Hilton Costa Mesa wins food-safety award

-- Todd Karella

The Hilton Costa Mesa received an award of excellence from the

county’s Environmental Health Division on May 31, recognizing it for

consistently maintaining exceptionally high food safety and sanitation

standards.

“We are delighted to be recognized for our efforts to maintain

superior food safety and sanitation standards for our guests and staff,”

said Joe Bann, general manager of the Hilton Costa Mesa and president of

the Costa Mesa Conference and Visitor Bureau, in a prepared statement.

The award was given after reviews of the hotel’s food inspection

reports for 2001 showed the food-handling practices and overall

sanitation to be outstanding.

The Hilton is the largest hotel in the area at 46,000 square feet and

with 484 guest rooms.

In 1993 and 1998, the city of Costa Mesa also honored the hotel as an

environmental pioneer in the business category for restaurants and

hotels.