05/03/02: Jim Osborne, (CQ) an RS Environmental Health Specialist with the Cabarrus Health Alliance totals and signs each sanitation score sheet after discussing the grade with restaurant management. He gives Avenue's Restaurant in Concord a score of 96.0. Osborne, who has been an inspector with Cabarrus county for ten years says, " I was on the other side of the counter for 18 years (working in restaurants and the food service industry)." "I take time with anything I do." With its restaurant inspection totals lagging, Cabarrus Health Alliance is considering no doing the inspections at Lowe's Motor Speedway, evven though the state requires them. Last year, the agency completed only 73% of its required inspections. (JOHN D. SIMMONS/STAFF)

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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.

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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 from Sept. 22-28.

The Wake County inspection management system shows 88 restaurant inspections were completed Sept. 22-28. All received an A grade.

The Durham County inspection management system shows 26 restaurant inspections were completed Sept. 22-28. One restaurant received a B grade (a score of at least 80% but lower than 90%):

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Asian Kitchen (1125 NC Highway 54, Suite 801, Durham) received a score of 81 on Tuesday, Sept. 22.

The Orange County inspection management system shows 14 restaurant inspections were completed Sept. 22-28. All received an A grade.

The Johnston County inspection management system shows 20 restaurant inspections were completed Sept. 22-28. All received an A grade.

The Chatham County inspection management system shows four restaurant inspections were completed Sept. 22-28. All received an A grade.

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