Food For Thought: Mall cheesesteak spot, local taqueria cited for health violations - KCBD

Inspectors found cooked chicken wings and a container of ranch being held above the safe cold temperature of 41 degrees. The cooler itself measured 50 degrees ambient, nine degrees warmer than the maximum allowed. A local taqueria was also cited for multiple violations, though full details from that inspection were not available.

Temperature failures create direct risk of bacterial growth in food that goes straight to customers. For people who grab a cheesesteak at the mall on a lunch run or after shopping, the inspection results are a reason to check back once the restaurant has addressed the issues.

Several other Lubbock establishments earned perfect scores in the same round of inspections, meaning the problems were not widespread across the city this week.

A cooler running at 50 degrees is warm enough to sit comfortably in on a summer day in Lubbock.