'Blood splash' on cheese: This week's Triangle restaurant sanitation scores (June 7)

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 31-June 7.

Wake County sanitation scores

The Wake County sanitation grades database shows that 100 restaurants were inspected between May 31-June 7.

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

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

Tobacco Road Sports Cafe (505 W. Jones St., Raleigh) received a score of 88% during an inspection on June 6.

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

The restaurant previously scored a 95% in February 2022, a 96.5% in August 2021 and a 97% in April 2021.

Tower Indian Restaurant (144 Morrisville Square Way, Morrisville) received a score of 82.5% during an inspection on June 1. The inspection was a re-inspection from a previous inspection in May, when the restaurant scored an 86%.

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

The restaurant previously scored a 90.5% in February 2022, August 2021 and May 2021.

No restaurants in Wake 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 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 18 restaurant inspections were completed between May 31-June 7.

All 18 restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.

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 seven restaurants were inspected between May 31-June 7.

All seven 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 27 restaurants were inspected between May 31-June 7.

All 27 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.

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