Dirty dishes at Raleigh restaurants: This week’s Triangle sanitation scores (May 10)
The News & Observer publishes a weekly round-up of restaurant sanitation scores to keep you up-to-date on the health grades at Triangle 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 foodborne illnesses.
You’ve likely seen sanitation grade cards at restaurants you’ve visited, and The N&O previously explained what those scores mean and how they’re calculated.
Here are sanitation scores in Wake, Durham, Orange and Johnston counties for the week of May 3-10.
Wake County sanitation scores
The Wake County sanitation grades database shows that 91 restaurants were inspected between May 3-10.
▪ 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%.
La Rancherita (4325 Glenwood Ave. #3000, Raleigh) received a score of 88% during an inspection on May 3.
- The restaurant was in violation of 17 state standards, with point deductions ranging from zero to 1.5 points.
- Violations included multiple dirty dishes, pans and bins being stored as clean, several cold foods being stored at too warm of a temperature and a container of milk lacking any date markings.
Some violations were corrected during the inspection, the inspection report shows.
The restaurant previously scored a 93.5% in October 2021, a 97% in June 2021 and a 93.5% in February 2021.
Tower India (144 Morrisville Square Way, Morrisville) received a score of 86% during an inspection on May 6.
- The restaurant was in violation of 17 state standards, with point deductions ranging from zero to three points.
- Violations included several cold foods being stored at too warm of a temperature, all cooked foods in refrigerator units lacking date markings, an employee’s medicine being stored among spices and no employees wearing hair restraints during food prep.
Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
The restaurant previously scored a 90.5% in February 2022 and a 90.5% in both August and May 2021.
Yemen Kitchen (117 Small Pine Dr., Raleigh) received a score of 87% during an inspection on May 6.
- The restaurant was in violation of 13 state standards, with point deductions ranging from zero to three points.
- Violations included multiple dirty pans, silverware and bowls being stored as clean, food in the walk-in cooler being stored at 16 degrees above the safe temperature and “nothing” in the facility being date-marked.
Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
The restaurant previously scored an 84.5% in December 2021, an 89% in June 2021 and a 92% in January 2021.
▪ No restaurants in Wake County received a C grade, or a score of at least 70% but less than 80%.
▪ No restaurants received a failing grade, or a score below 70%.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Wake County by using the county’s inspection grades database at wake-nc.healthinspections.us.
Durham County sanitation scores
The Durham County inspection management system shows that 23 restaurant inspections were completed between May 3-10.
▪ All 23 restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Durham County using the county’s inspections database at bit.ly/3pVQfpG.
Orange County sanitation scores
The Orange County inspection management system shows that 11 restaurants were inspected between May 3-10.
▪ All 11 restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Orange County using the county’s inspections database at bit.ly/3eQqpxc.
Johnston County sanitation scores
The Johnston County sanitation inspections database shows that 22 restaurants were inspected between May 3-10.
▪ All 22 restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Johnston County using the county’s inspections database at johnston-nc.healthinspections.us.
This story was originally published May 10, 2022 at 10:36 AM with the headline "Dirty dishes at Raleigh restaurants: This week’s Triangle sanitation scores (May 10)."
