Year-old sour cream, live roach spotted: Latest Triangle restaurant inspections
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- Durham had three restaurants that received B grades for multiple violations.
- Violations included a live roach, improper storage and year-old eggs and sour cream.
- Wake, Orange, Johnston and Chatham reported all A grades that week.
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 from March 31 - April 6.
Wake County sanitation scores
The Wake County inspection management system shows 53 restaurant inspections were completed March 31 - April 6. All restaurants received an A grade.
Durham County sanitation scores
The Durham County inspection management system shows 29 restaurant inspections were completed March 31 - April 6. Three restaurants received a B grade (a score of at least 80% but lower than 90%):
Asian Kitchen (1125 W. NC Highway 54, Suite 801, Durham) received a score of 84.5% on Thursday, April 2.
- The restaurant was in violation of 22 standards.
- Violations include a live roach spotted near a meat prep sink, meat and produce stored on the walk-in freezer floor and found raw chicken stored above cooked ribs in a cooler, among other violations.
- The restaurant previously scored an A grade in July 2025.
Dame’s Chicken & Waffles (455 S. Driver St., Durham) received a score of 88.5% on Thursday, April 2.
- The restaurant was in violation of 15 standards.
- Violations include bags of flour and containers of oil stored on the raw chicken prep sink drain board while raw chicken was being thawed, ready-to-eat cheese, sausage and chicken weren’t stored at proper temperatures and some containers missing labels, among other violations.
- The restaurant previously scored an A grade in December 2025.
Mozzie’s Cuisine and Deli (826 Fayetteville St., Suite 103, Durham) received a score of 86% on Wednesday, April 1.
- The restaurant was in violation of 17 standards.
- Violations include employees not washing their hands through the inspection, nearly year-old eggs and year-old sour cream were in the cooler and raw chicken was stored intermingled with cooked turkey, among other violations.
- The restaurant previously scored an 92.5% in January 2026 and 91% in September 2025.
Orange County sanitation scores
The Orange County inspection management system shows 17 restaurant inspections were completed March 31 - April 6. All received an A grade.
Johnston County sanitation scores
The Johnston County inspection management system shows 15 restaurant inspections were completed March 31 - April 6. All received an A grade.
Chatham County sanitation scores
The Chatham County inspection management system shows two restaurant inspections were completed March 31 - April 6. All received an A grade.
This story was originally published April 7, 2026 at 10:53 AM.
