Darcy Spears of KTNV reports the Home Plate Grill and Bar and Oh’s Convenience Store Deli each earned 37-demerit “C” grades and narrowly avoiding closure by the Southern Nevada Health District.

At Oh’s on Swenson near Harmon, inspectors found a number of things out of the safe temperature zone, including tamales, chicken wings and egg rolls.

“We always do pretty darn good here,” said Mrs. Oh. “Really, really good here. But we have a new employee.  That’s what comes up, the little bit of problem we got.”

Mrs. Oh said they thought the temperature was fine where they keep the oatmeal, chili and fried rice, but inspectors say the fried rice wasn’t hot enough.

“If our inspector say it’s not, that means it’s not OK.  Because we’re not the boss.  They are the boss.”

Inspectors also found built-up debris on the soda nozzles. One looks like a rusty old car part.

“Sometimes they, I don’t know, sometimes the inspector, they get so over-inspecting,” Oh said.

At Home Plate Grill & Bar on Blue Diamond near Decatur, their grill’s 37-demerit “C” grade came from things like uncovered food in the fridge.  They also say chili verde was voluntarily discarded by the person in charge because inspectors found it wasn’t at the proper temperature “after 12 hours in the cooling process in a five gallon plastic container.”

When we stopped by, the owner wasn’t there, so we left a card, and ended up with a written statement from the owner, which says:

“We are a great family establishment and work closely with the Southern Nevada Health District to ensure the health and safety of our guests.

Equipment location & manner of disposal of a few daily drops of condensation water became a large matter in this recent inspection.  Upon notification from the health department of new expectations we immediately responded to their concerns and successfully corrected all violations and now have restored our A Grade.  This type of effort and company safety policies and programs also contributed to receiving an A Grade in the Buffet and an A Grade in Bar area, on a surprise visit December 17, 2012.”

The yuck factor at Home Plate came in the form of a month-old carton of buttermilk, expired containers of half and half, and the grease-caked top of their kitchen salamander–which is a commercial broiler.