Roaches and sewage backup: This week’s Triangle restaurant sanitation scores (May 24)

The News & Observer publishes a weekly round-up of restaurant sanitation scores to keep you up-to-date on the health grades at Triangle 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 foodborne 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 Wake, Durham, Orange and Johnston counties for the week of May 17-24.

Wake County sanitation scores

The Wake County sanitation grades database shows that 88 restaurants were inspected between May 17-24.

▪ All 88 restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.

You can search all restaurant inspections in Wake County by using the county’s inspection grades database at wake-nc.healthinspections.us.

Durham County sanitation scores

The Durham County inspection management system shows that 25 restaurant inspections were completed between May 17-24.

▪ 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%.

IHOP (1821 N. Pointe Dr., Durham) received a score of 86.5% during an inspection on May 23.

• The restaurant was in violation of 21 state standards, with point deductions ranging from zero to 1.5 points.

• Violations included dirty knives and plates being stored as clean, a case of hard boiled eggs being 11 days past its use by date, an employee preparing food without a beard guard, sewage backing up onto the floor in the dish area and roaches being present throughout the facility.

• Some violations were corrected during the inspection, the inspection report shows.

• The restaurant previously scored a 93% in December 2021, a 92.5% in August 2021 and a 96.5% in May 2021.

▪ No restaurants in Durham County 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 Durham County using the county’s inspections database at bit.ly/3pVQfpG.

Orange County sanitation scores

The Orange County inspection management system shows that 15 restaurants were inspected between May 17-24.

▪ All 15 restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.

You can search all restaurant inspections in Orange County using the county’s inspections database at bit.ly/3eQqpxc.

Johnston County sanitation scores

The Johnston County sanitation inspections database shows that 14 restaurants were inspected between May 17-24.

▪ All 14 restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.

You can search all restaurant inspections in Johnston County using the county’s inspections database at johnston-nc.healthinspections.us.