Highlights
- Maricopa County flagged Old Town Tavern with two priority violations during a routine April 26 inspection.
- Cooked rice held at 51°F — well below the 41°F safe threshold — was discarded as corrective action on site.
- A hand-sink obstructed by cleaning supplies was the second priority violation recorded at the Old Town location.
- The inspection result was logged as 'Needs improvement' in the county's public environmental services database.
Old Town Tavern, the bar and restaurant situated on the corner of E. Main St. and N. Brown Ave. in Old Town Scottsdale, received a "Needs improvement" result on a routine Maricopa County health inspection conducted April 26, according to the county's public environmental services record.
Inspectors recorded two priority violations. The first involved a cold-holding failure: cooked rice was found held at 51°F. The corrective action noted in the inspection record was discard. The second violation involved a hand-sink obstructed by cleaning supplies.
Priority violations are the category Maricopa County uses for issues most directly linked to foodborne illness risk — improper temperature control and inadequate hand-washing access are among the most commonly cited in that category.
The establishment is located at 4156 N. Brown Ave., Scottsdale, AZ 85251, and also carries the address 7330 E. Scottsdale Mall, according to the venue's own website, placing it along the Civic Center Park Path near Scottsdale Mall. The county's inspection record does not indicate whether a follow-up re-inspection has been scheduled or completed.
Readers with food-safety complaints about a Maricopa County establishment can contact the county's Environmental Services Department at 602-506-6616 or file a report through the county's food safety portal.
Around the web
Minimal public discussion detected on this topic. The single post found discusses an unrelated missing person case from a different Arizona county, indicating no organic conversation about Old Town Tavern's health inspection violations.
Public discussion (links to original posts):
- Reddit · r/arizona — u/miahnyc786 (606 upvotes · 73 comments)
Sources
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- Maricopa County retrieved 2026-05-02T03:39:25.211081+00:00
- oldtowntavernaz.com retrieved 2026-05-02T03:39:25.211081+00:00
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