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

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