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A public complaint led to dirty finds in the kitchen at China Café in McAllen.

A health inspector busted the restaurant on 4713 North 10th Street with 24 demerits.

The list of violations at the restaurant included: expired milk, no soap or paper towels, a live roach in the restroom and no hair net use.

The City of McAllen issued the dirty diner a citation for the public health issues before a re-inspection later cleared the restaurant with zero demerits.

But the problems for China Café didn’t end there.          

The Food Patrol came looking for answers into the demerits.

We found one of the problems was never fixed.

This despite management who claimed it was corrected.

See what the Food Patrol exposed by clicking on the video link in this week’s Food 4 Thought report.

Weekly Low Performer List: (total number of demerits)

McAllen
China Café 4713 N 10th St (24, 0) *Live Roach, Citation Issued*

Pharr
Poncho’s 808 N Cage Blvd (21) *No Hand Sink in Kitchen, Dirty Equipment*

Weslaco
Sonic Drive-In 303 N Westgate Dr (30, 6) *Ants, Rodent Contamination*

Weekly Top Performer List:

Mercedes
Taco Landia 2580 W Business 83

Harlingen
Shipley’s 1522 S 77
McDonald’s 1801 W Lincoln
Alicia’s 324 N Commerce
Jerusalem Café 2224 S 77

Pharr
Burger King 2511 S Cage
Sonic Drive In 701 S Jackson
Subway 7309 S Cage

Edinburg
Jack in the Box 102 E Monte Cristo
Papa John’s 1723 W University Dr

McAllen
De Alba Tortilleria 2633 Pecan Blvd

Brownsville
Tino Seafood 2501 Paredes Line Rd
Mi Jardin II 2714 Southmost
Long John Silver 1165 FM 802

Port Isabel
Sandi’s Café 412 Queen Isabella Blvd