Recent restaurant and food facility closures in Santa Ana

Our post about health violations issued to Downtown Santa Ana restaurants struck a nerve, so I decided to have a look at the Orange County Health Agency’s Restaurant & Food Facility Closures within the last 60 days.

A word of warning before you read these reports – these violations are pretty gross.  The violations were serious enough to warrant closure of these establishments.  The downside?  After they clean up they can reopen and because our Orange County Supervisors voted down letter grade health ratings you will NEVER know these folks were shut down, unless you click here and look them up.

Here are the worst offenders in Santa Ana over the past two months:

• 98 PLUS PENNY DISCOUNT STORE #9, 3411 W 1ST ST , SANTA ANA
• BASKIN ROBBINS, 2800 N MAIN PKWY , SANTA ANA
• BELLA CUBA CUBAN CUISINE, 3940 S BRISTOL ST , SANTA ANA
• CAFE THUY, 5425 W 1ST ST , SANTA ANA
• CC MARKET, 4421 W 1ST ST , SANTA ANA
• EXCALIBER FUELS #2, 1501 E EDINGER AVE , SANTA ANA
• FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORP, 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY , SANTA ANA
• FLOOR AND DECOR, 1801 E DYER RD , SANTA ANA
• HERBAL LIFE, 204 W WASHINGTON , SANTA ANA
• HERBALIFE – AGUILAS EN LA CUMEBRE, 2610 W WESTMINSTER , SANTA ANA
• LA REYNA SNACK BAR, 2029 W 1ST ST , SANTA ANA
• LAS BRISAS DE APATZINGAN REST, 1524 S FLOWER ST , SANTA ANA
• TRIEU CHAU RESTAURANT, 4401 W 1ST ST , SANTA ANA
• TRUONG SA, 12273 WESTMINSTER AVE , SANTA ANA
• VALLEY LIQUORS, 2429 W EDINGER AVE , SANTA ANA
• VINO VOLO JWA, 18601 AIRPORT WAY , SANTA ANA

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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