5-month-old spoiled sauce found in Triangle restaurant: Scores (Oct. 14)

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 Oct. 7-14.

Wake County sanitation scores

The Wake County inspection management system shows that 67 restaurant inspections were completed Oct. 7-14.

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

BB’s Crispy Chicken (1147 Parkside Main St. in Cary) received a score of 89% on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

• The restaurant was in violation of ten standards.
• Violations included soda nozzles with accumulations of black residues on the interior rims, fried chicken being actively dripped and splashed on by accumulations of condensate in the walk-in cooler and interior panels of the dish machine soiled with thick orange residues.
• The restaurant previously scored 92% in May 2025 and 96.5% in December 2024.

Sheeba Restaurant (3933 Western Blvd. in Raleigh) received a score of 87% on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

• The restaurant was in violation of 13 standards.
• Violations included raw livers stored over a very large container of ready-to-eat carrots, a few small flies observed around the soiled meat saw area and two large pots of sauces stored on the floor inside the walk-in cooler.
• The restaurant previously scored 97.5% in May 2025 and 95.5% in February 2024.

Note: As of publication, the restaurant is listed as permanently closed on Google and has the Raleigh location been removed from its website.

Taco Bamba Ridgewood (3518 Wade Ave. in Raleigh) received a score of 86% on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

• The restaurant was in violation of 13 standards.
• Violations included an onion dicer stored clean with food debris and mushrooms being cut without first being rinsed. Multiple employees were also noted washing hands very briefly, with one employee noted not using any hand soap.
• The restaurant previously scored 98% in January 2025 and 97% in August 2024.

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

Durham County sanitation scores

The Durham County inspection management system shows 35 restaurant inspections were completed Oct. 7-14.

• Most restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.
• One restaurant received a B grade.

Refuel 117 (2716 Guess Rd. in Durham) received a score of 88.5% on Friday, Oct. 10.

• The restaurant was in violation of 17 standards.
• Violations included items in the hot display found over an hour past the 4-hour mark, and the women’s bathroom handwashing sink was missing soap. A lot of items were also either missing date marks, had the wrong date mark or were out of date, such as a container of opened chipotle sauce that had been in there since May and was long expired.
• The restaurant previously scored 94.5% in April 2025 and 95% in December 2024. 

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 13 restaurant inspections were completed Oct. 7-14.

• 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 31 restaurant inspections were completed Oct. 7-14.

• Most restaurants received an A grade.
• One restaurant received a B grade.

Jordana’s (309 S Walton Dr. in Benson) received a score of 87% on Thursday, Oct. 9.

• The restaurant was in violation of 12 standards.
• Violations included flies sitting on the floor of the pizza oven area, flies actively landing on cutting boards on the prep surfaces, on prep tables, on clean utensils and on in-use utensils at the pizza prep area. The floors and walls throughout the kitchen are also heavily soiled with food debris and sticky films
• The restaurant previously scored 95% in May 2025 and 97% in January 2025.

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 two restaurant inspections were completed Oct. 7-14.

• All restaurants received an A grade. 

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

This story was originally published October 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM with the headline "5-month-old spoiled sauce found in Triangle restaurant: Scores (Oct. 14)."