Triangle restaurant gets ‘B’ for dead mouse & food on floor: Scores (July 1)
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- Naga’s South Indian Cuisine received 84% with 18 violations, including a dead mouse.
- Wake, Durham, Orange, Johnston and Chatham counties completed 182 inspections.
- Most restaurants earned A grades. Three in Wake and Durham counties received B scores.
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 June 24-30.
Wake County sanitation scores
The Wake County inspection management system shows that 102 restaurant inspections were completed June 24-30.
Most restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.
Two restaurants received a B grade, or a score of at least 80% but lower than 90%.
Mi Cancun #3 (1400 Boulderstone Way in Cary) received a score of 86.5% during an inspection on Thursday, June 26.
The restaurant was in violation of 10 standards.
Violations included raw shell eggs stored above lettuce, cheese and other ready-to-eat foods in the walk-in cooler, a few flies present in the kitchen and seen landing on exposed foods, along with multiple foods in multiple coolers observed well above necessary temperatures.
The restaurant previously scored 94% in January 2025 and 95% in October 2024.
Naga’s South Indian Cuisine (1000 Lower Shiloh Way in Morrisville) received a score of 84% during an inspection on Tuesday, June 24.
The restaurant was in violation of 18 standards.
Violations included finding a dead mouse on the floor in the middle of the dry storage room, raw shrimp stored directly above ready-to-eat sauce and containers of food were stored on the floor throughout the kitchen, within the walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer.
The restaurant previously scored 93% in January 2025 and 88% in December 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 58 restaurant inspections were completed June 24-30.
Most restaurants received an A grade.
One restaurant received a B grade.
Mi Barrio (5023 Wake Forest Hwy in Durham) received a score of 86% during an inspection on Thursday, June 26.
The restaurant was in violation of 14 standards.
Violations included raw bacon in the same container as a package of cooked ham, cups stacked wet and cleaning needed for the stove, oven and shelving in the dining area.
The restaurant previously scored 91% in January 2025 and 90% in May 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 eight restaurant inspections were completed June 24-30.
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 10 restaurant inspections were completed June 24-30.
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 four restaurant inspections were completed June 24-30.
All restaurants received an A grade.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Chatham County at bit.ly/3JfiHwq.
This story was originally published July 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM with the headline "Triangle restaurant gets ‘B’ for dead mouse & food on floor: Scores (July 1)."
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