The Environmental Health Services Division of Maricopa County is responsible for ensuring that the restaurants in the County comply with the Environmental Health Code. Each month the Department's inspectors visit food establishments across the Valley of the Sun. The best of those receive a Gold Certificate that they may display proudly at their place of business.
Every month I list some of the Phoenix area restaurants that had no major violations and received a Gold Certificate. There are many more than those listed, but I have limited the listings to those establishments seating more than 10 people. That means I have excluded caterers, wholesalers, car washes, convenience stores, most grocery stores, etc.
If you have a favorite restaurant that you'd like to check out, or you want to know about your child's school cafeteria or the sandwich shop where you work, you can see the inspection history of any establishment that serves/prepares food at the Maricopa County web site.
