Triangle restaurant staff washing hands without soap: Restaurant scores (Aug. 6)
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 explained what those scores mean and how they’re calculated.
Here are sanitation scores in Triangle counties for the week of Aug. 1-6.
Wake County sanitation scores
The Wake County sanitation grades database shows that 65 restaurant inspections were completed Aug. 1-6.
▪ Most restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.
▪ One restaurant received a B grade, or a score of at least 80% but lower than 90%.
Popeyes (7120 Knightdale Blvd. in Knightdale) received a score of 89% during an inspection on Aug. 1.
The restaurant was in violation of 18 standards. Of these, nine were considered critical violations.
Critical violations included a food worker not properly washing hands with soap, and several food containers, lids and sheet pans had leftover food debris and/or greasy film but were being stored as clean.
Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
- The restaurant previously scored 95% in December 2023 and in February 2023.
▪ No restaurants 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 at wake-nc.healthinspections.us.
Durham County sanitation scores
The Durham County inspection management system shows 12 restaurant inspections were completed Aug. 1-6.
▪ All restaurants received an A grade.
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 six restaurant inspections were completed Aug. 1-6.
▪ 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 sanitation inspections database shows that 16 restaurant inspections were completed Aug. 1-6.
▪ All restaurants received an A grade.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Johnston County at johnston-nc.healthinspections.us.
Chatham County sanitation scores
The Chatham County inspections management system shows that that seven restaurant inspections were completed Aug. 1-6.
▪ All restaurants received an A grade.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Chatham County at bit.ly/3JfiHwq.
This story was originally published August 6, 2024 at 10:46 AM with the headline "Triangle restaurant staff washing hands without soap: Restaurant scores (Aug. 6)."
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