Restaurant Report Card

Problem Solvers El Paraiso Tropical in Beaverton flunks health inspection (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson KATU Problem Solver Published: Mar 28, 2012 at 12:30 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 28, 2012 at 12:30 AM PDT

El Paraiso Tropical in Beaverton got the hot food hot enough but did not cool it the right way. And that's one of the big things in a restaurant that can make you sick.

Problem Solvers Spider webs a problem at Moy's in Salem (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson KATU Problem Solver Published: Mar 23, 2012 at 12:05 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 23, 2012 at 12:05 AM PDT

Here are two things you may not order up for yourself: Spider webs and a stinky smell. But that is what the health department found at Moy's Kitchen in Salem.

Problem Solvers Inspectors find roaches in kitchen of Chopsticks on Hawthorne (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson KATU Problem Solver Published: Mar 20, 2012 at 9:37 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 20, 2012 at 9:37 PM PDT

Chopsticks on Southeast Hawthorne was not using enough of any kind of roach control to keep the pests out.

Problem Solvers Restaurant Report Card: New rules for how restaurants make food? (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson, KATU News Published: Mar 15, 2012 at 4:49 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 15, 2012 at 4:49 PM PDT

Restaurants in Oregon may soon face new rules for how they make food and how they get scores from the health department.

Problem Solvers How clean are Portland's food carts? (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson KATU Problem Solver Published: Mar 13, 2012 at 5:06 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 13, 2012 at 5:06 PM PDT

We get a lot of questions about food carts. They do get inspected, just like full-sized restaurants, but these small spaces do not get scores.

Problem Solvers New sushi restaurant's score keeps going down (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson KATU Problem Solver Published: Mar 8, 2012 at 11:57 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 8, 2012 at 11:57 PM PDT

Sushi To Go opened up about a year ago and the score has been falling ever since.

Problem Solvers Local cafe has laundry list of violations (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson, KATU Problem Solver Published: Mar 7, 2012 at 10:46 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 7, 2012 at 10:46 AM PDT

A local lunch place received a laundry list of violations, including workers not washing their hands after coughing.

Problem Solvers New name, new score but low (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson KATU Problem Solver Published: Mar 2, 2012 at 12:12 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 2, 2012 at 12:18 AM PDT

This restaurant in Tualatin changed its name on the first of the new year from Juan Colorado to Celia's. And it got a new inspection as well. The new score, though, not a change for the better.

Problem Solvers Thai Express at Pioneer Place scores low b/c of mouse droppings (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson KATU Problem Solver Published: Feb 28, 2012 at 11:28 PM PDT Last Updated: Feb 28, 2012 at 11:28 PM PDT

Thai Express at Pioneer Place got a score of 75 in January after health inspectors found rodents in the restaurant.

Problem Solvers Temperature violations plague Legin on SE Division (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson KATU Problem Solver Published: Feb 23, 2012 at 11:06 PM PDT Last Updated: Feb 23, 2012 at 11:06 PM PDT

Legin on Southeast Division, a well-known Portland restaurant, gets a low health score – again. This time it involves a raw pig.

Problem Solvers El Capullo edges closer to failing grade (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson, KATU Problem Solver Published: Feb 21, 2012 at 5:28 PM PDT Last Updated: Feb 21, 2012 at 5:28 PM PDT

The following Mexican restaurants earned perfect scores on their report cards:

El Rincon
SE 82nd
100

Acapulco
SE Washington
100

La Bonita North
N Killingsworth
100

Azteca
Lake Oswego
100

Rigoberto's Coffee Shop
Milwaukie
100

Sabor Latino & Cantina
Estacada
100

Casa del Pollo
Lake Oswego
100

Los Jalapenos
Vancouver
Perfect

Los Potrillos
Vancouver
Perfect

Problem Solvers Health score drops for place that once had many locations (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson KATU Problem Solver Published: Feb 17, 2012 at 12:41 AM PDT Last Updated: Feb 17, 2012 at 12:41 AM PDT

You can only get the "Supermassive Breakfast Burrito" at one place now around here. The other San Diego Taco Company restaurants in the area shut down. The place in Salem is the only one left.

Problem Solvers Thai Village in Wilsonville gets low health score (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson KATU Problem Solver Published: Feb 14, 2012 at 9:26 PM PDT Last Updated: Feb 14, 2012 at 9:26 PM PDT

The health report shows there was a large bucket of curry sauce in the fridge in the temperature danger zone that could make people sick.

Problem Solvers Good Taste Noodle House near 82nd cleans up the grease (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson KATU Problem Solver Published: Feb 9, 2012 at 10:21 PM PDT Last Updated: Feb 9, 2012 at 10:21 PM PDT

The grease is gone at the New Good Taste Noodle House near 82nd. But the inspector found new violations that brought the score down.

Problem Solvers Ocean City's health score plummets to a 45 (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson KATU Problem Solver Published: Feb 7, 2012 at 6:36 PM PDT Last Updated: Feb 7, 2012 at 6:36 PM PDT

You have seen Ocean City on Restaurant Report Card before –twice – each time for failing. But never by this much.