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Anna’s Garden, 5740 Spring Mountain Road, received 39 demerits June 21. Violations included soup cooled improperly. GRADE: C.

Readers to the rescue in sauce search

Readers sometimes ask why people search for the foods of their youth. Simple. It’s because those foods are connected to fond memories. I well remember the first Big Boy I had. It wasn’t Bob’s, but another franchise, and it was quite the big deal in the days before the ubiquitous Big Mac rendered special sauce not so special.

Hussong’s strives to reflect cuisine of Baja accurately

The origin of the margarita is as cloudy as the lime juice in it. Hussong’s in Ensenada, Mexico — founded in 1880 by German immigrant Johan Hussong — lays one of at least eight claims to the tequila cocktail. (In 1941, its story goes, bartender Don Carlos Orozco mixed tequila, Damiana and lime for the first known time and served it over ice in a salt-rimmed glass to Margarita Henkel, daughter of the German ambassador to Mexico.)

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Amore Pizza & Pasta, 3945 S. Durango Drive, received 38 demerits March 25. Violations included no thermometer at cooks’ line make table. GRADE: C.

Fat Bastard Merlot

Fat Bastard Merlot is a deep dark blood-red color with a semi-opaque core going out into a fine crimson-red rim definition and medium-high viscosity.

Roma Deli II aims to offer an authentic Italian dining experience

Think of it as a tasty twofer, the way Roma Deli II & Wine Shop offers not only sit-down dining featuring a menu of Italian favorites, but the ability to scout the nearby deli cases for something good to take home, too.

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Cool Place Cuban Cafe, 2055 E. Tropicana Ave., received 26 demerits Dec. 22. Violations included no working thermometers in prep table coolers. GRADE: C

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