Triangle restaurant gets ‘B’ for undercooked meat, unwashed food: Scores (9/2)

The News & Observer publishes a weekly roundup of restaurant sanitation scores to keep you up-to-date on the health grades at Triangle dining spots.

Sanitation scores and their corresponding letter grades are used in North Carolina to assess restaurants’ adherence to rules and standards intended to mitigate and prevent the spread of food-borne illnesses.

You’ve likely seen sanitation grade cards at restaurants you’ve visited, and The N&O previously what those scores mean and how they’re calculated.

Here are sanitation scores in Triangle counties from Aug. 19-25.

Wake County sanitation scores

The Wake County inspection management system shows that 92 restaurant inspections were completed Aug. 26-Sept. 1.

• All restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.

You can search all restaurant inspections in Wake County at bit.ly/4dGbJN3.

Durham County sanitation scores

The Durham County inspection management system shows 20 restaurant inspections were completed Aug. 26-Sept. 1.

• Most restaurants received an A grade.
• Three restaurants received a B grade, or a score of at least 80% but lower than 90%.

Wheat (810 9th St #130 in Durham) received a score of 88% on Thursday, Aug. 28.

• The restaurant was in violation of 14 standards.
• Violations included raw eggs stored next to unwashed produce, which were both stored above ready-to-eat food in the walk-in cooler. There was also brown residue inside the ice machine and chicken fried rice coming off the grill cooked 22 degrees lower than necessary.
• The restaurant previously scored 95.5% in May and 97.5% in January 2025.

The Loop (1116 Broad St. in Durham) received a score of 89.5% on Wednesday, Aug. 27.

• The restaurant was in violation of 12 standards.
• Violations included grilled chicken coming off the grill found to be 28 degrees lower than necessary and multiple containers stacked wet. Multiple items throughout the inspection such as ice cream, onions, tomatoes and lemons were also found without covers on them.
• The restaurant previously scored 95.5% in May 2025 and 96% in January 2025.

Randy’s Pizza (2121 TW Alexander Dr. in Morrisville) received a score of 88% on Tuesday, Aug. 26.

• The restaurant was in violation of 19 standards.
• Violations included knives stored as clean visible build-up and debris along the bottom of the blades near the handles, multiple frozen foods in a standing freezer without lids or any type of covering, and two employees not wearing hair restraints.
• The restaurant previously scored 91% in June 2025.

You can search all restaurant inspections in Durham County at bit.ly/3pVQfpG.

Orange County sanitation scores

The Orange County inspection management system shows that 20 restaurant inspections were completed Aug. 26-Sept. 1.

• All restaurants received an A grade.

You can search all restaurant inspections in Orange County at bit.ly/3eQqpxc.

Johnston County sanitation scores

The Johnston County inspection management system shows that 14 restaurant inspections were completed Aug. 26-Sept. 1.

• All restaurants received an A grade.

You can search all restaurant inspections in Johnston County at bit.ly/4eEDuGr.

Chatham County sanitation scores

The Chatham County inspections management system shows that seven restaurant inspections were completed Aug. 26-Sept. 1.

• All restaurants received an A grade. 

You can search all restaurant inspections in Chatham County at bit.ly/3JfiHwq.

This story was originally published September 2, 2025 at 9:46 AM with the headline "Triangle restaurant gets ‘B’ for undercooked meat, unwashed food: Scores (9/2)."