Restaurant staff skipped hand-washing after bathroom, before handling food: Scores (4/23)

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 two-week span of April 10-23.

Wake County sanitation scores

The Wake County sanitation grades database shows that at least 100 restaurant inspections were completed April 10-23.

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%.

Acacia Tree Asian Cuisine(101 Keybridge Dr. #100 in Morrisville) received a score of 87% during an inspection on April 14.

The restaurant was in violation of 15 standards. Of these, 10 were considered critical violations.

Critical violations included finding dirty food storage containers stored as clean, chicken and fish thawing in the sink without running water and stacks of used cardboard stored outside the facility's back door, which could "attract or harbor insects and rodents".

Some violations were corrected during the inspection.

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 26 restaurant inspections were completed April 10-23.

Most restaurants received an A grade.

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

Church's Chicken (942 N Miami Blvd in Durham) received a score of 86% during an inspection on April 12.

The restaurant was in violation of 14 standards. Of these, five were considered critical violations.

Critical violations included finding "employees handled money, handled raw chicken, scratched their faces and used the restroom without washing their hands afterwards and prior to handling food." The inspection also said "excess cleaning needed of all cooking equipment throughout the facility to include fryer baskets, tongs and hot well, and multiple pans and pots with severe buildup still on equipment but stored as clean."

Some violations were corrected during the inspection.

Curry Point Express (5400 S Miami Blvd #100 in Durham) received a score of 88% during an inspection on April 10.

The restaurant was in violation of 13 standards. Of these, three were considered critical violations.

Critical violations included observing "several knives on the knife holder stored as clean with food debris on the food contact surface of the knives," and two bulk sauce containers and seven metal pans of food uncovered in the walk-in cooler.

Some violations were corrected during the inspection.

No restaurants received a C grade, or a score of at least 70% but lower than 80%.

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 that 14 restaurant inspections were completed April 10-23.

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 that 34 restaurant inspections were completed April 10-23.

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 that that six restaurant inspections were completed April 10-23.

All restaurants received an A grade.

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

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