Natrona County health and food inspections (3/13/26–3/19/26)

CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper-Natrona County Health Department inspects restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, mobile food units, commissaries and food vending operations. Every facility has an unannounced inspection at least twice a year.

According to the department, “There are three types of violations: priority, priority foundation and core.”

While the department of health is looking for deficiencies, the organization’s main goal is to educate businesses, helping them understand unsafe practices and ways to correct them.

According to the program manager for Environmental Health in Natrona County, “There is no sliding scale or a pass or failing of a health inspection.” Every violation is either fixed immediately or within 10 days, meaning that a violation does not make the business unsafe.

If a reinspection is required, the issue might have been more severe or the facility required more time to fix it. They have 10 days to fix the issue, and according to the health department, most facilities can easily meet the requirement.

Any serious violations or notable quotes will be included in summary notes below, but the full report for each restaurant can be found at the department’s website, where it publishes all of its current information.

March 13, 2026

Best Western Downtown Casper Hotel
Violations: 1
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Comments: Rooms 2404, 2414, 2113 did not have adequate ventilation in the bathrooms (no working fans).

Central Wyoming Counseling Center
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

WalMart #1617 2nd
Violations: 6
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Comments: Items were being stored in the bakery hand sink. The hand towel dispensers at the deli prep, bakery, and produce room hand sinks were empty. The bakery 3C quat dispenser was not dispensing any sanitizer. The test strips in the bakery were expired. The following areas need cleaned:
The floor behind the deep fryers.
The floor drain in the bakery to the left of the oven.
The bolt holes in the floor by the doors of several walk-in coolers.
The floor under the right side shelves in the meat storage room (MTC-9).
The plastic trays under the wire racks in the meat display cases.
Corrective Action: Please clean the above areas

The fan covers in several walk-in coolers and freezers have an excessive amount of dust on them.

March 16, 2026

Big D #66
Violations: 6
Re-inspection Required: Yes
Link to full report

Comments: The food establishment does not have a written procedure for employees to follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events. Handwashing sinks in the back kitchen area are blocked with equipment. Eggs, meat, and cheese cold holding at improper temperatures. McCray Grab N’ Go cooler is not holding at temperatures of 41 degrees F or below. Improper methods used to thaw raw chicken. Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints (beard nets).

Elkhorn Valley Rehab Food Service
Violations: 2
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Comments: Tubs and a bullet blender had been put away while they were still wet. The test strips for checking the temperature of the dish machine are expired.

La Barista #3
Violations: 2
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Comments: Wiping clothes are not being held in a sanitizer solution. There is no properly working test kit (expired) provided in the facility for monitoring the concentration of the chemical sanitizing solutions.

Five Below #3117
Violations: 2
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

March 17, 2026

Metro Coffee Company Centennial Hills
Violations: 5
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Comments: No certified food protection manager on staff. Employees are not washing their hands before putting on gloves. The lable on the bottle of all-purpose cleaner is faded and difficult to read. Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints. The door gaskets of the milk cooler and the prep unit are torn and trapping food.

Stahoo’s Brewing and Taproom
Violations: 1
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Comments: Non-commercial equipment is being used for cooking

JS Chinese
Violations: 10
Re-inspection Required: Yes
Link to full report

Comments: A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before engaging in food preparation, after touching bare human body parts, after coughing, sneezing, eating, after
handling soiled utensils, before donning gloves or after engaging in any activity which may have contaminated his/her hands. A food employee was observed cleaning their hands in a food preparation sink or a sink used for utensil washing. The cavity of the microwave oven is observed soiled. Various foods in the dukers 3dr prep unit are cold holding at improper temperatures. The Ducker’s 3dr prep unit was overstocked and is not sufficient in number or capacity to meet the food storage demands of the establishment. There was no temperature measuring device located in the prep units on the cook line. Unlabeled food containers through out the facility. Outer opening (back door) of the food establishment is not protected against entry of insects and rodents. Food stored on the floor or food stored less than 6″ above the floor throughout the facility. Walls and in between equipment on cookline noted in need of cleaning.

Stahoo’s Brewing and Taproom
Violations: 1
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Comments: Non-commercial equipment is being used for cooking.

March 18, 2026

Grant Street Grocery & Market
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Loaf ’N Jug #105
Violations: 3
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Comments: Front door seals and sweeps have gaps present. Baking pans for tornados are being stored with food-contact surface facing up. The floor in the walk-in freezer need to be cleaned.

El Burro Loco LLC
Violations: 8
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Comments: No certified food protection manager on staff. There are no hand towels in the men’s room. An employee was seen washing his gloves. Food in the dining room was above 41F. A spray bottle of bleach water was not labeled. Two pans are too dented to be easily cleanable. There are no test strips for testing the sanitizing solution in the 3C sink. The ceiling of the walk-in cooler is pealing which causes the possibility of paint flakes falling into the food.

Ranch House Motel
Violations: 0
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Petro Pub
Violations: 4
Re-inspection Required: Yes
Link to full report

Comments: The cavity of the microwave oven, Ice machine, and the can opener was observed soiled. Various foods on the prep units cold holding at improper temperatures. Cold holding units on the prep line are not cold holding at appropriate temperatures. Unlabeled food containers on the cookline.

March 19, 2026

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
Violations: 2
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Comments: Enchilada sauce noted not being adequately cooled to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria. Sauce was over 90 F after 3 hours in the walk-in freezer. Employees wearing jewelry on their arms and hands while preparing food (wacthes and long necklaces).

Sloanes General Store
Violations: 1
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Comments: Eggs and hash browns were not cooling fast enough.

Wyoming Child Development and Early
Violations: 2
Re-inspection Required: No
Link to full report

Comments: Dishwasher sanitizer concentration was out of range. Diaper area sanitizer concentration was under 200 ppm at two locations.

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