Check out this week’s Triangle restaurant sanitation scores (Jan. 26)
The News & Observer is publishing 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 Jan. 19 to Jan. 26.
Wake County sanitation scores
The Wake County sanitation grades database shows 75 restaurants were inspected between Jan. 19-26.
▪ All 75 restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.
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 27 restaurant inspections were completed between Jan. 19-26.
▪ All 27 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 22 restaurants have been inspected between Jan. 19-26.
▪ Most restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.
▪ One restaurant, Walt’s Grill (111 S. Merritt Mill Rd., Chapel Hill), received a B grade, or a score of at least 80% but less than 90%.
The restaurant received a score of 83% during an inspection on Jan. 20.
- The restaurant was in violation of 18 state standards, with point deductions ranging from zero to two points.
- Violations included the restaurant’s person in charge not washing their hands before preparing food, employees touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands, some foods not having proper date marking and active gnats being present in the restaurant.
- Some violations were corrected during the inspection, the inspection report shows.
- The restaurant previously scored B grades dating back to March 2021.
▪ No restaurants in Orange 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 Orange County using the county’s inspections database at bit.ly/3eQqpxc.
Johnston County sanitation scores
The Johnston County sanitation inspections database shows that 31 restaurants were inspected between Jan. 19-26.
▪ All 31 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 January 26, 2022 at 12:10 PM with the headline "Check out this week’s Triangle restaurant sanitation scores (Jan. 26)."
