Durham Chinese restaurant gets ‘B’ grade: Triangle sanitation scores (April 11)
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 April 4-11.
Wake County sanitation scores
The Wake County sanitation grades database shows that 47 inspections were completed between April 4-11.
▪ All restaurants received an A grade.
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 37 restaurant inspections were completed between April 4-11.
▪ 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 Buffet (3720 Mayfair St., Durham) received a score of 83% during an inspection on April 6.
- The restaurant was in violation of 17 standards, with deductions ranging from zero to three points.
- Violations included raw food being stored above ready-to-eat food in several places, several foods being held at incorrect temperatures and boxes of mushrooms and containers of prepared curry being stored on the floor.
- Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
- The restaurant previously scored an 86% in March, a 91% in August 2022 and a 92% in March 2022.
▪ 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 Durham County at bit.ly/3pVQfpG.
Orange County sanitation scores
The Orange County inspection management system shows that five restaurants were inspected between April 4-11.
▪ 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 eight restaurants were inspected between April 4-11.
▪ 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 three restaurants were inspected between April 4-11.
▪ Most restaurants received an A grade.
▪ One restaurant received a B grade.
Twin Rivers Independent Senior Living (25 S Rectory St., Pittsboro) received a score of 88% during an inspection on April 4.
- The facility was in violation of 13 standards, with deductions ranging from zero to two points.
- Violations included raw meat being stored next to ready-to-eat food in the reach-in freezer, rusted and chipped shelves in the reach-in cooler and the facility having no certified food protection manager present during the inspection.
- Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
- The facility previously scored a 90% in January, an 87% in October 2022 and a 97.5% in July 2022.
▪ No restaurants received a C grade.
▪ No restaurants received a failing grade.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Chatham County at bit.ly/3JfiHwq.
