Live rat, live roach & mouse poop in kitchen of popular Glenwood Ave. restaurant

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 June 10-16.

Wake County sanitation scores

The Wake County inspection management system shows that 125 restaurant inspections were completed June 10-16.

• 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%.

Raleigh Beer Garden (614 Glenwood Ave. in Raleigh) received a score of 87.5% during an inspection on June 10.

• The restaurant was in violation of 12 standards.

• Violations included a small live baby rodent observed in the kitchen and a live roach observed along the walls in the kitchen, a tomato slicer seen with food debris and rodent feces and cleaning needed of all shelving throughout the kitchen due to food debris and rodent feces.

• The restaurant previously scored 96% in January 2025 and 97.5% in June 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 26 restaurant inspections were completed June 10-16.

• Most restaurants received an A grade.

• One restaurant received a B grade.

Asian Kitchen (1125 NC-54 Suite 801 in Durham) received a score of 88% during an inspection on June 10.

• The restaurant was in violation of 15 standards.

• Violations included raw chicken above beef tripe and pork in the walk-in, chicken above beef in the tall freezer, unwashed raw eggs above ready-to-eat food items in the reach-in at the cookline, uncooked salmon above cooked chicken in the freezer and uncooked chicken dumplings above uncooked pork dumplings.

• The restaurant previously scored 87.5% on June 2 and 97% in January 2025.

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 June 10-16.

• 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 32 restaurant inspections were completed June 10-16.

• 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 four restaurant inspections were completed June 10-16.

• All restaurants received an A grade.

You can search all restaurant inspections in Chatham County at bit.ly/3JfiHwq.

This story was originally published June 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM.

Chyna Blackmon

The Charlotte Observer

Chyna Blackmon was a service journalism reporter for The Charlotte Observer. A native of the Carolinas, she grew up in Columbia, SC, and graduated from Queens University of Charlotte. She’s also worked in local television news in Charlotte, NC, and Richmond, VA. Support my work with a digital subscription