Downtown Raleigh spot gets ‘B’ grade: Triangle restaurant sanitation scores (April 25)
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 18-25.
Wake County sanitation scores
The Wake County sanitation grades database shows that 92 inspections were completed between April 18-25.
▪ 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%.
City Club Raleigh (150 Fayetteville St., Suite 2800, Raleigh) received a score of 88% during an inspection on April 24.
- The restaurant was in violation of 23 standards, with deductions ranging from zero to 1.5 points.
- Violations included hot water at the kitchen hand washing sinks not being hot enough, large loaves of bread molding, the slicer having food debris and residue on it and two open gallons of milk being held past the allowed seven days.
- Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
- The restaurant previously scored a 94.5% and 88% in October 2022 and a 90.5% in June 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 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 18-25.
▪ Most restaurants received an A grade.
▪ One restaurant received a B grade, or a score of at least 80% but lower than 90%.
Cracker Barrel (3706 Hillsborough Rd., Durham) was reinspected on April 21 and received a score of 85%. The restaurant previously scored a 76%, a C grade, on April 14.
- The restaurant was in violation of 11 standards, with deductions ranging from zero to three points.
- Violations included “ a dead fly in a container of in-use raw chicken,” several foods being held at incorrect temperatures, the dishwashing machine not reaching a hot enough temperature and several plates with food debris on them being stored as clean.
- Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
- The restaurant previously scored a 92% in October 2022, and a 94% in both April 2022 and October 2021.
▪ No restaurants received a C grade, or a score of at least 70% but lower than 80%.
▪ 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 five restaurants were inspected between April 18-25.
▪ 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 13 restaurants were inspected between April 18-25.
▪ 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 18-25.
▪ All restaurants received an A grade.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Chatham County at bit.ly/3JfiHwq.
