3 Raleigh restaurants get 'B' grades: Triangle sanitation scores (May 9)

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 May 3-9.

Wake County sanitation scores

The Wake County sanitation grades database shows that 57 inspections were completed between May 3 and May 9.

Most restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.

Four restaurants received a B grade, or a score of at least 80% but lower than 90%.

Barcelona Wine Bar (430 W. Martin St. in Raleigh) received a score of 87% during an inspection on May 8.

The restaurant was in violation of 22 standards. Of these, 11 were considered critical violations.

Critical violations included using a handwashing sink as a dump sink, prepared food sitting directly beside a handwashing sink without a splash guard in between and missing labels on sanitizer buckets containing toxic materials.

Some violations were corrected during the inspection.

Chutneys(4121 Davis Dr. in Morrisville) received a score of 90% during an inspection on May 4.

Hako Sushi (2603-115 Glenwood Ave., Ste. 155 in Raleigh) received a score of 89.5% on May 4.

Jumbo China (404-183 E Six Forks Rd. in Raleigh) received a score of 86% on May 5.

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 24 restaurant inspections were completed between May 3 and May 9.

Most restaurants received an A grade.

No restaurants received a B grade, or a score of at least 80% but lower than 90%.

One restaurant received a C grade, or a score of at least 70% but lower than 80%.

GG Taste of Chicago Fish & Chicken (826 Fayetteville St., Ste. 103 in Durham) received a score of 78.5% on May 4.

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 eight restaurants were inspected between May 3 and May 9.

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 20 restaurants were inspected between May 3 and May 9.

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 three restaurants were inspected between May 3 and May 9.

All restaurants received an A grade.

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

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