The Mississippi Department of Health conducted 70 food service inspections in Lafayette County between Aug. 1-31 with 52 facilities receiving A grades. There were five 11 grades and two Cs assigned.

Restaurants and other food facilities are required to display their inspection results with a letter grade to clearly communicate the most recent health department inspection.

The A, B or C rating reflects whether critical violations were found and corrected. This grading system appears in all restaurants, as well as food facilities such as school cafeterias, daycare centers, and cafes and bars where food is sold.

• “A” grade means the facility inspection found no critical violations.
• “B” grade means critical violations were found but corrected under the supervision of the inspecting
  environmentalist. No further corrective actions are required.
• “C” grade means critical violations were found, but some or all were not corrected during the inspection.

The facility will be re-inspected, and all violations must be corrected in a time period not to exceed 10
days.

The Lafayette County facilities receiving A grades were as follows:
North Mississippi Regional Center, Haven House, Walmart deli, Walmart bakery, Pizza Den, Taylor
Grocery Catering, Lafayette Upper Elementary School, Taylor Grocery Mobile Unit, Maharaja, Casa
Mexicana, Square Pizza, Newk’s on Jackson Avenue, Mundo Latino, Oxford Spot, Vaught-Hemingway
main kitchen, Castle Hill, Taylor Grocery Catering No. 2, McEwen’s restaurant and bar, Char Grilled
Seafood and Steaks restaurant and bar, Rooster’s Blue House restaurant and bar, Jinsei Sushi Bar, Bullard
Concessions, Denmark Grocery, B&P special events, The Coop, Mugshots, Wendy’s on Sisk, Firehouse
Subs, Common Ground Coffee Bar, Oxford Early Childhood Center, La Cocinita restaurant and bar,
Circle and Square bar, Shadrachs, Nightbird, Kingswood restaurant and bar, Heartbreak Coffee, Subway
in Walmart, Little Easy Catering, Ajax Diner, Heartbreak Coffee, Yugo restaurant and bar, the Velvet
Ditch Seafood and Sports Bar restaurant and bar, Mis Raices Sabor Latino and Little Easy Catering.

The Lafayette County facilities receiving B grades were:
Old Venice Pizza, Jimmy Johns, Jinsei (received A on reinspection), Subway on West Jackson, Mugshots
(received A on reinspection), Oxford Burger, El Mariachi, Chow King, Zaap, Oxford Extra Mile, and
Booth’s BBQ.

The Lafayette County facilities receiving C grades were:
El Mariachi Mexican Grills (received a B on reinspection) and B’s Hickory Smoked BBQ.