{"id":420653,"date":"2026-08-30T00:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T00:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420653\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T00:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T00:10:09","slug":"roaches-found-at-10-dallas-restaurants-in-inspections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420653\/","title":{"rendered":"Roaches found at 10 Dallas restaurants in inspections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roaches were found at ten Dallas restaurants and sanitation issues were noted at others in the latest round of city health inspections, according to the inspection report.<\/p>\n

The report compiled by the Star-Telegram contains data from Aug. 2 through Aug. 8 and 382 inspections.<\/p>\n

Dallas inspections function on a 100-point scale where a score of 100 is considered perfect and a score of 70 is considered extremely poor. Restaurants scoring below 60 must close and undergo inspection before reopening.<\/p>\n

Inspectors found roaches at ten locations:<\/p>\n

Ruins Bar, located at 2653 Commerce Street,<\/a> had a score of 70. Inspectors noted the presence of \u201cmany gnats and some roaches.\u201dSweet Bella Soul Food Kitchen, at 8131 Forest Lane,<\/a> had a score of 75. Insect activity was found in the kitchen.El Fenix, located at 6811 West Northwest Highway,<\/a> had a score of 82. Roaches were found on cooking equipment.India Chaat Cafe, at 18101 Preston Road,<\/a> had a score of 82.Aso Rock Market, located at 10061 Whitehurst Drive,<\/a> had a score of 83. Roach eggs were observed on to-go plates.Flaming Cheese Saganaki Greek Restaurant, located at 9025 Forest Lane,<\/a> had a score of 85.The Legacy Midtown Park, at 8260 Manderville Lane,<\/a> had a score of 86.Kroger #511, at 10677 East Northwest Highway,<\/a> had a score of 93.Velvet Taco, located at 4622 Greenville Avenue,<\/a> had a score of 95.Antojitos Cafe Mini Store, located at 509 North Gilpin Avenue,<\/a> had a score of 97.<\/p>\n

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 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are the inspection scores and violations for restaurants within the city limits of Dallas for Aug. 9th- Aug. 22nd, 2026. A score of 100 is a perfect score and 70 is considered to be extremely poor. Scores below 80 require a re-inspection, and below 60 require closure and inspection before reopening. To search the restaurant inspections, type in a keyword or restaurant name. You can also sort by score.<\/p>\n

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Steve Wilson swilson@star-telegram.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roaches were found at ten Dallas restaurants and sanitation issues were noted at others in the latest round…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-420653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420653","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=420653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}