World Wide Wrappers (February)
500 N. Fourth Ave.
- History: Has received only “good” and “excellent” ratings since 2002.
- What the inspector saw: Five critical violations were noted during a Feb. 18 inspection, earning the restaurant a “provisional” rating. “Manager observed making customer drinks, involving handling vegetables for juicing, without first washing hands,” the inspector wrote. “Manager observed handling money and then making drinks without washing his hands.” Other problems included food stored above safe temperature, improper dishwashing technique and cross-contamination of raw foods.
- Follow-up: Passed Feb. 29.
- Response: “We’ve been doing this for 17 years and with two inspections a year, that’s about 34 inspections. We’ve had all excellent and good inspections until now, which means we do our job correctly,” said owner
- Ali Bagheri
- . “But sometimes things happen. We had a refrigerator that had some technical problems, I called the technician and we took care of the problem right away.”
