Food 4 Thought Headlines

The mystery behind the sudden closure of a popular Harlingen Chinese buffet is over.

Texas Branding Iron inside the Sunrise Mall in Brownsville and El Rancho Grande Restaurant in San Juan were the 2009 Golden Plate Award winners.

Food Patrol fans will want to watch the "Golden Plate Awards" tonight at 10 p.m.

A Brillo pad in corn and ants in sugar, believe it or not, those nasty kitchen violations are found at just one place alone. 

A Furr's Buffet, Mexican bakery and an upscale sushi restaurant all raised eyebrows for serving up demerits.

What-a-mess inspectors uncovered at a Whataburger in McAllen....

A McAllen Chinese buffet scored its third strike on Food 4 Thought as a low performer.

Ryan’s Roundup continues to be the premier source for health inspection scores for all types of businesses. This week Ryan’s Rounded-up the results for Starr and Willacy Counties! 

Dirty diners in rural San Benito, McAllen and Pharr get busted by the food patrol for not keeping it clean in the kitchen.

The Food Patrol criss-crossed the Valley traveling more than a hundred miles to expose restaurants not keeping up with health and safety rules.

A San Benito restaurant makes the low performer list and the list for one of the year's most shocking!

A tortilleria in Port Isabel gains infamy with the second worst inspection report in Food 4 Thought’s history.

The Food Patrol is exposing a dirty meat market and a dirty seafood restaurant with shocking and exclusive photos from health inspectors.

A former Low Performer in San Juan saw the light and changed its dirty ways and has now earned the coveted Top Performer sticker.

Nobody likes to hear about a roach in a restaurant. Now imagine reaction to news a health inspector found a roach in the food at a Valley restaurant.

The good times come to an end for a Top Performer who was found not living up to health department expectations.

The Ryan's Roundup database has grown close to 2,000 entries.

The Food Patrol is exposing a restaurant that allegedly operated illegally with the most demerits ever seen in the 5 year history of Food 4 Thought.

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The Food Patrol uncovers the hidden main course at a restaurant inside a historic San Benito hotel -- rat droppings!

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Don't go to dinner tonight without checking dozens of new reports from several cities from Brownsville to Mission uploaded to Ryan's Roundup.

Check VALLEYCENTRAL.COM every week for updates of our Top and Low Performers lists.

McAllen's Espana finds itself back on the Food Patrol's naughty list after health inspectors find a roach body in the drain.

Don't go to lunch today in McAllen, Edinburg or Pharr without checking new reports uploaded to Ryan's Roundup.

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Don't go to lunch today in Brownsville or Weslaco without checking new reports uploaded to Ryan's Roundup.

The Food Patrol exposes a low performer after health inspectors released photos from a McAllen bar and grill that received 34 demerits.

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Don't go out to eat this without checking almost 300 new reports uploaded to Ryan's Roundup.

It was an ardous climb to the TOP for two Rio Grande Valley restaurants who were awarded with Top Performer stickers on Wednesday.

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Don't go out to eath this Fourth of July weekend without checking almost 200 new reports uploaded to Ryan's Roundup.

Whataburger has been the Rio Grande Valley's long-reigning Top Performer champion until one their restaurants got hit with 21 demerits.

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Don't go to lunch in Brownsville or McAllen today without checking dozens of new reports uploaded to Ryan's Roundup.

Don't go to dinner tonight in Hidalgo County without checking dozens of new reports uploaded to Ryan's Roundup from at least six cities in Hidalgo County.

Don't go to dinner tonight in McAllen, Edinburg or Pharr without checking new reports uploaded to Ryan's Roundup.

A popular South Padre Island restaurant is raising a glass and saying "cheers" after being annointed as a Top Performer.

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The Ryan's Roundup database has grown to more than 1,000 health inspection reports with the addition of new ones from 10 Rio Grande Valley cities.

The Food Patrol got a first-hand look inside a dirty drive-thru convenience store and an interesting reception at a Top Performer restaurant.

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Don't go to lunch  in Brownsville or Edinburg today without checking new reports uploaded to Ryan's Roundup.

Ryan's Roundup has posted almost two dozen new new health inspections reports for restaurants and businesses from four Valley communities.

Things got tense for the Food Patrol during a confrontation started by the the manager of a children's restaurant.

Health inspectors shut down a Brownsville restaurant after receiving more demerits than any other restaurant in 2009.

Check VALLEYCENTRAL.COM every week for updates of our Top and Low Performers lists for restaurants in the Rio Grande Valley.

The Ryan's Roundup health inspection reports database has grown to more than 800 records from 47 Valley cities.

The Food Patrol reveals that not even snow cone stands are immune from demerits.

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Ryan's Roundup has just posted dozens of new new health inspections reports for restaurants and businesses from several cities in all four Valley counties.

Kitchen cops busted the Chuck E. Cheese in Brownsville after finding 26 demerits worth of health violations.

As you know, the Food Patrol awards coveted "Top Performer" sticker to clean Rio Grande Valley restaurants that get zero demerits on their health reports.

Ryan's Roundup has uploaded dozens of new health inspection reports from several cities in Cameron and Hidalgo Counties.

Food 4 Thought: Home Edition has two contestants who want their home to b know having the cleanest kitchen in the Rio Grande Valley.

McAllen health inspectors busted a Chinese/Vietnamese restaurant for roaches as well as a carwash deli with produce on the floor.

Check VALLEYCENTRAL.COM every week for updates of our Top and Low Performers lists for restaurants in the Rio Grande Valley.

Ryan's Roundup has uploaded dozens of new health inspection reports from several cities in Cameron and Hidalgo Counties.

It's a first for the Food Patrol....health inspectors found rodent urine stains on dry goods at the Dairy Queen off North Texas Avenue in Weslaco.