14 Tyler Area Restaurants Had Issues With Recent Inspections

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NET Health food safety inspections happen daily throughout Smith County and across East Texas. It's the job of the inspectors to make sure that restaurant management and employees are following and adhering to established procedures when it comes to preparing, handling, and serving food to the public.

We like to know that the food we purchase has been prepared and handled properly, but there are occasions when restaurants have an 'off day', but that one 'off day' could be the difference between someone catching an illness or possibly dying from some kind of contamination.

Seeing how it's Christmas time and we've got a lot of family and friends in town, we want to know that the place we go to eat is safe, clean, and a good value. Thanks to NET Health (Northeast Texas Public Health District) we know there are some great and clean restaurants around town, but there are a handful that we have to be alerted to because of violations from their latest inspection.

These 14 Tyler Area Restaurants Had Issues With Recent Health Inspections

After being inspected by NET Health, these Tyler area restaurants had violations that needed to be addressed. Tap on any restaurant name to view the official inspection report from NET Health.

NET Health grades these restaurants on a demerit system. The lower the score the better the inspection. Restaurants strive for a '0', but these restaurants missed the mark during their last inspection.

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While these restaurants had issues with keeping food held at the proper temperatures, handwashing issues with the employees along other minor issues, these Tyler area restaurants had a perfect score after being inspected by NET Health.

Chili's - 6201 S. Broadway
Taqueria La Banqueta - 3434 CR 1125
Gopson Holy Smoke BBQ - 16822 McElroy - Whitehouse
J El Norteno Mexican Restaurant - 2268 Montgomery Gardens
Starbucks Coffee - 1817 ESE Loop 323
Juicy J's TX Melts - 12685 FM 2710 - Lindale
Taco Bell - 3808 S. Broadway
Taco Bell - 2611 E Gentry Pkwy.
Taco Bell - 500 WSW Loop 323
Starbucks - 501 SSE Loop 323

Let's hope that all the other restaurants can follow the example set by these perfect-scoring establishments.

25 Tyler Area Restaurants Inspected - 1 Shut Down Due To Health Code Violations

Let's take a look at the latest restaurant inspection reports from NET Health from November 1st - 8th. The goal is to have a score of '0'. Those locations with a higher score had more issues within their location that needed to be addressed. You can visit the NET Health site to see why these food establishments received the score that they did.

One restaurant had 31 demerits and was temporarily shut down by NET Health.