The city of Abilene Environmental Health Division regularly monitors restaurants and food establishments for compliance with state food safety requirements.
Frequent inspections are essential in preventing the spread of foodborne illnesses through contamination and improper handling, storage and sanitation.
Scores for retail food establishments, food stores, mobile food units and school and daycare establishments inspected the week of May 12-18 are listed below.
Disclaimer: On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in its most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment. A few more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.
Perfect score
Day Nursery of Abilene, 1450 N. 17th St.
Chipotle, 3800 S. Clack St.
High to moderate scores
Abilene Christian School, 2550 N. Judge Ely Blvd.: 99
Mr. Burger, 6326 Buffalo Gap Road: 99
Church’s Fried Chicken, 1309 Grape St.: 98
Texas Flaming Grill, 549 Ambler Ave.: 98
Chick-fil-A, 1750 State Highway 351: 98
Cinemark Abilene and XD, 672 E. Overland Trail: 97
Cork & Pig Tavern, 2467 N. Judge Ely Blvd.: 97
Dairy Queen, 5110 U.S. Highway 277: 97
HTeaO, 3210 S. 14th St.: 96
Courtyard Marriott, 2141 Scottish Road: 96
Statesman Coffee Company, 5001 Buffalo Gap Road: 95
Denny’s, 3114 S. Clack St.: 95
Denny’s, 120 E. Overland Trail: 95
El Fenix Café, 3241 S. First St.: 94
Chuck E Cheese, 4310 Buffalo Gap Road: 93
Buffet Asia, 3366 John Knox Drive: 93
Fun Noodle Bar, 4325 Southwest Drive: 93
West Texas Express, 3809 S. First St.: 91
Tea 2 Go, 1152 E.N. 10th St.: 91
Chili’s Grill & Bar, 4302 S. Clack St.: 90
Cici’s Pizza, 3366 Turner Plaza: 90
Low scores and why
Blu Barrel, 2534 S. Treadaway Blvd.: 89
McDonald’s, 3147 S. 14th St.: 88
La Popular Burrito on the Run, 101 Sayles Blvd.: 87
Allsup’s, 2702 Ambler Ave.: 86
China Star, 3601 S. First St.: 85
Armando’s Restaurant, 2549 S. First St.: 84
La Popular Bakery Burrito Stop, 3001 S. Treadaway Blvd.: 81
Lytle Land & Cattle Co., 1150 E.S. 11th St.: 81
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Bare hands, equipment issues, food on the floor: Abilene’s weekly restaurant inspections
Reporting by Lani Sneed, Abilene Reporter-News / Abilene Reporter-News
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