Triangle restaurant worker skips hand washing after handling raw meat (April 8)
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 1-7.
Wake County sanitation scores
The Wake County inspection management system shows that 61 restaurant inspections were completed April 1-7.
All restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Wake County at bit.ly/4dGbJN3.
Durham County sanitation scores
The Durham County inspection management system shows 35 restaurant inspections were completed April 1-7.
Most restaurants received an A grade.
Two restaurants received a B grade, or a score of at least 80% but lower than 90%.
AC Hotel Durham (2800 Erwin Rd. in Durham) received a score of 89.5% during an inspection on Friday, April 4.
The restaurant was in violation of 13 standards.
Violations included food employees not wearing hair restraints, food stored on the floor in the walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer, and cleaning needed of the microwave.
Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
The restaurant previously scored 95.5% in September 2024 and May 2024.
Taqueria HWY 98 (2003 Holloway St. in Durham) received a score of 85% during an inspection on Thursday, April 3.
The restaurant was in violation of 16 standards.
Violations included the person in charge seen changing gloves after handling raw meat and putting on new gloves without washing hands, raw fish stored above onions in freezer, and ready-to-eat foods throughout the facility, including cooked proteins such as pork and cooked beans, did not have a date indicating the day they were prepared or had an old, worn date sticker.
Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
The restaurant previously scored 81.5% in April 2024 and 87.5% in May 2023.
Note: The restaurant at this address comes up as “Taqueria Don Fily” when searched on Google.
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 19 restaurant inspections were completed April 1-7.
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 22 restaurant inspections were completed April 1-7.
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 April 1-7.
All restaurants received an A grade.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Chatham County at bit.ly/3JfiHwq.
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