‘Furry microbial’ and mouse droppings: This week’s Triangle sanitation scores (Feb. 22)
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 Feb. 16-22.
Wake County sanitation scores
The Wake County sanitation grades database shows 100 restaurants that were inspected between Feb. 9-16.
▪ 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%.
Bawarchi Indian Restaurant (9601 Chapel Hill Rd., Morrisville) received a score of 84% during an inspection on Feb. 17.
- The restaurant was in violation of 20 state standards, with point deductions ranging from zero to two points.
- Violations included an employee touching ready-to-eat foods with their bare hands, raw chicken being stored above yogurt sauce, several foods being held at the wrong cooling temperature and multiple foods being stored without proper date markings.
Some violations were corrected during the inspection, the inspection report shows.
The restaurant previously scored a 96% in July 2021, a 94% February 2021 and a 92% in November 2020.
Chanello’s Pizza (3608 Benson Rd., Garner) received a score of 87% during an inspection on Feb. 21.
- The restaurant was in violation of 12 state standards, with point deductions ranging from zero to three points.
- Violations included some utensils being stored in a plastic drawer with water and debris in the bottom and several pizza toppings being stored without proper date markings. The inspector also found mouse droppings on top of drawers being used to store utensils.
Some violations were corrected during the inspection, the inspection report shows.
The restaurant previously scored a 97% in August 2021, an 88% in July 2021 and a 91% in January 2021.
▪ One restaurant received a C grade, or a score of at least 70% but less than 80%.
Paradise Indian Cuisine (10255 Chapel Hill Rd., Morrisville) received a score of 79.5% during an inspection on Feb. 16.
- The restaurant was in violation of 21 state standards, with point deductions ranging from zero to three points.
- Violations included that the restaurant’s designated person in charge has not taken a food safety course and is not a certified food protection manager, an employee touched ready-to-eat food with their bare hands, raw chicken was stored above shrimp and ready-to-eat food and multiple foods had “furry microbial” present.
Some violations were corrected during the inspection, the inspection report shows.
The restaurant previously scored a 95% in both March and July 2021, and a 94.5% in July 2020.
▪ 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 28 restaurant inspections were completed between Feb. 16-22.
▪ 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%.
China Wok (3825 S. Roxboro St., Unit 124, Durham) received a score of 85.5% during an inspection on Feb. 21.
- The restaurant was in violation of 18 state standard, with point deductions ranging from zero to 1.5 points.
- Violations included “active managerial control” not being exercised in the kitchen, food being stored without covers and in ways that allowed the outside of pots to touch food below, an employee washing dishes without properly sanitizing them and several ready-to-eat foods being stored without proper date markings.
Some violations were corrected during the inspection, the inspection report shows.
The restaurant previously scored an 83.5% in August 2021, a 90% in December 2020 and a 93% in September 2020.
▪ No restaurants in Durham 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 Durham County using the county’s inspections database at bit.ly/3pVQfpG.
Orange County sanitation scores
The Orange County inspection management system shows that 10 restaurants were inspected between Feb. 16-22.
▪ All 10 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 18 restaurants were inspected between Feb. 16-22.
▪ All 18 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.
