Every week, the Maricopa County Environmental Services Department grades restaurants after completing routine health inspections. A D grade means the establishment has committed three or more "priority item" violations (which can directly contribute to increasing the risk of foodborne illness or injury, according to the MCESD) or four or more "priority foundation item" violations (which are indirect). At the beginning of each month, Phoenix New Times rounds up the restaurants that received a D grade the previous month and hand-pick observations from the weekly reports, listed below.
Dragon Flame Chinese Grill 909 East Lemon Street, Tempe
"Pallet of raw eggs stored above produce and ready to eat foods. Also observed a plastic bag of thawing beef stored above produce."