{"id":210098,"date":"2026-03-18T17:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/210098\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:38:09","slug":"pest-contamination-found-at-arlington-tx-restaurant-2-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/210098\/","title":{"rendered":"Pest contamination found at Arlington TX restaurant; 2 fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Arlington restaurants failed during the March 1-14 round of inspections due to several critical health violations, according to data from the city compiled by the Star-Telegram.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/opendata.arlingtontx.gov\/datasets\/arlingtontx::food-establishments\/about\">Arlington restaurants are scored<\/a> on a 100-point system, with 100 being a perfect score. Restaurants and other places that serve food that score 75 or less require a follow-up inspection, and a score of 70 is considered extremely poor.<\/p>\n<p>Asian Bowl at 285 Southwest Plaza scored 68 on March 4. The inspector found evidence of pest contamination, according to a city of Arlington spokesperson. Equipment needed cleaning and some food wasn\u2019t being held at a safe temperature.<\/p>\n<p>Jamaica Gates Caribbean Cuisine at 1020 W. Arkansas Lane also scored 68 on March 4. Some employees weren\u2019t properly washing their hands or using gloves, the spokesperson said. Also, some of the restaurant\u2019s equipment was non-commercial grade.<\/p>\n<p>Both restaurants are scheduled for follow-up inspections in the near future, according to the spokesperson. A third restaurant scored close to 70. The establishment passed, but will require a follow-up inspection.<\/p>\n<p>Mahogany\u2019s Chop House And Lounge at 1700 W. Park Row Drive scored 73 on March 5.<\/p>\n<p>About 124 inspections were conducted over the two-week time period. Eight establishments, including Burton Adventist Academy, Jean Massieu Academy and T.A. Howard Middle School, received a perfect score of 100.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:McClatchy Sans;margin-bottom: 8px;\">Here are the inspection scores and violations for restaurants within the city limits of Arlington for March 1st &#8211; March 14th, 2026 A score of 100 is a perfect score and 70 is considered to be extremely poor. Reinspections will be conducted for restaurants that score 75 or less. If serious health and sanitation violations are considered an imminent health hazard, the restaurant will be closed until the identified health hazard has been mitigated. To search the restaurant inspections, type in a restaurant name. You can also sort by score.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773855487_415_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"visualization\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Steve Wilson swilson@star-telegram.com<\/p>\n<p>Some data analysis in this story was conducted using AI. For more information on how the Star-Telegram and McClatchy newsrooms are using AI, go <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/article280707640.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773344887_26_Headshot.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Harriet Ramos\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harriet Ramos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Harriet Ramos covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Arlington restaurants failed during the March 1-14 round of inspections due to several critical health violations, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,82341,151,77004,82342,1601,77001],"class_list":["post-210098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-health-inspections","tag-arlington-news","tag-arlington-restaurants","tag-employee-hygiene-violations","tag-places-to-eat","tag-restaurant-scores"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}