The Worst Places to Eat In RIchardson Last Month

The City of Richardson is rightly regarded as having some of the best, most diverse, dining options in north Texas ("Eat & Drink"). Feeling a bit like "Opposite Man," I thought I'd offer a list of the ten worst places to eat in Richardson last month. It's based on the City of Richardson's Health Department Restaurant Scores for last month. That is, each month features a different list.

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Note that being on this list doesn't necessarily make a restaurant an objectively bad place to eat. These restaurants are just relatively worse compared to other restaurants inspected during the same month and who received higher scores from the Health Department inspectors.

Here is this month's list of the ten lowest ranked restaurants.

Restaurant	Address	Inspection	Score
Taqueria Chili Gordo's	1151 N Jupiter 119	2024-10-31	70
Kung Fu Tea	2067 N Central Expy 100	2024-10-15	75
Andalous Mediterranean	1601 N Central Expy	2024-10-03	80
Arapaho Rehab...	1111 Rockingham Ln	2024-10-02	80
Rocco's Italian Cafe	908 Audelia Rd 500	2024-10-29	80
Bilad Bakery	850 S Greenville Ave 110	2024-10-30	81
Dimassi's Mediterranean	180 W Campbell Rd	2024-10-24	81
ZDAR Deli	214 E Spring Valley Rd	2024-10-30	82
A-Z Food Grocery	1551 E Spring Valley Rd 135	2024-10-31	83
Shady's	2701 Custer Pkwy 915	2024-10-08	83

According to the Health Department: "Scores are based on a scale of zero to 100. A score of 90 to 100 is excellent; 80 to 89 is good; 70 to 79 is acceptable; and 60 to 69 is marginal. A score below 60 may be grounds for the closing of an establishment or other enforcement action."

I first started commenting on restaurant scores way back in 2010. I wrote then, "Diners have to search out inspection scores buried in the city's website, if they are even aware that the scores exist at all. I'd like to see restaurants prominently display their most recent inspection score where patrons can see it before walking in the door." The Wheel's motto is "Not Being Listened to Since 2006." Health inspection scores are still not required to be posted in the windows of restaurants. That tells me that my streak of not being listened to is still alive and well. I just hope diners at some of these restaurants are as well.

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If you are curious about a restaurant's rating, go to the City's website and click on the report for a restaurant. It shows what was found deficient. For example, for one restaurant the report starts out with "Containers of raw shrimp (48 degrees F), cheese cake (49 degrees F), and fish (48 degrees F) found in prep cooler measured above 41 degrees F."

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"Too many kitchens
Serve up questionable food.
Dine there if you dare."
—h/t ChatGPT