Grand Liquor
A12017 W Thunderbird Rd, El Mirage 85335
Food Establishment - Retail Food · Permit FD2503462
Score based on 4 scored inspections on record, weighted toward recent visits (one-year half-life). How scoring works
We last checked the county record 8 days ago (Sep 16, 2026). Any inspection since then would not appear here yet.
Score over time
Inspection history4 on record
2026
Aug 6, 2026RoutinecleanA
No County legal action will result from this inspection.Discussed applying for an E&D permit if adding on slushies to menu or any additional open food items.
Apr 3, 2026RoutinecleanA
No County legal action will result from this inspection.
2025
Oct 13, 2025Re-Inspection2 foundation3 coreB°
Follow up routine inspection for new ownershipNo County legal action will result from this inspection.This establishment/operation has demonstrated sufficient compliance to proceed with the issuance of the permit. To complete the permitting process, issuance of this permit, and begin operation, the applicant must first submit payment of the annual operating permit fee to the Department’s Administrative Services. Fees paid up to this inspection approval do not include the annual operating permit fee. Per MCEHC Chapter I, Regs 4 & 5, no person shall conduct an operation or operate an establishment for which a permit is required without holding the necessary and valid permit to do so.It is the responsibility of the permit holder/owner to notify MCESD if there are contact/ billing address changes. PAYMENT with a credit/debit card can be made on-line via the Permit Center using the invoice number at "Pay Invoice". There is one pesticide spray can in the restroom. This can was removed and discarded.Permit issued Retail Grocery for the sale of pre-packaged food items from an approved source only and ice and soda from a soda dispenser.
Inspector's notes
Provide soap and paper towels in the restroom and now hand sink at the three-compartment sink. Corrective Action: Correct prior to next routine inspection. Corrective Action: Correct prior to next routine inspection. 6-301.11 - Priority Foundation: Handwashing Cleanser, Availability. For a permanent fix to this violation, check out these simple tools in our Active Managerial Control Toolbox, made especially for you. https://www.maricopa.gov/4573/AMC-Toolbox: Handwashing. Addl Notes: Provide soap and paper towels in the restroom and now hand sink at the three-compartment sink. Corrective Action: Correct prior to next routine inspection.
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6-301.12 - Priority Foundation: Hand Drying Provision. For a permanent fix to this violation, check out these simple tools in our Active Managerial Control Toolbox, made especially for you. https://www.maricopa.gov/4573/AMC-Toolbox: Handwashing.
Inspector's notes
Remove all liquor from the restroom. No foods allowed in the restrooms of any kind. Corrective Action: Correct prior to next routine inspection.
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3-305.12 - Core: Food Storage, Prohibited Areas
Inspector's notes
No sanitizer noted at the sink. Provide some bleach at the three-compartment sink for sanitizing of dishes. Corrective Action: Correct prior to next routine inspection. 4-501.116 - Priority Foundation: Warewashing Equipment, Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration. For a permanent fix to this violation, check out these simple tools in our Active Managerial Control Toolbox, made especially for you. https://www.maricopa.gov/4574/AMC-Toolbox---Food-Contact-Surfaces. Addl Notes: Provide test strips to check the sanitizer. Corrective Action: Correct prior to next routine inspection.
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4-303.11 - Core: Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers, Availability
Inspector's notes
Please have Coke replace the dual check valve on the carbonator or have coke tag the dual check valve and note that the check valve is working properly. Corrective Action: Correct prior to next routine inspection.
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5-204.12 - Core: Backflow Prevention Device, Location
Inspector's notes
Provide a self-closer on the restroom door. Corrective Action: Correct prior to next routine inspection.
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6-501.19 - Core: Closing Toilet Room Doors
Sep 17, 2025Routine3 priority2 foundation5 coreD
New owner inspectionNo County legal action will result from this inspection.Permit not approved yet. Please make corrections and call for your re-inspection.If you are remodeling in the future then think about what you will need for the expansion of the menu. The store needs some TLC, holes in the walls, coved base missing, holed in the ceiling etc.The County is looking for an area that is easily cleanable, floors, walls and ceiling where you have sinks for dishwashing, hand washing and a mop sink. This way this area can be a clean support area for the rest of the store and ready for future expansion and menu changes.
Inspector's notes
Clean the back year of the store. Please organize what needs to be kept and remove all other items. Also, inside the store, items not needed for the operation of the store need to be removed. Corrective Action: Correct prior to re-inspection.
