Restaurant Report Card for Central Texas: 10.3.24

(KWTX) - Here’s this week’s Restaurant Report Card for Central Texas:

Papa Johns at 408 North Valley Mills Drive in Waco failed a renewal inspection with an 88. (12 demerits)

According to the food safety worker, there were multiple containers with old stickers and residue on them.

There was no certified food manager on duty.

This facility did not have a plan on how to clean up vomit and diarrhea.

And, an employee had a personal cell phone laying on the prep table.

This place needed reinspection.

Heitmiller Steakhouse at 4509 North IH 35 in Lacy Lakeview passed a renewal inspection with a 93. (7 demerits)

According to the food safety worker, the potato soup in the hot hold was not kept at the right temperature.

It was simply repeated.

There were a few chipped or broken plates.

Some bulk containers did not have labels and there were missing tiles.

Crawford Coffee Stop at 6659 North Lone Star Parkway in Crawford failed a reinspection with 95. (5 demerits)

According to the food safety worker, an employee was seen washing dishes without sanitizing.

They diluted the sanitizer.

Also, there was a missing mop faucet for cold and hot water.

Some previous violations were corrected.

Still, not sanitizing is a serious violation.

So, this place needed a reinspection.

And this week’s Clean Plate award goes to Napoli’s Italian Grill at 201 East Commerce Street in San Saba.

This Italian American style restaurant has a diverse menu.

For a small town, it has more than just New York-style pizza and pasta.

Twenty different soups during soup season, fish-n-ships, ribeye steak, burgers, and fresh ingredients.

The dressing, dough, and other items are made in-house fresh daily.

Chef Jose Velazquez said, cleanliness is highly important.

He added, he welcomes people to tour his kitchen to see how and where the magic is made.

And don’t be surprised to see him step out of the kitchen to sit and chat with the customers.

Just a fancy dinner with friends.

Report Card” segments are gathered directly from the public records of regular inspections conducted by county health department officials in Central Texas. KWTX does not determine what locations are inspected and does not assign the overall scores which are reflected in percentages. Any questions regarding the status of an inspection, reinspection, or the score reported should be directed to the individual county health departments in which those businesses are located.

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