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Tucson Steakhouse Receives Head-Scratching "Satisfactory"Grade Despite 9 Violations
The restaurant health inspection world is a strange one. Especially in Tucson. While things are generally straightforward up north in greater Phoenix, where there are very specific guidelines as to how a restaurant receives a grade (or doesn’t), in Tucson, things are more wishy-washy. As if it’s up to the inspector’s discretion to decide. Some restaurants here receive 3 violations with a “Needs Improvement” tag slapped on it. And then there are other restaurants such as a prominent local steakhouse, that received 9 violations but was given a “Satisfactory” grade. Hard to say why a restaurant with one-third of the violations received a worse rating, but regardless, the “Satisfactory” steakhouse needs improvement.
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