A pizzeria has been hit a poor food hygiene rating in St Helens following an inspection.
An inspection by the Food Standards Agency found that Fingerpost Pizzeria "requires major improvement". The Higher Parr Street restaurant was slapped with a one star rating, placing it among the lowest ratings in the borough.
Along with the pizzeria, three other takeaways in St Helens were given one star in 2022. Fingerpost Pizzeria joins Samerah Balti in Newton-le-Willows, Bold Equestrian Club's café, and Tony's Spicy Chicken on Baldwin Street.
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Inspectors judge the premises on several categories. Firstly is Hygienic food handling: essentially monitoring hygienic handling of food including preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage. Next is Cleanliness and condition of facilities and building: cleanliness and condition of facilities and building (including having appropriate layout, ventilation, hand washing facilities and pest control) to enable good food hygiene.
And finally is management of food safety: system or checks in place to ensure that food sold or served is safe to eat, evidence that staff know about food safety, and the food safety officer has confidence that standards will be maintained in future.
At the start of 2022, the following restaurants were given one star:
- Pizza Lodge 6 Queen Street Newton Le Willows WA12 9AX
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Samerah Balti 55 High Street Newton Le Willows WA12 9SL
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The Raj Indian Restaurant 7 Elephant Lane Thatto Heath WA9 5QQ
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Westfields Cafe Bar 37 Westfield Street St Helens WA10 1QA
A raft of St Helens businesses were given five stars, the highest rating. They are as follows:
- Antonia's Cakes on Duke Street
- Blundells Hill Golf Club Rainhill
- Bros2Go on Church Road in Haydock
- Captain Cook on Baldwin Street
- Chain Lane Chippy
- Chung Ku on Warrington Road
- Costa Coffee on Highpoint Retail Park
- Dominos Pizza on Mill Lane Earlestown
- Tandoori on Queen Street in Newton-le-Willows
- Haydock Conservative Club
- Haydock Park Racecourse
- Haydock Supper on West End Road in Haydock
- Hearty Cook House on Market Street Newton-le-Willows
- Kebab Kings on Duke Street
- Magic Chef on Blackbrook Road
- McDonald’s on St Helens Linkway
- Mr Pizza on Thatto Heath Road
- Pepe’s Piri Piri in Duke Street
- Pinkeez on Junction Lane
- Planet Doughnut on Highpoint Retail Park
- Shako on Baldwin Street
- Spice of Life - St Helens Hospital
- St Helens Hotel Ltd
- Starbucks on East Lancashire Road
- Sutton Cricket And Tennis Club
- The Courtyard on City Road
- The Crusty Cob on Crow Lane West
- The Derby Arms on Church Road in Rainford
- The Greedy Pig Cafe Rainford
- The Oak Tree The Wine Club in Rainhill
- Top Pizza in Haydock
- Verona Kitchen & Bar Ltd
- Westfields Cafe Bar
Fingerpost Pizzeria declined to comment on their recent inspection
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