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5-501.12 - Core: Outdoor Enclosure
Inspector's notes
There is no hand wash sink present in the back room with the three-compartment sink and ice machine. Install a hand wash sink in the back room with the three-compartment sink and hand wash sink. Mount the hand wash sink to the wall and lead to the sewer with P-trap. Caulk the top wall juncture. Corrective Action: Correct prior to re-inspection. Corrective Action: Correct prior to re-inspection. 6-301.13 - Core: Handwashing Aids and Devices, Use Restrictions. For a permanent fix to this violation, check out these simple tools in our Active Managerial Control Toolbox, made especially for you. https://www.maricopa.gov/4573/AMC-Toolbox: Handwashing. Addl Notes: Provide soap and paper towels in the restroom at the hand wash sink. Corrective Action: Correct prior to re-inspection.
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5-203.11 - Priority Foundation: Handwashing Sinks - Numbers and Capacities. For a permanent fix to this violation, check out these simple tools in our Active Managerial Control Toolbox, made especially for you. https://www.maricopa.gov/4573/AMC-Toolbox: Handwashing.
Inspector's notes
Soda nozzles and ice scoop are not washed properly. Please follow up on the items below: 1). Provide three sink stoppers. 2). Provide dish soap and bleach for dish washing. 3). Provide test strips to check the sanitizer. Corrective Action: Correct prior to re-inspection.
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PRIORITY VIOLATION-4-501.114 (F1-2) - Priority: Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization- On-site Generation. For a permanent fix to this violation, check out these simple tools in our Active Managerial Control Toolbox, made especially for you. https://www.maricopa.gov/4574/AMC-Toolbox---Food-Contact-Surfaces.
Inspector's notes
Provide a thermometer in the reach in with milk and sandwiches. Corrective Action: Correct prior to re-inspection.
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4-203.12 - Priority Foundation: Temperature Measuring Devices, Ambient Air and Water- Accuracy
Inspector's notes
Ice bags sold were not labelled with the store name and address. Please label all ice bag that are made on site and sold. Corrective Action: Correct prior to re-inspection.
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3-602.11 (A)(B1-4)(B6-7)(C)(D) - Core: Food Labels
Inspector's notes
Remove all liquor from the restroom. No foods allowed in the restrooms of any kind. Corrective Action: Correct prior to re-inspection.
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4-903.12 - Core: Prohibitions; Utensils, Equipment and Linens
Inspector's notes
1). Provide a P-trap downstream of the mop sink and the three compartment sink. 2). Check outside and remove the grass to see where the soda station and walk-in unit is draining to. Soda station drain will need to be led to an approved sewer. Walk-in condensate can go to daylight if you make drainage accommodations like a dry well. Corrective Action: Correct prior to re-inspection. PRIORITY VIOLATION-5-203.15 - Priority: Backflow Prevention Device. Carbonator Addl Notes: Please have Coke replace the dual check valve on the carbonator or have coke tag the dual check valve and note that the check valve is working properly. 5-205.15 (B) - Core: System Maintained in Good Repair; Maintained Addl Notes: Please make the following corrections. 1). Remove plastic from the riser (open pipe on the drain under the three-compartment sink). 2). Repair the cold water valve stem on the three compartment sink faucet that is leaking. 3). Mount small tank water heater to the wall. 4). Provide a hub drain for the ice machine drain and lead the drain to the sewer with a P-trap. Corrective Action: Correct prior to re-inspection.
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PRIORITY VIOLATION-5-205.15 (A) - Priority: System Maintained in Good Repair; According to Law
Inspector's notes
Provide a self-closer on the restroom door. Corrective Action: Correct prior to re-inspection. 5-501.17 - Core: Toilet Room Receptacle, Covered Addl Notes: In the restroom, provide a trash can with a lid. Corrective Action: Correct prior to re-inspection.
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6-501.19 - Core: Closing Toilet Room Doors
Inspector's notes
Please provide smooth, easily cleanable surfaces in the dish wash area with ice machine. 1). Remove wooden panel from the floor under the ice machine. The store should be set up where possible so you can have easy access to the floor and sweep. 2). Remove the plastic cover and caulk from above the three-compartment sink. 3). Paint the wall to the side of the three-compartment sink with a washable paint and patch holes. 4). Remove the wooden shelving from above the three-compartment sink. Corrective Action: Correct prior to re-inspection.
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6-201.13 - Core: Floor and Wall Junctures, Coved, and Enclosed or Sealed
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Data from Maricopa County Environmental Services public records, last checked Sep 16, 2026. Grades marked with ° are computed equivalents for establishments not participating in the county's voluntary grading program. View official county records →