BBQ restaurant with ‘excessive amounts of roaches’: Triangle sanitation scores (Feb. 13)
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 Wake and Durham counties for the week of Feb. 7-14.
Wake County sanitation scores
The Wake County sanitation grades database shows that at least 100 inspections were completed between Feb. 7-14.
▪ 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%.
Thai Cafe (3309 Rogers Rd., Wake Forest) received a score of 87.5% during an inspection on Feb. 8.
- The restaurant was in violation of 20 state standards, with point deductions ranging from zero to two points.
- Violations included a food employee not changing gloves or washing their hands after handling raw chicken, foods being held at incorrect temperatures, an employee handling ready-to-eat cucumbers with their bare hands and dead bugs in the light shield of the men’s bathroom.
- Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
- The restaurant previously scored a 98% and 88.5% in November 2022 and a 91.5% in August 2022.
▪ 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 at wake-nc.healthinspections.us.
Durham County sanitation scores
The Durham County inspection management system shows that 42 restaurant inspections were completed between Feb. 7-14.
▪ Most restaurants received an A grade.
▪ Two restaurants received a B grade.
Backyard BBQ Pit (5122 NC-55, Durham) received a score of 84.5% during an inspection on Feb. 8.
- The restaurant was in violation of 20 state standards, with point deductions ranging from zero to three points.
- Violations included multiple dented and rusted cans of apples in the dry storage area, several foods being held at incorrect temperatures, some foods not being date-marked and “excessive amounts of roaches in facility.”
Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
The restaurant previously scored a 90% in July and December 2022 and an 83% in June 2022.
Bulkogi at Boxyard RTP (900 Park Offices Dr., Durham) received a score of 84.5% during an inspection on Feb. 8.
- The restaurant was in violation of 15 state standards, with point deductions ranging from zero to three points.
- Violations included multiple utensils and containers with food debris and grease build-up being stored as clean, several foods being stored at incorrect temperatures, some foods being stored past the allowed seven days and the facility’s thermometer not properly measuring temperatures.
- Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
- The restaurant previously scored a 96.5% in July 2022 and a 94.5% in December 2021.
▪ No restaurants received a C grade.
▪ No restaurants received a failing 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 13 restaurants were inspected between Feb. 7-14.
▪ All restaurants received an A grade.
Johnston County sanitation scores
The Johnston County sanitation inspections database shows that 27 restaurants were inspected between Feb. 7-14.
▪ All restaurants received an A grade.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Johnston County at johnston-nc.healthinspections.us.
This story was originally published February 14, 2023 at 1:54 PM.
