AZ Briefing: Metro Phoenix restaurant inspections

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Wed May 21 2025

Lorenzino Estrada | Digital Producer

Good morning, Arizona. Here’s what our reporters are working on and what you should know about what’s happening across the state before you start your day.

Maricopa County health inspectors visited more than 1,350 restaurants and other food-serving facilities; about 360 restaurants received an “A” grade. Others, not so much. For the week of May 5, one restaurant in metro Phoenix was cited for four health violations.

See which restaurants are considered Grade A and what the violations were for the restaurant cited.

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One of La Rue’s sweet crêpe options, made with strawberries and Nutella

Megan Mendoza/The Republic

You can only get the sweet and savory offerings at La Rue Crepes on the weekends. Here’s what’s on the menu.

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Today in history

Here are just some of the events on this date in the past.

•	On this day in 1881: Blanche Bruce became the first Black register of the Treasury, named to the post just months after being the first Black person to complete a six-year term in the U.S. Senate (representing Mississippi). He was also the only former slave to preside over the U.S. Senate, which he did Feb. 14, 1879, during debate over a bill to exclude Chinese immigrants.
•	In 1881: The American National Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton.
•	In 1972: A vandal at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City used a hammer to damage Michelangelo’s Pieta, a marble statue depicting Mary holding the body of Jesus, breaking off one of Mary’s arms and damaging her face. The Pieta was restored and protected with bulletproof glass.
•	In 1979: Dan White, who had assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk, an openly gay member of the city’s Board of Supervisors, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter instead of murder. The leniency angered the community, and the White Night riots began that night after an initially peaceful march to City Hall.
•	In 1991: Rajiv Gandhi, the prime minister of India, was assassinated in a suicide bombing. He stepped into the role after the assassination of his mother, Indira Gandhi, the previous prime minister.
•	In 2017: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus put on what was expected to be its final performance in Uniondale, New York. Years of complaints and lawsuits brought by animal rights groups preceded the decision to shut down. The traveling circus was revived in 2023 without animals.

— William Cain, USA TODAY Network

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AZ Briefing: Metro Phoenix restaurant inspections

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