The San Angelo/Tom Green County Health Department 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 Jan. 11-17 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.
The Standard-Times obtained the information through an open records request.
Environmental Health Division inspectors fill out one page of these inspection reports. Other Texas health divisions, such as in Taylor and Wichita counties, fill out multiple pages with details, providing more information the public can obtain about local establishments that handle food.
Any issues, comments or corrections are verbalized to local restaurants, according to Sandra Villarreal, the San Angelo-based health services director.
All food establishments are inspected in accordance with the Texas Food Establishment Rules as adopted by the city of San Angelo.
Perfect scores
Biga Artisan Bakery, 200 W. Ave. D
Bonham Elementary, 4630 Southland Blvd
Cici’s Pizza, 4415 Sunset Drive
King Buffet (grill, sushi), 3508 Knickerbocker Road
Lamar Elementary School, 3444 School House Drive
Pizza Hut, 3510 Knickerbocker Road
The Tilted Mug, 3520 Knickerbocker Road
High to moderate scores
Blue Tiger, 4397 Sunset Drive: 97
Chicken Express, 2652 Southwest Blvd.: 98
Club El Patron, 1616 S. Chadbourne St.: 96
King Buffet (kitchen), 3508 Knickerbocker Road: 95
Smashers (kitchen), 2521 Southwest Blvd.: 95
Smashers (bar No. 1 and 2), 2521 Southwest Blvd.: 98
Texas Steak Express, 4397 Sunset Drive: 98
Joes Taqueria, 1616 S. Chadbourne St.: 96
For more information on Environmental Health’s services or to file a complaint against a food establishment or report another public health nuisance, call 325-657-4493.
This article originally appeared on San Angelo Standard-Times: See how San Angelo restaurants did in Jan. 11-17 inspections
Reporting by Rosanna Fraire, San Angelo Standard-Times / San Angelo Standard-Times
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