It’s never a good time of the year to be “naughty” when it comes to restaurant kitchen cleanliness, but for the four featured eateries this week on Food 4 Thought, none of them will have to worry about the possibility of coal this Christmas.

That’s because they’re all listed as top performers after each scoring zero demerits on a recent health inspection report.

Santa would likely classify that as being “nice.”

As a result, the Food Patrol came bearing stickers to the following restaurants:

Carino’s Italian Grill on 601 S. Jackson in Pharr, Ram’s BBQ on 2803 W. Expressway 83, El Pato near the intersection of FM 495 and Raul Longoria in San Juan and Mari’s Tamales on 131 Salinas Blvd. in Donna.

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Weekly Low Performer List: (total # of demerits)

None

Weekly Top Performer List: (zero demerits)

Hidalgo
Stars Drive-In 2201 E Hwy 281

Pharr
Carino’s 601 S Jackson

Palmhurst
Whataburger 4321 N Conway

Alamo
Carmelita’s 544 N Alamo Rd

San Juan
Stars Drive-In 701 N Nebraska
El Pato FM 495 & Raul Longoria

Donna
Mari’s Tamales 131 Salinas Blvd

La Joya
Golden Fried Chicken 525 E Exp 83

Peñitas
Star Burger’s Sago Palm

Cameron County
Meli’s Burgers 30381 FM 1575
Ram’s BBQ 2803 W Exp 83

Brownsville
Antojitos Yoli 1191 Ruben Torres Blvd
Texas Roadhouse 3400 N Exp 77
Gazpacho’s 2451 Pablo Kisel

Harlingen
China Restaurant 1506 S 77
Cici’s 2025 W Lincoln
Pizza Hut 920 Morgan Blvd
Wing Stop 1729 W Harrison
Texas Roadhouse 4805 S Exp 83
Chili’s 1725 W Tyler Ave