Cockroaches in Raleigh: This week’s Triangle restaurant sanitation scores (July 12)

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 July 5-12.

Wake County sanitation scores

The Wake County sanitation grades database shows that 100 restaurants were inspected between July 5-12.

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

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

Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar (9402 Falls of Neuse Rd., Suite 103, Raleigh) received a score of 84% during an inspection on July 11.

• The restaurant was in violation of 15 state standards, with point deductions ranging from zero to four points.

• Violations included a food employee touching their hat and hair with gloved hands and not removing the gloves or washing their hands before continuing work; all of the soda nozzles at the bar having black residue accumulated on them; several foods being held or reheated to incorrect temperatures; and the walls in the kitchen having “residue accumulation.”

• Some violations were corrected during the inspection.

• The restaurant previously scored a 92.5% in November 2021, a 92% in March 2021 and a 93% in October 2020.

Popeyes (3699 New Bern Ave., Raleigh) received a score of 84.5% during an inspection on July 8.

• The restaurant was in violation of 23 state standards, with point deductions ranging from zero to 1.5 points.

• Violations included several dishes with food debris on them being stored as clean; several foods being held at incorrect temperatures; several flies in the kitchen; and a food employee with a “significant length beard” not wearing a hair restraint.

• Some violations were corrected during the inspection.

• The restaurant previously scored a 97.5% in November 2021, a 99% in September 2021 and a 95% in March 2021.

Schiano’s Pizza (13220 Strickland Rd., Raleigh) received a score of 85% during an inspection on July 6.

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

• Violations included black residue in the ice dispenser of the soda machine; several foods being stored without date markings; several foods being stored at incorrect temperatures; and several live cockroaches and gnats, as well as dead cockroaches, throughout the facility.

• Some violations were corrected during the inspection.

• The restaurant previously scored an 88.5% in November 2021, a 90% in April 2021 and a 95% in December 2020.

▪ 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 20 restaurant inspections were completed between July 5-12.

▪ All 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 no restaurants were inspected between July 5-12.

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 five restaurants were inspected between July 5-12.

▪ All five 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.