Triangle restaurant marked down for dirty pans & food on floor: Sanitation scores (Feb. 18)
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 Feb. 11-17.
Wake County sanitation scores
The Wake County inspection management system shows that 147 restaurant inspections were completed Feb. 11-17.
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%.
Wang’s Kitchen (3631 New Bern Ave. in Raleigh) received a score of 87% during an inspection on Tuesday, Feb. 11.
The restaurant was in violation of 18 standards.
Violations included raw beef and raw shrimp above ready-to-eat foods and sauces in the walk-in cooler, some food debris on interiors of food pans and a large spoon being stored as clean and a large bucket of brown sauce with vegetables cooling on the floor uncovered.
Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
The restaurant previously scored 90% in August 2024 and July 2024.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Wake County at bit.ly/4dGbJN3.
Durham County sanitation scores
The Durham County inspection management system shows 23 restaurant inspections were completed Feb. 11-17.
All restaurants received an A 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 20 restaurant inspections were completed Feb. 11-17.
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 inspection management system shows that 40 restaurant inspections were completed Feb. 11-17.
All restaurants received an A grade.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Johnston County at bit.ly/4eEDuGr.
Chatham County sanitation scores
The Chatham County inspections management system shows that six restaurant inspections were completed Feb. 11-17.
All restaurants received an A grade.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Chatham County at bit.ly/3JfiHwq.
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