October is filled with spooky, scary decorations. But at some Valley restaurants, the gruesome findings were more than decor.
Every month, Maricopa County Health Inspectors fan out around the Valley to visit restaurants and make sure everything stays clean and safe.
They visit unannounced and then submit reports, which are available to the public through a searchable online database. The reports rank restaurants on a two-tier scale of violations and priority violations. Priority violations pose a direct threat to staff or customer safety, and any restaurant with three or more is considered to have failed its inspection…